De•re•pressed –
verb
BIOCHEMISTRY•GENETICS
having activated (enzymes, genes, etc.) from an inoperative or latent state.
About
Derepressed is a blog dedicated to cataloging the journey from sexual repression and shame to embracing sexuality and letting go of the stigmas around sex, masturbation, and fulfillment in life.
About Megan
Turning 38 flipped some kind of switch in my brain that created an eruption of letting go. I went through a tumultuous time where I was forced by my…subconscious I guess? to stop letting fear, shame, and self-loathing run my life. My body and brain had had enough of that and something inside of me wanted to start again.
A big part of that change was my sexuality, or rather, my inhibitions around sexuality. I wasn’t raised in a particularly religious home. Yet, the shame around body image and sex was still prevalent enough to cause feelings of anxiety and some really shitty values around approval from men vis a vis sex.
Now a lot of that has been shed, but there are still the lingering effects that I’m working through which is why I started this blog. Derepressed (not depressed) is about that journey of rediscovering the way I want to live my life without shame, revulsion, or fear. It’s both about cataloging my awakening (though I really hate that word) and having a reason to push myself out a little bit further to see what I’ve missed.
My stats
- Married to a cis man
- No kids and no plans for kids
- Cis woman
- Heterosexual
- Size 14 – 16
Hey, where’s your social?
So, as of 2021, I deleted my Facebook and Instagram. It wasn’t so much that it was affecting my mental health (though let’s be honest…it probably was) but that I hated it and was tired of seeing it as a necessary evil when it’s just fucking evil. I hated trying to keep consistent and begrudgingly play the game while also knowing I was giving Facebook/Meta my data freely because of no real reason besides I felt like I “had” to.
So if you’re looking to hit me up, it’s probably best to try here, the contact form, or Pinterest. Maybe Youtube someday, who can say? (But yes, I know Google/YouTube isn’t sunshine and puppies either)
Will my opinion change? Maybe; never say never. But for now, I’m just not interested in pretending to give a shit about my IG feed or Facebook engagement.
