Laura Seabrook's Ramblings

I just paid my fee for attending NOWSA.

I have to say, that I am really really really nervous about tomorrow. The indications are that there is little for me to be worried about, really, but my body still remembers the last time I went to NOWSA (and the aftermath). I know that most of this is probably just my anxiety disorder playing up (it did all last week) but that doesn't help me much.

I currently stay away from the Women's Space at NUSA not because I don't believe myself to be woman (I DO), but because it's simpler, less stressful, and doesn't make anyone else comfortable. I feel weary and tired already, because this is a battle I've fought before, and it wears me out.

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I think I had too great fears - Epilepsy and the Dark.

I had epileptic seizures intermittently in my childhood, and regularly from years 8 to 18. It was something that just took control of my life. I've done a comic about this.

I had my fear of the dark well until I was 22. What cured me was riding home on my bicycle from a party held in Kalamunda after midnight with a friend. This was just after seeing Alien for the first time and it was still vivid in my mind. Haven't feared the dark at all since then, and often it seems like a friend.