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Greetings fellow redditfurs. Recently, I've had quite a lot of time in my hands, and I've been thinking about "irrelevant" things lately.

One would be: Why would "closeted furries" (as I've read in some places) feel the need to come out? I haven't actually told anyone I knew before that i'm a furry, but I don't feel the need to. I mean, those people use the "being a furry" and saying it, like it is what describes them completely. They probably know that ain't true, but still make a big deal of accepting it, which could be why there is so much hate for us. We take something too seriously, something which shouldn't be taken serious at all in the first place.

It may not be a big deal for the people you're telling it, but when you specifically call them to tell that, they will be curious, search the internet and find all sorts of yiff. Which he will assume that's the reason you were so "serious and ashamed" of saying it.

I believe that when you simply enjoy the fandom, when you want to tell someone you're a furry, don't tell them. Let them discover it (through you, so they don't get a bad impression). That makes it seem more cool and "socially acceptable" to their eyes, and will make what you say about it have more importance than the countless google images results. Otherwise, if you go all serious and formal about it, like it's something either serious or shameful, even of you don't want to appear that way, they will check somewhere else for a backup of why you act that way, which will make them eventually find the "other part".

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Hello PapaBear,

I am a first time reader, I was sent here by FoxenaWolf on FA. I've read through a couple of your letters and responses and it seems like you have a lot of common-sense and a dash of reality, with enough sources to back up your help.

Please understand I was in the military for four years, I served in Afghanistan, Iraq and Korea so my entire tour was overseas, I saw a lot of Horrid things over there. I will not go into details because I already have to relive them every night, no point sending them out onto the Internet. Now the horrid dreams are bad enough, and I think I have a handle on them, its just watching over my shoulder, carrying weapons, finding all the exits in a restaurant, sitting with my back against a solid object/wall with a clear line on the main entrance. Withdrawing from friends and family, Not trusting others, and the general sense that something is there waiting for me to let my guard down. 

That is only one of my issues the other is how I have to think about what I did, while in the service, the faces, names. And the wondering if I truly deserve to still be here. There were enough IEDs that lost me friends and TCs while I was driving that If I had just not reacted in time it would have been me instead of my friends and battle-buddies. I lost a lot over there and a few brass medals and a twisted mind are not what anyone should look forward to in coming home.

Now I know you covered the 1-800-suicide in one of your other letters, and after being told how to "chin up and look on the bright side of things" and "it’s not all that bad is it?" and my favorite "I think you need to see a professional." I have stopped calling them, I see a psychologist once a week now, and I am on meds. Unfortunately The meds don't help anymore, the therapy is just digging into things I wish I could forget, and time and time again I end up talking myself out of something stupid. 

I guess I am writing this more as a "this is what I have to deal with," letter because there really is not much anyone can do to help. I did this to myself, I brought this on. I am responsible, and I am the one that will go to what ever "bad place" ones religion dictates.

I hope you have a wonderful day papa bear.

~~Violet

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Hi, Violet,

Yours is a very moving letter. I have never served in the military, let alone seen action, so to say that I understand fully what you have gone through would be a transparent lie. I will not insult your intelligence by saying so. People who say "chin up" and "look at the bright side" don't know what you've been through, either.

You also know about psychologists, counselors, help lines, and on and on. No doubt I wouldn't be telling you anything you don't already know if I threw out terms like "post-traumatic stress syndrome" and "survivor's guilt," both of which you clearly have.

I do think, though, that you are placing too much blame on yourself. You did an extraordinarily brave thing serving your country overseas, allowing yourself to be shot at, putting your life and limb at risk daily, all so that you could defend the people you love at home. You should never have to apologize for that and you have nothing to be ashamed of. Nothing.

Your letter doesn't mention whether you have sought any help from a church, synagogue, temple, or other spiritual outlet. I believe that when one's spirit is troubled by such horrors as you have sought, it is very important to seek balance by trying to gain a broader, deeper, more fulfilling view of life and its true meaning. I am not trying to push a particular religious or spiritual path on you (I'm a pagan), but I do think you can find help by spiritual, rather than psychological means.

Write me again if you would like to talk with me further on the subject.

Bear Hugs,

Papabear

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Hello Papabear,

I am of the Wicca Faith, Solitary Celtic Wiccan to be more precise. I came to my faith in the military, "There is no such thing as an atheist in a foxhole." I tried a lot of the recognized Religions that the military provided. Unfortunately with my current living position I have had to become a solitary Wiccan. The woods are nice up here but the thinking is even more backwoods. 

As you can probably guess, there are not too many covens, circles, or even fellow Wiccans that I can seek out. So I go by what I learned in the military, what little scripture I have and what small glimmers of truth I can dig out of the internet. 

You did manage to get one though, PTSD, I was diagnosed shortly after leaving the military, then while "treating" me for PTSD it came to light that I am also Suffering DID, Dissociative Identity Disorder, caused in part by what I had to go through. Unfortunately because the military states that DID was not entirely caused by them, which causes quite a few issues. It seems like every doctor I see wants to run tests, and journals, and the like to make sure I do have DID and PTSD, it’s almost as if they do not believe themselves or me. There has never been any talk to Survivor's guilt though, and you could be right that I am suffering from it. I will have to bring it up when I see my doctor again.

I thank you for the suggestions and the time it took for you to respond to me. I hope the information I have provided is insightful and helpful. 

I hope to hear from you soon.

~~Violet

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Merry Meet, Violet,

I'm glad you found a faith to believe in, and I hope it brings you some comfort. Wicca is actually the fastest growing faith in the United States, and I've heard that it could become the third largest in the country soon. You must be pretty isolated, but have you tried meeting other Wiccans online? Or perhaps even starting your own coven? I would encourage you to keep exploring this aspect of your life.

I did not know about your DID, of course. Did you have it before you were in the military? If not, it could easily have been started by your traumatic experiences there. Don't get me started about our medical community. Too many times doctors do not believe their patients (you know your body and your issues better than any doctor, and you know when you are not feeling right). Also, if you are getting treatment from military doctors, or other government doctors, they might be reticent to diagnose you because then you would be eligible for monetary aid.  Does this violate the Hippocratic Oath? Yes, but doctors don't seem to take it very seriously these days.

I agree it is a good idea to talk to your therapist about survivor's guilt. It seemed pretty apparent to me from your first letter.

Is there anything else I can help you with?

Hugs,

Papabear

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Merry Meet Papabear,

I thank you for corresponding with me, it has helped, and given me some ideas. I had thought about meeting fellow Wiccans online but one must be careful now-a-days, if you know what I mean. With my aforementioned life-style starting a coven would not be a good idea I think, too much pressure and way to many new people. But one never truly knows till they try.

I did not have DID, as such, before the military I did have a rough childhood, which doctors are trying to pin my aforementioned issues on. But the worst of my life so far was the military. I know what you mean about doctors now-a-days, I have to see V.A. Doctors and they are some of the worst, they do exactly what they HAVE to in-order for the patient to get out of their office.

I thank you again for your time and energy, and I will take your ideas to heart and act as I see fit on them. Let’s hope things start to look up for me, there is only so far one can go downhill before they just slide to the bottom.

Merry meet, merry part, and merry meet again Papabear.

~~Violet

The current tally for 2012 says there are only 36 people in furry fandom
who are over 50 years of age. You and I know that's bunk! So here's a
heads-up to the elder furs out there - get yourselves counted!

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The results as of now show that the plurality of furries are in the HIGH

An artist I watch on DeviantArt, iSinMuffin, is auctioning a full month's worth of commisions for cheap. Her style generally includes clean lines and toony style anthros and ferals, and she is offering pixel icons as well, both animated and static. Winning the auction will mean she will make you as much art as you would like for thirty days.

Here is the auction.

Examples of her work:

one two three four

DeviantArt account: http://isinmuffin.deviantart.com/

She doesn't have many active watchers so she's having trouble finding interest, so I thought I'd show you guys.

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Ok so I commissioned a partial from someone on DA, and it's pretty good for my first fursuit, but I want to get one that looks more like how I intended it to be. I was thinking I'd use this mask to practice my suiting technique until I get my new better quality one. I don't have a ton of money, so do any of you guys know where I can commission a good fursuit maker who isn't too expensive?

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Hey guys, its me again, after maybe 5 months since my last call out. were looking for more furs to join out wonderful group in out 2 chats, the general SFW chat, for the people who just wat to have a normal conversation, or talk about the latest games. and the Yiff chat, for furs 16+ ONLY no exceptions, but is for people looking to RP, show off their porn or anything!

thank you to those few people who have stuck it out for the year it has been active (you know who you are!) and would be more than willing to have a few more join our text and sometimes call chat sessions!

to join, just send zackcordray (pic of a fox) on skype a request, i will gladly add you to meet interesting firs, you might even meet your future mate here... like i have! So come on down and join us =^=

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Hey r/furry, a good friend and I want to commission a piece (possibly adult) of our characters. We have delved into the depths of FurAffinity just to find a lot of great artists who have sadly closed commissions. We have eighty dollars to spend and we would like a detailed picture with a background. If you guys could refer us to artists who work with this price range and are open for commissions, that would be great! Thanks, r/furry! :)

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Gordon the Giraffe is a new full-color trade paperback from Arcana Entertainment, written by Bruce Brown and illustrated A. Shelton. It tells the story of Gordon, a young giraffe who discovers that he’s different from other giraffe kids… and how the other kids learn to accept that. Here’s the description from Word of the Nerd: “In the jungle where Gordon lives, there is a special game that the giraffe children play with each other (much like 1-on-1 volleyball, but with bananas). Gordon’s issue is that, instead of playing banana volleyball with a girl giraffe, he finds it much more fun to play the game with Gary. So the other boys decide to play a trick on Gordon. When that trick backfires, it is up to Gordon to rescue the other boy giraffes.”  This new storybook comes out in early July.

image c. 2012 Arcana Entertainment

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How does one… furry? Oh, like that? Oh- oh my god. MY GOD. That’s just, wow, I mean, wow that…. that feels really GOOD. Uhm, I really like this! YEAH. THIS IS WHAT FURRY IS. WOO.

Download MP3

[THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE NORMALLY I PUT A YOUTUBE EMBED OF THE EPISODE. UNFORTUNATELY YOUTUBE IS BEING A DICK RIGHT NOW, SO WE’LL SEE IF I CAN GET SOMETHING HERE TO YOU LATER. THANKS COPYRIGHT ID CLAIMS.]

News:

• Fursuiting at San Francisco Pride 2012 by Patch Packrat
• ‘Monsters, Inc. 2′ becomes ‘Monsters University’ by Fred
• “Through Fox’s Eyes” Trailer Released – Film Maker Looks to Community
• ‘Tails and Tactics’ card game seeks Kickstarter deck funding by Fred

Emails:

• Kuro – “Longtastic email from a lurking wolf”
• Restorf – “Chihuahua Man”
• Marcus – “Religion, beliefs, and changes.”
• Anonymous – “Email Question Thing Majig”
• Fenris Bloodclaw – “Therian shifting help”
• M&M Fox – “Follow up question.”
• lwr – “My first / weird FCN experience…..”
• Dommer – “School = durp?”

WTF Article of the Week:

• Obama is Helping Muslims and Destroying Christians

FC-90 How Do I Furry - How does one... furry? Oh, like that? Oh- oh my god. MY GOD. That's just, wow, I mean, wow that.... that feels really GOOD. Uhm, I really like this! YEAH. THIS IS WHAT FURRY IS. WOO.

How does one… furry? Oh, like that? Oh- oh my god. MY GOD. That’s just, wow, I mean, wow that…. that feels really GOOD. Uhm, I really like this! YEAH. THIS IS WHAT FURRY IS. WOO.

Download MP3

[THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE NORMALLY I PUT A YOUTUBE EMBED OF THE EPISODE. UNFORTUNATELY YOUTUBE IS BEING A DICK RIGHT NOW, SO WE’LL SEE IF I CAN GET SOMETHING HERE TO YOU LATER. THANKS COPYRIGHT ID CLAIMS.]

News:

• Fursuiting at San Francisco Pride 2012 by Patch Packrat
• ‘Monsters, Inc. 2′ becomes ‘Monsters University’ by Fred
• “Through Fox’s Eyes” Trailer Released – Film Maker Looks to Community
• ‘Tails and Tactics’ card game seeks Kickstarter deck funding by Fred

Emails:

• Kuro – “Longtastic email from a lurking wolf”
• Restorf – “Chihuahua Man”
• Marcus – “Religion, beliefs, and changes.”
• Anonymous – “Email Question Thing Majig”
• Fenris Bloodclaw – “Therian shifting help”
• M&M Fox – “Follow up question.”
• lwr – “My first / weird FCN experience…..”
• Dommer – “School = durp?”

WTF Article of the Week:

• Obama is Helping Muslims and Destroying Christians

FC-90 How Do I Furry - How does one... furry? Oh, like that? Oh- oh my god. MY GOD. That's just, wow, I mean, wow that.... that feels really GOOD. Uhm, I really like this! YEAH. THIS IS WHAT FURRY IS. WOO.

Author: Harvi We’re rebooting the podcast! Now you can take part in the Hop Inn from the beginning! When we catch up to the current episode we’ll update our iTunes Feed to point over here instead of the old, soon to be gone, site. We’ll be adding more information and links as this site progresses [...] [Series Reboot]Live From the Hop Inn Episode 409

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Author: Fred Are self-aware robots anthropomorphic? Never mind; this two-minute invade ALL OF THE humans!!! starring Calculord 3 and Px Micron, two small robot toys (they run on AA batteries) who plan to take over the world, is very funny. Move over, Brain; you have competition! By London filmmakers Tom and Mark Perrett as a [...]

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A lot of furries I know have specific fetishes within the fandom itself. I myself and into Pony, furry, maternity (pregnancy), and oviposition, or in short: Pofumatovi.

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These two pieces were done by LokiLover, who I believe is also on furrit, but I forgot his account name. I'm not looking for a critique of his technical skill (unless he wants some feedback), but rather some ideas or criticism on the design as a whole.

Shaded - http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8294301/

Flat colors - http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8294286/

The ultimate goal is to make this info a fursuit. I a huge fan of huskies, but they're so common so I thought about doing a Bernese Mountain Dog. I decided to do a hybrid, making a husky body with BMD coloring. There are a few things I might change, such as making the tail droop more (more like BMD tail than a husky tail) and also maybe changing the ears to be floppy, but perked a bit, like on this head. I would also like to see some more brown on the torso.

But as a starting point, I think it's pretty good. There are a few BMD fursuits around, but not as many as there should be, considering how awesome of a breed they are. As for the husky aspects, well, I just really like pointy ears and fluffy tails :)

Oh, my fursuit will probably not be feral or realistic, if that makes a difference.

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