About me: My name is Jennifer, I am a 32 year old professional graphic designer, and webmistress to this site. I moderate several self injury communities on livejournal and frequent another online forum at psyke.org. I am NOT a licensed practical nurse, nor do I claim to me. I use the term "nurse" just as a title, just as our "inmates" are not truely committed to an asylum. I am a self-injury, ed-nos, G.A.D. sufferer/survivor. As part of my own personal therapy, I help everyone on the _asylum_ community to create a safe environment where everyone can express themselves fully..

Our asylum here is a community of creative minds and abstract thinkers. We are what the world does not always understand, and because of this, a good deal of us feel outcast and alone. Others use this as fuel to create bigger and better things...My job here is to provide support to those who need it and to encourage those who are growing. I do my best to watch out for everyone here and alert them if they are falling too hard, or applaud them for doing well. Our "staff" here, as well as the residents, provide each other with distraction that is mutually beneficial and fun to see flourish. We have grown together into an odd 'family' of sorts... the staff does our best to break up the little scuffles that arise, as does in any family, and we lean on each other in our times of need. Together we have created something greater than ourselves: a 'virtual asylum' we can call home. A REAL home where everyone is accepted as they are and where they are and who they are. No strings attached.

My office doors are always open.

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