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Mature & Triggering Content

Exercise caution and skepticism as an adult if you are sensitive, or as a parent of a minor interacting with my content.

My content may be considered mature, is not designed for minors, and may not be fit for minors. 

My content contains topics that may trigger some people. 

In general, possibly triggering topics may include: bare survival against depression, depression and hell related imagery, self harm, and suicidal feelings.

See Specific Trigger Warnings Per Book below.

Also, if you resonate strongly with any dark pictures I paint through my content, you may feel triggered even if the content does not have a triggering topic itself. 

I want to be clear that when I mention dark topics, it is to empathize with but never condone or promote negativity or defeatism. I am honest about my mental illness experience only to: help you feel and release your negativity so you can move on happier and healthier,  let you know you’re not alone, and show you as living proof that it is possible to feel better and heal from even that dark a state. 

My content is meant to serve you. Only interact with my content when it is serving you.

If ever you feel triggered by my content, I strongly urge you to leave it and take loving care of yourself.

As the guardian of your heart, please do it justice and interact with my content only if constructive.

Specific Trigger Warnings Per Book

Hope to The Hopeless

Specific trigger warnings are listed below, chronologically by poem. They are all in Autumn (the first section), as it represents my fall into depression.

*The Deep– Especially brutal imagery of hell.
*River Acheron– Self harm.
*The Scariest Thing in The Dark– Suicidal feelings.
*Putting Up The Track Lights– Suicidal feelings, near-suicidal situation, self harm.
*The Knives’ Calls– Suicidal feelings, near-suicidal situation.

How to: Craft a Patchwork Hope

This book contains topics that may trigger some people, although I have tried to only mention them in a helpful context. This includes:

*mentions of bare survival against depression (Chapter 6).
*brief mention of self harm in the context of why not to hurt yourself (Activity 6.4).
*mentions of suicidality in the context of learning a constructive lesson from these feelings (Activity 3.4).
*asserting yourself over defeatist inner voices (6.2).
*getting clear on what you really want which only life can offer (6.3).
*letting go of commitments except your promise to live in order to survive (6.4).

Of Note: My Poetry is Not Religious

The “angels” and “God” I write of are not meant to indicate or exclude any religious beliefs.

My paradigm is my own spin off of spiritual themes including ancient mythology. 

It exists apart from any traditional religious paradigm. I advise you not to interpret it through a traditional lens, as it could cause offense and not be accurate.

When I use metaphors like conquering hell, hell being Eden, or enlisting demons, I am talking about overcoming the place of despair within oneself, growing from suffering, and redirecting your mental illness diagnoses in an intentionally positive way.

The angels I speak of are everyday people, braving their pain and healing their souls. I use “God” as a general word for the source of creation, fate, and love. 

Do not take art literally. Art is prone to being dramatized and provocative. I am not making any religious statements. I come from a place of inspiration and love.

Godspeed,

Margot Emmeline | Hope. Not Less.