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Hi there :)

My profile has been flagged last night apparently. I am struggling to understand what was wrong with it.

I had a link to my diary page here on the website, so that is allowed according to the guidelines. I removed it anyway.

I also had a picture of a piece of art about mental illness/bipolar disorder. A drawing representing a young woman smoking, fully clothed just to be clear, and a weird creature behind her kind of hugging her, its hand just below her breast, perhaps slightly touching it. I have removed the picture. I thought that was perhaps the problem? I am a victim of sexual assault and I do not find it triggering in any way. To me it is simply an artistic representation of our dark side, past, disorder, many things. But of course we do not all think the same.

What surprises me is that I had that picture for quite some time, whilst interacting in forums, support group chats, whilst writing to forum leaders, to my therapist, etc. Nobody ever said it was wrong.

Also, in your guidelines you write: examples of suggestive photos include shirtless photos, bare midriffs, and anything that