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Maridah @maridah.com · 10/06/2025

I'm very glad to hear that your depression was helped with acceptance! It's really the hardest step. It's not a completely linear progress with mental or physical health for any of us, but accepting that it is happening at least is a start.

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Maridah @maridah.com · 10/06/2025

This makes me sad to read. The crayfish comparison is bad & dehumanizing, no doubt, but I think the offence was probably unintended. Actors are expected to be media savvy & word conscious, which is why managers are so important in the internet age. She needs a kind friend to guide her off YouTube 😞

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Maridah @maridah.com · 10/06/2025

Thank you for the kind words! It really does have an unjustified stigma and I think it keeps people from getting help. That's part of why I decided to be public about my experience despite the reality of being judged for it. I feel hope again that my mental health can improve because of all this.

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Maridah @maridah.com · 10/06/2025

I'm sorry to hear that but thank you for sharing that with me! It does help to not feel alone. The 90's mental health care was all about minimizing our inconvenience to adults, not understanding our needs or helping us. They really thought I was 'ADD' because ADHD and Autism were 'boy' conditions 🙄

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Maridah @maridah.com · 09/06/2025

All this to say, if you feel like you might be going through this struggle, seeking help is worth it. It is a sensory condition that needs your full attention ASAP. There is help to be had for autistic adults who have hit saturation point one too many times. Don't wait until reaching burn out. ❤️

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Maridah @maridah.com · 09/06/2025

We've all been done a disservice by the caricatures of autism perpetuated in our media and by unqualified hacks with platforms. I did not see myself in the stereotypes at all. It would have saved me so much private suffering to know what I was experiencing, and I don't want to be silent about that.

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Maridah @maridah.com · 09/06/2025

I've been experiencing sensory overload every day of my life & not realizing it. I pushed myself to do so much & let my body absorb the stress of it. If you, like me, feel your emotions like touching a live wire, you can still be autistic. If you like being social, you can still be autistic.

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Maridah @maridah.com · 09/06/2025

When I was a preteen in the 90's, a girl, in the south, in private school with no language delays would be unlikely to be diagnosed. I was diagnosed 'ADD' despite (in retrospect) clear indicators of autism. It would have changed the whole trajectory of my life to have known & to have the right help.

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Maridah @maridah.com · 09/06/2025

I'm posting this because I did not realize I was autistic. I firmly believed it was impossible for me to be because I am highly emotional and fixate on social cues. My beliefs about autism have been shaped by bias and stereotypes I could not see myself in, despite a lot of obvious signs.

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Maridah @maridah.com · 09/06/2025

Finally have an answer for why I haven't been able to function 'normally' despite my physical health gradually improving. I feel like I'm falling apart because of burnout. Specifically 'Autistic Burnout.' I've made the decision to get help and started the assessment process so I can improve my QOL.

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Megu 🔜 NYCC @stardustmegu.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

"I don't want the power to revolutionize the world, but Himemiya needs me!" Blazer pattern by @maridah.com Wig: Coscraft's Alex (Sugar Pink) & styled by me. 📸 @allyspock.bsky.social Utena cosplay made by me!

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Maridah @maridah.com · 09/04/2025

Buying a bag of squeakers is a solid investment! Guaranteed returns in dopamine lol

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Maridah @maridah.com · 09/04/2025

Hanging in there- Hope you are doing good & it's good to see you here!

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Maridah @maridah.com · 09/04/2025

I always love seeing your gorgeous Serenity on my timeline!!

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Maridah @maridah.com · 09/04/2025

Fantastic! We're on the same wavelength- I did the same for the goose bill on one kigurumi so my spouse can invite people to 'honk' it when he's wearing it 😂 Watching the glee people have when squeezing a surprise squeaker is way more fun that it should be so I bought a bag of them for future stuff

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Maridah @maridah.com · 08/04/2025

As always, I write these posts with the hope that it can bring down knowledge barriers that keep people from participating in things like cosplay contests, which can be great places to build community and bonds. If you find the post helpful, please consider sharing it with others!

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Maridah @maridah.com · 08/04/2025

OMG I love this so darn much!

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Maridah @maridah.com · 08/04/2025

If you liked my contest build book guide, you might like this new one that's all about navigating the pre-judging process! "Cosplay Contest Pre-Judging Crash Course: A practical guide to presenting your cosplay at the judge’s table." Read it here~ maridah.blog/cosplay-cont...

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Cosplay Contest Pre-Judging Crash Course → Maridah.Blog

It can be intimidating entering your first cosplay contest pre-judging session, but I'm here to help! I've compiled the best advice and feedback I ...

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Maridah @maridah.com · 08/04/2025

Crawling out of my hidey-hole for a moment to post a guide on my blog I've had in rough draft form for close to a year 😥 Currently trying to stay hopeful that I can live a more normal existence soon. I have some of my balance and mobility back! It just costs a wild amount for all the meds 🫠

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Sars 💕 @sarscosplay.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Link where is my Spicy Elixir?? Photo by kevingerardphoto (IG) Editing by me Cosplay improvements @tcheem.bsky.social and I 3D files from @maridah.com #Cosplay #TheLegendofZelda #ZeldaCosplay #BreathoftheWild

A photo of me wearing a Princess Zelda winter outfit cosplay from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. I am standing in a field of snow with rocks and trees behind me, arms crossed and making a pouty face because it's heckin cold.

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the meowerrrrrrr @cloudedclawz.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

i forget i never posted my kigu i made of my fursona, aster, here!!! base pattern by @maridah.com , and heavily modified by me :3 i'm really proud of it!

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Gabby Nu 💖 @gabbynu.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

🌙 Dress base pattern: @maridah.com 🌙 Wig: VickieBane 🌙 Staff and Tiara 3D printed kit from @dangerousladies.bsky.social

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secondlina // Lord of Crows @secondlina.com · 02/02/2025

A sticker design from our ongoing pre-order. Some folks have suggested I switch one of the knives for a butcher knife! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/f...

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Leah 🩵🩷 @myleah.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

For #28DaysofBlackCosplay I'd love for you to uplift my #BlackOwnedBusiness, Lumikha Cosplay Resale! 🩷🩵 We're a sustainability focused cosplay resale marketplace founded in 2021, helping cosplayers rehome their preloved #cosplay. I'd love to see it take off this year! ✨ LumikhaCosplay.com #BHM

Categories on Lumikha cosplay resale: costume, wigs, full set, accessories, props, remnants & incompletes

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ACDRAMON @ Home @acdramon.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Please share this around

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Maridah @maridah.com · 02/02/2025

You know what makes your face glow effortlessly and gives you glass skin? Being kind to retail workers and customer support instead of displacing anger & taking out feelings on strangers!

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Mitsuki 🔜 San Japan @ohmitsooki.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Used @maridah.com’s vampire cape pattern for my cloak base without the collar.

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Maridah @maridah.com · 21/01/2025

Yes, I don't think forcing anything is a good idea & being kind to yourself comes first- Taking any sort of action should come out of a need to use built up anger or energy when you have it to spare.

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Maridah @maridah.com · 21/01/2025

Some of those impersonations we've had were the SAME GUY from twitter IIRC so it is a given that someone will do something bad with the accounts if given the opportunity. It sucks!

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Maridah @maridah.com · 21/01/2025

On this, my raison d'etre has become being proactive about using joy as resistance. Whenever I feel frustration like what I feel right now, I work on making something I can share that aids creative activities. Cultivating joy through a hobby is the one thing I have the means to influence, so I will.

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Maridah @maridah.com · 21/01/2025

I really, really, REALLY want to delete Twitter. I hate that @ become reusable 30 days after deactivation. I've dealt repeatedly in the past with impersonation so relinquishing an account I've been active on since 09 for anyone to resurrect to would be bad. I guess I'm leaving it to rot instead.

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Maridah @maridah.com · 21/01/2025

I'm glad to hear that! Happy to do it 😊

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Maridah @maridah.com · 19/01/2025

Thank you friend! TBH I was getting bitter about it because literally everyone else in our family at our holiday meals were asymptomatic or barely sick afterwards. Meanwhile I was so gross I couldn't stand myself! I was feeling pretty buttmad after the second week of it lol

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Maridah @maridah.com · 19/01/2025

I'm just now over being sick with some horrid respiratory thing I caught from seeing family over the holidays, which was the one single time I went out in months. I'm starting to feel like a man in a top hat should be predicting the weather based on me emerging from my hole in the ground.

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Maridah @maridah.com · 19/01/2025

If you need a short break from doom scrolling, may I offer you a post about the basics of fabrics? maridah.blog/a-very-basic... It includes a FREE stretch chart you can download & print for use judging the % of stretch in fabrics! ✂️

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A Very Basic Guide to Fabrics for Cosplay → Maridah.Blog

One area of sewing I've noticed people struggle with is understanding the basics of fabric buying. Are you in this camp? Fabric selection for any proje ...

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Maridah @maridah.com · 19/01/2025

Need a project to work on? I've put up some cosplay accessory files & small project stuff on ko-fi for FREE! 🎉 ko-fi.com/maridah/shop I'll add more freebies to this page as time allows.

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Visit Maridah's Ko-fi Shop!

I've opened a Ko-fi shop. Come take a look!

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Gabby Nu 💖 @gabbynu.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

🌹✨ You’re in the library with Utena when she pulls this pose on you - wyd? 😳 #cosplay 📸: Eidetic Photography // Revolutionary Girl Utena 💖 Wig: Arda Wigs 🌹 Costume made with base pattern from @maridah.bsky.social

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Maridah @maridah.com · 08/12/2024

Every single time the news feed on my phone shows a picture of the NYC assassin I experience a cortisol spike because I keep thinking it is showing me a picture of Kevin ( ꩜ ᯅ ꩜;) OBVIOUSLY it isn't him but damn.

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lindoreda @lindoreda.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Some belated Echoes of Wisdom Zelda photos! Ironically using the same pattern to make Minister Lefte. 📷: photocaptor Pattern: modular medieval dress + wild cape from @maridah.bsky.social Tri rod + crown: @dangerousladies.bsky.social

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Maridah @maridah.com · 22/11/2024

LOL yes bluesky is giving 2010 vibes

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Maridah @maridah.com · 22/11/2024

I just used Sky Follower Bridge and it was able to find about 600 people I follow on Twitter who have accounts here and I auto-followed them. I figure I'll need to check periodically for more, but it thankfully took some stress out of the process.

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Maridah @maridah.com · 22/11/2024

The best part is that I feel so seen... They know me and my batshit tastes LOL

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Maridah @maridah.com · 22/11/2024

TYSM! I'm going to give it a shot! Also, hello!!

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Maridah @maridah.com · 22/11/2024

If you are in need of artist alley merch or similarly incredible stickers, my friends who made these run a print shop www.riotmachine.com and they will print your WILD AF sticker ideas as HQ water resistant decals so you can stick them on EVERYTHING

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[ 𝗥𝗶𝗼𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 ] - The Sticker makers!

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