00:00:00:02 - 00:00:02:15 so we can edit out the silly parts at the beginning. 00:00:02:15 - 00:00:04:20 Bam, bam, bam, bam, bam. 00:00:04:20 - 00:00:07:15 Bounce. 00:00:07:15 - 00:00:09:23 Welcome to the Dragon and Rider show. 00:00:09:23 - 00:00:13:20 Welcome to the rabbit holes and dragons ... Fuck. 00:00:13:22 - 00:00:14:16 I don't. 00:00:14:16 - 00:00:15:23 Dragon Tales. 00:00:15:23 - 00:00:18:04 Copyright 00:00:18:04 - 00:00:20:18 TM. 00:00:20:18 - 00:00:24:17 We're going to get fucking sued. 00:00:24:20 - 00:00:27:00 So this is Damien Ryder. 00:00:27:00 - 00:00:29:07 Owner of Ryders Mark 00:00:29:07 - 00:00:32:16 illustrations, commissions, etc.. 00:00:32:16 - 00:00:38:10 I am a freelance artist, and I have a plethora of alphabet acronyms 00:00:38:10 - 00:00:42:03 in my head, such as DiD, ADHD, OCD, 00:00:42:03 - 00:00:45:03 PTSD, and more. 00:00:45:05 - 00:00:46:11 It's Hikari. 00:00:46:11 - 00:00:51:15 I literally run 00:00:51:18 - 00:00:54:18 What’s going on you guys? Fuuuck. 00:00:54:25 - 00:00:56:21 Top’O‘The mornin’ to ya laddies 00:00:56:21 - 00:00:59:05 How are you doing? Welcome to the podcast. 00:00:59:05 - 00:01:01:29 So it's Hikari. I run a lot of things. 00:01:01:29 - 00:01:07:10 Social media like YouTube and Tik Tok and now officially a podcast. 00:01:07:17 - 00:01:12:27 So I'm primarily a graphic designer and a crochet artist of all things mixed. 00:01:12:29 - 00:01:15:28 So I also have an alphabet of things 00:01:15:28 - 00:01:19:27 going on in my head, such as OSDD1b 00:01:20:00 - 00:01:25:04 I have ASD, ADHD, definitely cPTSD. 00:01:25:04 - 00:01:29:10 And we are making this show basically so we can, you know, talk a little bit 00:01:29:10 - 00:01:33:29 more about stuff that we can't talk about anywhere else, right? 00:01:34:01 - 00:01:40:26 Yeah, just kind of the mostly we just talk about a lot of different stuff 00:01:40:26 - 00:01:45:02 and people seem to like hearing us talk about a little different stuff. 00:01:45:02 - 00:01:48:22 So we're going to record it and put it out there for when we don't 00:01:48:22 - 00:01:53:28 really have the spoons to like be live or social for that matter. 00:01:54:00 - 00:01:58:02 Like just let the ADHD run free for a bit. 00:01:58:05 - 00:02:01:05 Some things to note about this podcast. 00:02:01:07 - 00:02:03:22 For one Hikari, what are your pronouns? 00:02:03:22 - 00:02:04:23 Mine are She/her. 00:02:04:23 - 00:02:08:11 I am a trans woman, despite the voice sounding vastly 00:02:08:11 - 00:02:11:11 different than you would expect. 00:02:11:14 - 00:02:12:24 And I. Damien. 00:02:12:24 - 00:02:15:02 And he. Him. 00:02:15:02 - 00:02:17:21 Keep in mind we both are plural, 00:02:17:21 - 00:02:21:09 so it might not always be Damien and Hikari. 00:02:21:11 - 00:02:23:13 I am Damien. When in doubt They. 00:02:23:13 - 00:02:23:21 Yeah. 00:02:23:21 - 00:02:27:23 When in doubt they is always correct. 00:02:27:26 - 00:02:29:12 We are. 00:02:29:12 - 00:02:32:24 This is Damien of the Broken Burrow system. 00:02:32:26 - 00:02:35:08 You will probably hear from Chris. 00:02:35:08 - 00:02:37:06 You might hear from Lily. 00:02:37:06 - 00:02:40:22 You'll definitely hear from our subsystem. 00:02:40:24 - 00:02:43:16 You'll hear from Ryder himself. 00:02:43:16 - 00:02:46:23 You'll probably hear from Hunie at some point. 00:02:46:25 - 00:02:49:24 Uh Kovu has been 00:02:49:24 - 00:02:53:17 kind of interested in this, so he might chirp in every now and then. 00:02:53:20 - 00:02:55:11 For me, 00:02:55:11 - 00:02:57:02 you might notice different changes. 00:02:57:02 - 00:03:01:10 So it'll be me, Hikari, which is the host of the body right now. 00:03:01:13 - 00:03:05:22 What's your system name? My system is 00:03:05:24 - 00:03:08:24 is the Hawking system 00:03:08:27 - 00:03:12:20 and spectrum is the one that generally runs YouTube. 00:03:12:20 - 00:03:15:03 But you'll you'll probably hear from her. 00:03:15:03 - 00:03:18:29 She does a lot of videos on YouTube that are electronic based, 00:03:18:29 - 00:03:24:04 whereas most of mine are related to graphic design or stickers and stuff. 00:03:24:07 - 00:03:28:27 You might hear from Wolfie, who is one of our more animated alters. 00:03:28:29 - 00:03:32:06 She does have interest in being a part of the podcast 00:03:32:06 - 00:03:36:10 too, and Bear and 00:03:36:12 - 00:03:39:00 you might hear from wasabi like that. 00:03:39:00 - 00:03:42:21 We'll try to introduce who we are before we actually start, 00:03:42:24 - 00:03:47:04 you know, start talking because it's hard to tell who's in front sometimes, 00:03:47:04 - 00:03:52:05 but so a lot of our friends actively know different sides of us. 00:03:52:05 - 00:03:55:19 So it ends up being a social thing. 00:03:55:24 - 00:03:57:01 You know, just to keep an eye out. 00:03:57:01 - 00:04:00:17 On if you're confused as to why sometimes the voices might be different 00:04:00:17 - 00:04:04:18 or the personalities are different because they really are. 00:04:04:21 - 00:04:06:27 Another thing to note about this podcast 00:04:06:27 - 00:04:12:27 is that we are purely talking about our experience 00:04:13:02 - 00:04:17:15 is neither of us, our profession was by any means. 00:04:17:17 - 00:04:22:18 Hikari over here has like studied the DSM5 for the past. 00:04:22:20 - 00:04:23:14 How many years? 00:04:23:14 - 00:04:26:17 About seven or so years for my own health. 00:04:26:17 - 00:04:30:16 Like figure out what's going on with my own mental stuff. 00:04:30:18 - 00:04:34:07 However, neither of us are professionals by any means. 00:04:34:07 - 00:04:39:05 We are anything said on this podcast is purely our own opinion, 00:04:39:05 - 00:04:45:23 our own experiences, our own thoughts, and not to be taken as medical advice. 00:04:45:23 - 00:04:50:12 You no, do not take this podcast or anything we say as medical advice 00:04:50:12 - 00:04:53:15 because again, it is our own experiences 00:04:53:15 - 00:04:57:08 and what we've done to accommodate ourselves. 00:04:57:10 - 00:04:59:28 This podcast will also be 00:04:59:28 - 00:05:02:22 probably marked as 18 plus, 00:05:02:22 - 00:05:06:00 like we're not going to be, you know, talking about our junk all the time. 00:05:06:00 - 00:05:10:06 But we, you know, we are we're probably going to bring up topics 00:05:10:06 - 00:05:13:07 such as, you know, body 00:05:13:07 - 00:05:18:05 dysmorphia, how our bits and stuff work into all this 00:05:18:08 - 00:05:20:00 other 00:05:20:00 - 00:05:23:01 like adult struggles such as like rent and stuff like that. 00:05:23:01 - 00:05:28:08 And then things on the other spectrum such as like alcohol, weed, 00:05:28:10 - 00:05:31:20 other like substance usage. 00:05:31:23 - 00:05:34:19 We'll also be talking about past experiences. 00:05:34:19 - 00:05:37:19 A lot of and just a lot of like, 00:05:37:23 - 00:05:41:07 you know, not not super super kid friendly stuff. 00:05:41:08 - 00:05:45:07 Not to mention that some of these episodes might come with the trigger warning 00:05:45:07 - 00:05:47:07 as we talk about our lives 00:05:47:07 - 00:05:51:02 and what has happened to us throughout our stuff, such as 00:05:51:04 - 00:05:55:01 the last few years for the both of us have been rather upsetting. 00:05:55:01 - 00:05:59:01 And some viewers may find that a bit, you know, hard to listen to. 00:05:59:01 - 00:06:00:00 So we're yes, 00:06:00:00 - 00:06:04:04 we're going to give trigger warnings on anything that contains that content 00:06:04:06 - 00:06:08:13 because, yeah, just to be blunt about it and not beat around the bush, 00:06:08:13 - 00:06:12:18 we will be bringing up topics such as suicide, 00:06:12:20 - 00:06:17:20 self-harm, sexual abuse, drug abuse, 00:06:17:22 - 00:06:22:18 narcissism, mental abuse, 00:06:22:20 - 00:06:24:10 rape, 00:06:24:10 - 00:06:26:20 etc., etc.. 00:06:26:20 - 00:06:30:18 So there's just, you know, a general heads up and an introductory to it 00:06:30:18 - 00:06:35:16 because again, not everybody is interested in hearing about that sort of thing. 00:06:35:16 - 00:06:40:05 So which is, which is totally okay, by the way, do not push yourself. 00:06:40:08 - 00:06:40:18 Yeah. 00:06:40:18 - 00:06:44:04 So if you see a content warning or a description like, 00:06:44:04 - 00:06:47:07 Hey, this, this, there's something to read, be sure to look at. 00:06:47:07 - 00:06:49:06 Make sure 00:06:49:06 - 00:06:51:22 you read the title and the description before listening, 00:06:51:22 - 00:06:55:27 because it could very well contain some upsetting content to some people. 00:06:55:29 - 00:06:58:13 Some people may find it relatable. 00:06:58:13 - 00:06:59:17 That's that's another thing. 00:06:59:17 - 00:07:03:00 A lot of people end up finding it relatable, unfortunately, 00:07:03:02 - 00:07:07:18 which is why we're doing this in the first place, is because, 00:07:07:21 - 00:07:11:02 like even just us casually talking about our experiences 00:07:11:02 - 00:07:14:22 on livestreams and stuff, people have found themselves 00:07:14:27 - 00:07:19:14 listening along and relating to it and realizing that they're not alone. 00:07:19:16 - 00:07:23:07 And we that's, that's the biggest like message 00:07:23:12 - 00:07:29:11 that this podcast is, is going to try to have is you are not alone, 00:07:29:13 - 00:07:33:03 you are cared for, you are loved by somebody. 00:07:33:05 - 00:07:33:27 Exactly. 00:07:33:27 - 00:07:39:09 And your struggles are valid and you know very that a lot of people 00:07:39:09 - 00:07:44:10 get scared to talk about their struggles because it's like, but I'll be judged. 00:07:44:10 - 00:07:45:27 Justin Oh, no, you won't. 00:07:45:27 - 00:07:47:05 We don't judge here. 00:07:47:05 - 00:07:49:15 First of all, that's, that's bottom line. 00:07:49:15 - 00:07:51:16 There is no judgment because we're all going 00:07:51:16 - 00:07:55:01 we're all humans trying to make it through life. 00:07:55:04 - 00:07:55:18 The other 00:07:55:18 - 00:07:58:18 subjects that might come up might be physical health, too, 00:07:58:18 - 00:08:02:07 like what's going on physically with our bodies. 00:08:02:10 - 00:08:05:11 And we're trying to get out of a very bad place. 00:08:05:11 - 00:08:08:20 So that's a subject that's most likely going to come up 00:08:08:20 - 00:08:12:07 until we're no longer in this bad place. 00:08:12:09 - 00:08:16:05 Yeah, the this is we again, to not beat around the bush. 00:08:16:05 - 00:08:19:11 This is definitely a very heavy podcast. 00:08:19:11 - 00:08:21:21 We are we're going to try and keep it 00:08:21:21 - 00:08:25:15 light, airy, positive kind of vibe to everything. 00:08:25:15 - 00:08:28:15 But we are going to be talking about some very heavy 00:08:28:15 - 00:08:32:03 subjects on this podcast balance. 00:08:32:05 - 00:08:35:08 Yeah, I was going to say like heavy stuff with the light airs, 00:08:35:08 - 00:08:39:04 it's that's a delicate, you know, road to walk. 00:08:39:08 - 00:08:40:09 But you could do it. 00:08:40:09 - 00:08:42:18 You just let people know ahead of time like, 00:08:42:18 - 00:08:46:09 yeah, we're talking about it in a light because we have survived it. 00:08:46:12 - 00:08:52:06 We were used to it and, and we're kind of numb to some of it. So, 00:08:52:08 - 00:08:53:29 yeah, just, just be aware. 00:08:53:29 - 00:08:57:29 Heavy content is, is a’comin it's 00:08:58:01 - 00:09:01:27 funny you talk about balance because I was going to mention earlier 00:09:01:27 - 00:09:03:23 in a kind of lighthearted way, like, yeah, 00:09:03:23 - 00:09:07:06 we'll be talking about all this stuff, but if you're lucky in between all that 00:09:07:06 - 00:09:11:03 you'll hear some nice little kitty mews from our two cats, Theodore and Python. 00:09:11:08 - 00:09:16:04 Yeah, So Theo**** is a gray and white cat 00:09:16:04 - 00:09:19:06 and then Python is a is a typical tabby. 00:09:19:06 - 00:09:21:27 Would you call them? We like a gray tabby. 00:09:21:27 - 00:09:26:23 They're both really chirpy and vocal and sometimes they'll be around us. 00:09:26:26 - 00:09:29:25 Our environment may sometimes also get a little bit loud. 00:09:29:25 - 00:09:32:09 It's relatively quiet right now. 00:09:32:09 - 00:09:35:21 We have actually accommodated our and ourselves 00:09:35:21 - 00:09:39:12 by turning off all of the fans and everything else like that. 00:09:39:15 - 00:09:42:18 We’re probably going to get overstimmed from how hot it's going to get. 00:09:42:19 - 00:09:44:00 Yeah, we might start 00:09:44:00 - 00:09:49:05 having to get like our podcast recorded in the earlier part of the day 00:09:49:07 - 00:09:50:06 whenever it's still 00:09:50:06 - 00:09:53:28 really cool because we are unfortunately dealing with stuff 00:09:53:28 - 00:09:57:23 like mold and mildew and stuff like that due to the humidity. 00:09:57:23 - 00:10:00:23 So we have a lot of fans running on a regular basis. 00:10:00:28 - 00:10:04:16 We'll try not to get any of that in the recordings if we can, 00:10:04:18 - 00:10:09:22 but there's no guarantee of auditory regularity, you know, 00:10:09:22 - 00:10:13:06 because like sometimes it'll be fine, sometimes it'll be a little louder. 00:10:13:08 - 00:10:15:07 We might get excited and get a little loud. 00:10:15:07 - 00:10:18:26 And here we may not have a like complete, consistent volume. 00:10:18:29 - 00:10:21:29 we'll definitely do our best to 00:10:22:02 - 00:10:26:01 keep it nice and balanced, and neutral it best we can. 00:10:26:01 - 00:10:27:07 Best we can. 00:10:27:07 - 00:10:28:22 We just wanted to give an intro. 00:10:28:22 - 00:10:34:21 So again, this is going to be the starting of a series of podcasts. 00:10:34:21 - 00:10:38:07 We don't have any definitive goal per say. 00:10:38:14 - 00:10:42:04 The biggest thing is our shared experience, but that's the biggest thing, 00:10:42:04 - 00:10:44:04 I think, right? Yeah. 00:10:44:04 - 00:10:44:15 All right. 00:10:44:15 - 00:10:47:24 Well, look, I guess at this point we ought to sign off 00:10:47:24 - 00:10:50:26 and let you guys know that We'll see you in the next episode, right? 00:10:51:01 - 00:10:51:08 Yeah. 00:10:51:08 - 00:10:55:28 Or we'll be speaking to you in the next episode. 00:10:56:00 - 00:10:58:16 Do you have anything you can think of 00:10:58:16 - 00:11:03:07 If there are were what she said, We're going to be mostly talking 00:11:03:07 - 00:11:08:15 about our experiences and stuff, but if there are any topics or questions 00:11:08:15 - 00:11:13:08 that anybody would like to ask or share, you think that we should bring up, 00:11:13:10 - 00:11:14:08 feel free to ask. 00:11:14:08 - 00:11:18:17 And we'll definitely we, we, we want to 00:11:18:20 - 00:11:22:21 include the community as much as possible too. 00:11:22:25 - 00:11:23:15 Yeah. 00:11:23:15 - 00:11:27:09 So especially the bringing up topics 00:11:27:09 - 00:11:30:09 that people are afraid to talk about. Yes. 00:11:30:13 - 00:11:34:02 So with that, you all stay hydrated, eat something, drink 00:11:34:02 - 00:11:37:10 something, take care of yourselves and y’all clean as you go. 00:11:37:11 - 00:11:39:18 Have a great day. Peace, dudes. Peace.