Serious chat with Mooni
(please read along if you will, it's lengthy. TW??):
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First off, I hope this doesn't get buried under everyone's art bc I had to wait until medibang ranked it's artwork levels- But anyways here's the short statement I will give to you all who care not to read a ton: I need to leave medibang.

Short, sweet and simple. However, I will explain myself to those who want to know more as well.
I've been on this platform for about 5 years, and it seems after the main COVID-19 surge, everything has died down. Now that's not the reason I'm leaving but I figured it's something I would point out. I'm leaving because of a few things: 1. I'm in college and my career is what is my priority now. I don't have time to waste when my future is on the line. 2. I'm sick. I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired, but I can't change any of that. Try as hard as I may or as hard as other people try to ignore that I am sick or joke about it to make them feel better or me feel better, I can't erase it from my existence and right now dealing with this new diagnosis in a new school with a new life is terrifying to say the least. Not many people can relate to me on that level, and I'm not shaming anyone here for that because it's not what anyone would consider "normal". 3. Generally speaking, people are mean- What's up with all the body shaming?? I mean like come on people- I've met some nice folks on this platform through the years, but those numbers are dwindling especially considering that I've had my identity stolen 3 times. A weird compliment I suppose but outright mean in the long run.

There's more things I can think of and specific people I could talk about, but I'm not here to start any drama. I'm just here to give my thoughts out to folks. Plus medibang (the app) sucks- It's not a favorite drawing platform of mine-

So all in all, I believe it is time that I relieve myself of duties and hand in the badge to medibang. I may make a separate account here just to start fresh but we'll see how that goes- 970 followers is the least of my concern here, my own health and happiness is more important than competing for numbers, likes and ranking. I'd like to apologize though, for the people who would have wanted to talk to me. I was held back by so many toxic people in my life that I've become terrified to reaching out and socializing with people. A sad statement for a nursing student honestly? Now, I won't be leaving precisely right now (perhaps after Thanksgiving holiday) but I won't necessarily be super active either due to school so yeah-

I'll still have my Instagram account always open if you guys want to continue following me through there? But yeah ^^" If you guys have any questions or comments you want to ask me please feel free as it may take me a while to respond to them- But if your question or comment is absolutely urgent, please private message me!

Thank you for reading this whole essay about my issues- as well as for the nice 5 years of being a creator on here, I appreciate it all like no one would believe. For now, keep on doing your best! Never give up and let others diminish what you love to do. Keep strong and I am very thankful to have inspired a lot of you guys 👍

- Mooni