I found this post through a tumblr I follow.
There’s something vaguely calming to see these sorts of things spelled out in a very simple list and to feel like what I go through has some logical progression.
It’s also the most concise summary I have ever seen of the things that
I’m not going to get into the specifics of what happened and where it came from, but my shame – over kink-related and non-kinky things – was one of the big reasons I started this tumblr, though I was not consciously aware of it at its inception. I saw a bunch of other tumblrs being able to express themselves and I wanted in on that. Essentially, I saw people being shameless about some of the things I was ashamed of and I wanted that, too.
I didn’t expect the overwhelming support and the following I’ve gotten, and that’s certainly helped. I’ve been on this journey for nearly a year and a half now, sometimes less consciously than other times, to try to conquer my shame. Because I’ve started to realize how much it factors into my life and how willing I am at this point to be rid of it.