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Life Changing Experience
2 years ago
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A blaziken pops in out of nowhere with a special announcement!
I just wanted to say thank you to everyone I've met since enabling my notes last month, you are such amazing people that I am grateful to have met! ❤️
When I first made this account it was going to be another lurker account of mine (past ones were deleted or forgotten) to just follow artists and writers that I wanted to. I have been dealing with social anxiety my entire life, and have dealt with many bad interactions with people for over the last decade of my life. Honestly I wasn't even sure if I was a furry, I just enjoyed seeing hyper and growth stuff and that was it.
Back in February of this year I was going through my submissions feed when I came across RXQ's auction for a Blaziken adoptable. Something about it drew me in, and I decided to bid. As a bidding war began, I realized more and more how badly I wanted that boy to be mine, so I auto-bought it. One payment later (and one back-shot drawn) he was mine! I was so happy to have a character of my own, and a sexy Blaziken to boot! I didn't think much more than that, and continued with my life.
Over the next week or so I kept looking at that Blaziken, feeling... something, I wasn't sure what. Then two weeks after the adopt was over I saw RXQ's auction for a Dewgong. In that moment, something clicked. I was seeing that Dewgong looking at me, wanting me. And when I looked at myself, I only saw the Blaziken. In that moment, I knew I was furry for real. I won that auction as well, and things have been going crazy since.
In May I finally decided to share the characters I have gathered since then and be open to conversations with others, finally putting an effort towards defeating my social anxiety. Just a few weeks after that I started chatting with people who commented about my characters, and we eventually starting chatting all the time as good friends. Less than 3 weeks later and I have been so honored to have met so many people here on FA as well as other places like Twitter and Telegram!
In these last 3 weeks I have noticed that I've been sleeping better and my mood has been improved as a whole, it's been a crazy experience seeing how much this introvert has changed since then. I have embraced the Blaziken that I am (fursona name is Apollo) and haven't looked back once. I've gotten the chance to chat even briefly with so many people, including those who I idolized from my lurker days (I know we're all just people, but I still feel star-struck when they send any words my way). One friend even commissioned art of my boy and surprised me with it 2 days ago, and I couldn't stop smiling since (yes, I also cried for a minute, had to find an excuse to give to my co-workers XD)!
That leads to the events that happened today. As I was heading out to my car to drive to work, I got a notification from twitter about someone DM-ing me on Twitter. "Who the heck would tweet to me?" So I hop in the car and log into the app, and I froze. I had won
DG254 / Hoot Hoot's raffle for an art piece of my choice! (Link here: https://twitter.com/DG_254/status/1.....2008866734080) I cannot believe it, that I won the first raffle of my life, and it is going to be of my fursona! I have not felt these kind of emotions in a long time, and it's crazy to think how much I have changed since that day a few months ago.
I guess the point it, I want to thank you all. You have all been so welcoming to me since I opened myself up to talk, and I feel more confident about who I am and what I want to do with my life. I wouldn't have traded this experience for anything in the world!
Thank you,
--BlazeyBoi (aka Apollo)
When I first made this account it was going to be another lurker account of mine (past ones were deleted or forgotten) to just follow artists and writers that I wanted to. I have been dealing with social anxiety my entire life, and have dealt with many bad interactions with people for over the last decade of my life. Honestly I wasn't even sure if I was a furry, I just enjoyed seeing hyper and growth stuff and that was it.
Back in February of this year I was going through my submissions feed when I came across RXQ's auction for a Blaziken adoptable. Something about it drew me in, and I decided to bid. As a bidding war began, I realized more and more how badly I wanted that boy to be mine, so I auto-bought it. One payment later (and one back-shot drawn) he was mine! I was so happy to have a character of my own, and a sexy Blaziken to boot! I didn't think much more than that, and continued with my life.
Over the next week or so I kept looking at that Blaziken, feeling... something, I wasn't sure what. Then two weeks after the adopt was over I saw RXQ's auction for a Dewgong. In that moment, something clicked. I was seeing that Dewgong looking at me, wanting me. And when I looked at myself, I only saw the Blaziken. In that moment, I knew I was furry for real. I won that auction as well, and things have been going crazy since.
In May I finally decided to share the characters I have gathered since then and be open to conversations with others, finally putting an effort towards defeating my social anxiety. Just a few weeks after that I started chatting with people who commented about my characters, and we eventually starting chatting all the time as good friends. Less than 3 weeks later and I have been so honored to have met so many people here on FA as well as other places like Twitter and Telegram!
In these last 3 weeks I have noticed that I've been sleeping better and my mood has been improved as a whole, it's been a crazy experience seeing how much this introvert has changed since then. I have embraced the Blaziken that I am (fursona name is Apollo) and haven't looked back once. I've gotten the chance to chat even briefly with so many people, including those who I idolized from my lurker days (I know we're all just people, but I still feel star-struck when they send any words my way). One friend even commissioned art of my boy and surprised me with it 2 days ago, and I couldn't stop smiling since (yes, I also cried for a minute, had to find an excuse to give to my co-workers XD)!
That leads to the events that happened today. As I was heading out to my car to drive to work, I got a notification from twitter about someone DM-ing me on Twitter. "Who the heck would tweet to me?" So I hop in the car and log into the app, and I froze. I had won
DG254 / Hoot Hoot's raffle for an art piece of my choice! (Link here: https://twitter.com/DG_254/status/1.....2008866734080) I cannot believe it, that I won the first raffle of my life, and it is going to be of my fursona! I have not felt these kind of emotions in a long time, and it's crazy to think how much I have changed since that day a few months ago.I guess the point it, I want to thank you all. You have all been so welcoming to me since I opened myself up to talk, and I feel more confident about who I am and what I want to do with my life. I wouldn't have traded this experience for anything in the world!
Thank you,
--BlazeyBoi (aka Apollo)
And congrats on the raffle win -- I can't wait to see thee resulting picture.
And I am very excited for this piece, might just be my fave yet 🥰
Still, I am thrilled to hear that you are having such a wonderful time and I certainly look forward to seeing you grow even more!