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Illustrations by Gamchawizzy

@gamchawizzy / gamchawizzy.tumblr.com

My name is Wizzy and this is my (mostly) art blog! I like anteaters, penguins, mice, and history. Welcome, and please enjoy your stay! Contact: gamchawizzy @ gmail . com | English/Tagalog/Hiligaynon OK
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❗️Mutual Aid Needed🦐

Hello hello, I am Woz, I am a trans guy from the global south, and outside of my day job in corporate, I am an artist. I am the breadwinner of my family, and I also get my younger sibling through school.

For a little more than half a decade I have been suffering with bad mental health and suicidal thoughts, on top of trying to keep my family afloat with what I can earn.

I work two jobs to earn money, on top of tabling at conventions to be able to earn extra on the side. I am the one who pays all the house bills, some groceries, often having to send money to my sibling for school and sometimes tuition. Due to the constant pressure from overworking and the abusive social environment I have been exposed to for the longest time, I am now experiencing bodily pains, shortness of breath, headaches, worsening eyesight, and worsened depression as I clock in 10-15 hours almost daily (including weekends and holidays) trying to make ends meet.

I’m humbly asking for your help so I can get proper healthcare, which has been out of my reach for the longest time due to poverty. I was hoping to be able to afford help a few years ago, as soon as I got a job, but ever since the pandemic, the local price hikes just kept going, and going, until the matter was off the table entirely. The biggest reason why I am trying to get this moving now and as urgently as possible is so I can still receive treatment while I am still mentally and physically able to take charge of my own health. 

While I’m still more or less able to function well enough to work, I recently escaped an abusive situation, which was one of the biggest causes of my misery. The fallout from this event brought on a severe impact on my mental health and I was subject to a cult-like shunning by my old community. This has caused me to develop suicidal thoughts again, which eventually led to several self-delete attempts, the latest of which almost succeeded had I not been caught at literally the last second.

At the moment I am stable again and in the hands of trusted loved ones, but I still do not have access to professional help and I don’t know how long this stability will last and the next thing might cause me to spiral again.

We already did some research on getting local help and have a plan in motion, all we need now is the funds to carry it out. The bulk of it will be for the initial consultations and possibly medication, and we’re hoping to have enough to get the ball rolling for a couple months’ worth of treatment as I get myself back on track.

The initial process will be the most expensive as I am suspecting to have an undiagnosed condition that I would like to have checked, as well as possible medication. I do not have a disability ID yet (but I plan on getting one once I get a dx on paper), so we may have to pay full price for initial treatments.

Currently, my primary goal for this would be to achieve psychiatric help, diagnosis, medication, and therapy.

If I’m able to save up for a few months of maintenance and still have extra left over, my secondary goal would be to finally get my knees checked, as I have chronic pain and the occasional kneecap dislocation in them. This has been left unchecked for more than 15 years due to both poverty as well as being outright denied healthcare by the adults around me due to them downplaying the problem. I am nearing my 30s soon. While I’m still able to walk and engage in physical activities without the use of mobility aids, I fear that the complications from this condition if left untreated will only take a turn for the worse as I age.

Direct ways to support me:

Paypal:

Ko-Fi:

I have prints! You can pick up some of my art here:

We do not have a set price goal in mind as it will be a months-long process of beginning treatment and maintaining it, but rest assured all funds received will be set aside for the purpose of my healthcare and well-being only.

I still cannot escape many factors of my life that continue to hurt me, but I am hoping that continuous treatment, therapy, and support will help keep me going so I can keep my family fed without me having to worry about my own health.

Any donation, big or small, helps me so much! Even just a dollar/peso helps, shares and reblogs too! PH Moots, feel free to ask for my GCash in private!

Thank you all for reading! I’m always grateful 😭🙏❤

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volixia669

DO NOT USE KOKOBOT

While not a "will scam you out of your money" thing, the Kokobot is just not ethical or a good idea. Its from a "mental health nonprofit" from the minds that brought you "airbnb aka ruining the housing market with the gig economy".

Also there's this:

For one thing, they're acting like mental health professionals aren't real people which feeds into all sorts of biases.

Then one has to consider, if they're "random people", do they have the training for crisis management? Can they tell if someone is about to commit suicide or is just having thoughts? Can these people handle more disturbing discussions?

Its like a tech bro decided to see if its possible to make money off a discord vent channel with all the major problems of a discord vent channel (no therapists, no crisis management, pls stop using the vent channel to replace therapy) left unsolved.

Oh but it somehow gets worse.

See. One of the co-founders of Koko had the brilliant idea to set up an experiment to see if chat gpt can be used to replace actual people/professionals.

He even stated he didn't bother going to the ethics review board aka IRB because he believed he was exempt from their rules.

Oh, and no one involved in the experiment consented, there was anger they were talking to a bot, AND many of Koko's users are adolescents. As far as we know this didn't lead to anyone spiralling but we DON'T KNOW SINCE THIS WAS AN INFORMAL EXPERIMENT.

Now, there is some debate as to whether or not the IRB COULD get involved, due to lack of clarity regarding how scientific this was.

Regardless, it was unethical and dangerous. Be wary of Koko amd Kokobot.

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KOKOBOT - The Airbnb-Owned Tech Startup - Data Mining Tumblr Users' Mental Health Crises for "Content"

I got this message from a bot, and honestly? If I was a bit younger and not such a jaded bitch with a career in tech, I might have given it an honest try. I spent plenty of time in a tough situation without access to any mental health resources as a teen, and would have been sucked right in.

Chatting right from your phone, and being connected with people who can help you? Sounds nice. Especially if you believe the testimonials they spam you with (tw suicide / self harm mention in below images)

But I was getting a weird feeling, so I went to read the legalese.

I couldn't even get through the fine-print it asked me to read and agree to, without it spamming the hell out of me. Almost like they expect people to just hit Yes? But I'm glad I stopped to read, because:

  • What you say on there won't be confidential. (And for context, I tried it out and the things people were looking for help with? I didn't even feel comfortable sharing here as examples, it was all so deeply personal and painful)
  • Also, what you say on there? Is now...
  • Koko's intellectual property - giving them the right to use it in any way they see fit, including
  • Publicly performing or displaying your "content" (also known as your mental health crisis) in any media format and in any media channel without limitation
  • Do this indefinitely after you end your account with them
  • Sell / share this "content" with other businesses
  • Any harm you come to using Koko? That's on you.
  • And Koko won't take responsibility for anything someone says to you on there (which is bleak when people are using it to spread Christianity to people in crisis)

I was curious about their business model. They're a venture-capitol based tech startup, owned by Airbnb, the famous mental health professionals with a focus on ethical business practices./s They're also begging for donations despite having already been given 2.5 million dollars in research funding. (If you want a deep dive on why people throw crazy money at tech startups, see my other post here)

They also use the data they gather from users to conduct research and publish papers. I didn't find them too interesting - other than as a good case study of "People tend to find what they are financially incentivized to find". Predictably, Koko found that Kokobot was beneficial to its users.

So yeah, being a dumbass with too much curiosity, I decided to use the Airbnb-owned Data-Mining Mental Health Chatline anyway. And if you thought it was dangerous sounding from the disclaimers? Somehow it got worse.

(trigger warning / discussions of child abuse / sexual abuse / suicide / violence below the cut - please don't read if you're not in a good place to hear about negligence around pretty horrific topics.)

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liesmyth

btw! I was made aware that many people don't know that we're boycotting Eurovision this year, so.

we are boycotting Eurovision, as per BDS guidelines.

don't watch the stream, don't engage with the videos, don't post it about it on social media using hashtags that are going to trend. whatever you're getting from the show isn't worth it

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gamchawizzy

Dreamers 👁 [ bloodborne | yume nikki ]

(AKA my silly crossover AU where the Nightmare of Mensis is one of the worlds Madotsuki can stumble into, forming a lonely platonic bond with a dead scholar as she deciphers her own dreams)

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Once you get this, you have to say five things you like about yourself, publicly. Then you have to send this to ten of your favorite followers 🖤

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HEEHEHE oki!!

I like the way I worldbuild!! I've only talked to @/s0yuzsauce about my stories in their entirety, but I take so much pride in them! Honestly asking anything about my OCs and their customs or towns and I'm sure to be able to blabber about them!

I like my place on the internet rn! It sounds a little odd but I used to be very worried about popularity on the internet a few years back. This was mostly due to being surrounded by people who made it too much of a big deal, but right now I'm very happy being able to take it slow and interact with people at my own pace. I feel very blessed to have good friends here (incl. you!) and be able to yap on and on about my interests without feeling like I have to compete! I'm at peace with where I am and I'm glad I didn't let all of that stuff get to my head entirely.

I like my willingness to try new things all the time! I always love new opportunities to do something new. I don't get too bored very easily because I can just fill my head with thinking about stories or worldbuilding, but doing new things, tasting new food, cooking new recipes, going to places, learning new languages and skills...these are all exciting to me!

I like my hair! Right now it's a bit short since I shaved for fun sometime back but I KNOW I look good with any length of hair. Sometimes I bleach it and dye it fun colours and it boosts my confidence more! Lately I've been keeping it natural just to see how my growth is like when uninterrupted. I also love my body hair! My thick brows too. My country's beauty standards prefer people to not be so hairy, but I don't care! I walk out there like a full on werewolf and I FEEL great! I hope I can grow out a beard soon though to complete the look ahahaha

Lastly, I like having a very diverse music taste! I cannot limit myself to few genres - i can't think about genres even at all! I'll happily listen to anything and I don't understand people who look down on certain music just cause it's uncool or mainstream or whatever. My playlist will consist of vocaloid, billboard hits, pirate metal, baltic folk, rap, broadway, eurobeats, horror game osts, oldies, hyperpop... literally everything! I also love compiling playlists! I will gladly make playlists for any vibe I want and even about my OCs and stories!

(small preview of all the playlists i cannot stop making)

I'm a little too shy to send this to my followers, so uhhhhh BOOP I TAG ANYONE WHO READS THIS FEEL FREE 2 BANDWAGGIN

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Re: trademark, fantastic character designs and mastery or both a more cartoony style and a painterly one! Love your work!

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GRAAAHHHHGHHGHH I'M GLAD!!!!!!! I used to be so insecure about being inconsistent with too many styles, but I realised that it was less of a weakness and more of a blessing to be able to expand my range easily 😭🙏 I'm so glad you love my character designs too! I try my best to make them feel "lived-in"! I'd love to explore more designing soon though, I haven't thought up of anything new in a hot minute and I gotta fix that 🤧 Thank you Synth~<3

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Hey, what is the Church AU for your characters? 👀

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OHOH, this is one of my more fav AUs of the fishies!!

In which Neviss is the kind priest in the small Catholic church of Sant-Climent, in a small boring town. Everyone thinks of him a saint and the nicest person ever, helping old ladies cross the streets, feeding the strays, organising so many fundraisers for the community...all that jazz.

Mary, on the other hand, is an atheist and a bit of a rebellious girl! So everyone was pleasantly surprised to see that she's started to go to church - as Father Nev's assistant! She seemed to be on the way to being just a no-good nobody, but it's so nice that Father Nev took her in.

Except she also knows his biggest secret - Father Nev's a vampire 😳

Nev has no qualms about her knowing it. After all, who would believe her? But Mary has other plans, which was to keep asking him to turn her LMAO. She's had enough of being the weak girl that so many guys took advantage of. She wants to be strong, immortal, able to do everything she wanted to do instead of rotting in this small boring town.

Obviously Nev said no, because vampirism is just as much a curse as it had its perks. It was a lonely existence full of unneeded urges and grief. A selfish condition he's had to live with for so many lifetimes, and he wasn't about to inflict that on poor Mary.

So Mary, stubborn girl she is, decides to just become his assistant! The church is very understaffed and Nev is terrible with admin work - which, coincidentally, something Mary was very good at. Sorting things, scheduling, all those papers and meetings and phone calls were something that came naturally to her! She took some sort of business or accounting class back in catholic college but got kicked out for dealing weed LOL

Her plan really was to become his familiar, and have Nev trust her enough that he'll have to turn her eventually! Which Nev is fully aware of and he's like, "okay sure I'll think about it" (very vague non-promise because he still thinks it's a bad idea)

Life's fairly quiet for a while! Mary finds out why Nev's able to get by without preying on the townies (All those church sponsored blood drives every few months, they donate most of it to the local hospitals and blood banks but a good bit of it is left behind for Nev to get his fix). Their biggest problem is mostly because that town is used as a detour for tourists and truckers, so outsiders tend to pass by regularly! Sometimes if those outsiders are disruptive to the peace of the town, or harmful to the residents...well, Nev doesn't have much of a problem disposing them 😳

Ducek is a supernatural hunter! But his day job is manning the lakeside camping grounds and fishing spot that his grandfather left him. He moved in quite recently and immediately tried to kill Nev LOL

He's also a werewolf! But that's mostly because of a hunting accident when he was still training. It's no biggie because he takes medicine for it :] His feud with Nev is really more of just because he was trained to end these creatures and not at all related to his own condition.

Mary is very indifferent to their fights and just steps aside because it's pretty stupid. She's on good terms with Ducek and often helps bake the muffins they serve at the Sunday lunch that he likes so much.

Eventually Ducek and Nev become begrudgingly non-hostile towards each other after Mary dragged Ducek to help save Nev from dying from a poisonous assassination attempt by another hunter. Now they just spend their days trying to wrangle the nosy church ladies, hide bodies of horrid people and malicious hunters, writing the homilies, avoiding hellish portals from opening in the town, and organising all sorts of projects and keeping the church strays fed!

Maybe one day Mary might get her wish, but for now, everyone can take their time :) The town and the days are slow, might as well enjoy the work 🙏

A few notes:

Christian things do not affect Nev specifically. Other vampires are, though - just an extra perk of having been ordained before he turned. He'll be affected by other non-Christian ways of warding vampires off though. Any vampires Nev may sire will also be able to resist it but not entirely. (Ex. Holy water won't burn them, but they will get weaker or fatigued) No one really knows what'll happen to him in the afterlife.

Ducek came from a long line of hunters. His grandfather Kain was the last hunter that stayed in the town.

Mary has a dumb DUMB puppy crush on Nev after a year or two and she refuses to talk about it because who tells their priest they have a crush on them 😭😭😭 Although she and Ducek started dating after that! Nev sort of figured out she was into him because her heartbeat kept pounding impossibly fast every time she was alone with him HJDJKGFHSJDKGHSD

Ducek is constantly nudging his goilfwend to just come clean to Nev about it (and also accidentally exposing his own developing crush on Nev in the process)

So yanno. funny poly couple where the priest is ALSO getting kissed 😏

Also a fun bit about this is that it's called the church au, but only Nev is Catholic 😭 (Mary is atheist/ex-catholic, and Ducek is non practising Jewish)

This was actually very fun to write, I haven't talked abt my OCs in a while! Thank you for asking, Katy <33

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Hey everyone, please consider buying the 2024 itch.io Palestinian Relief Bundle- it's 373 games, game-making assets, tabletop roleplaying games, zines, and comics for a minimum of just 8 USD! They have a goal of 100,000 USD, and as of the time I'm writing this post, they have 8 more days to reach it.

Link will be in the reblog!

Amazing news!! They reached their goal of 100,000 USD! There is now a second goal of 250,000 USD! Remember, this is 373 games, assets, and comics for a minimum of 8 USD- a bundle of items which would normally be ~1,667 USD! Let's reach that second goal as quickly as we reached the first goal!

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uncleghostt

Link works!!! For everyone who has tried to buy in the past week, it's finally live! Please spread the news :))))

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gamchawizzy

Cluttered Mind.

I put it up on my INPRNT! inprnt(.)com/gallery/gamchawizzy/cluttered-mind/

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