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Hi Nathanael~. You'd be welcome to start a topic in living-with-mental-illness/ which is a general area for any type of MH discussions. If you have questions about a specific issue, then you may get more discussion by posting in a more focused part of the forum, but this is a good way to begin.

Ada wrote:Hi Nathanael~. You'd be welcome to start a topic in living-with-mental-illness/ which is a general area for any type of MH discussions. If you have questions about a specific issue, then you may get more discussion by posting in a more focused part of the forum, but this is a good way to begin.

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Hi... I am new. It never occurred to me until this moment to see if there were forums related to the issues I have. I cannot express right now what I am feeling about discovering this. Well, yes I can. A piece of me feels very "Duh!!", because I am huge on using the net for EVERYTHING and am a member of many forums related to my hobbies. Why didn't I think of this before?!! I guess maybe it is that I do not explore my issues much, if at all, so how could I have found this site (or any others) if I am not even in the mindset of dealing with/facing/learning about/nor acknowledging my issues. Even right now, as I type, as happy as I am right now (no, it isn't happy, I actually feel like I found home - if that makes any sense) I am rambling on instead of stating these "issues" I have mentioned three times already.... I came into this one because it was one of the first to pop up in the search list but I am choosing to actually join this cyberspace family for two reasons - the particular forum section I was looking for had a post by someone reaching out desperately and so honestly, that I had to join just to reply. Then I saw in the members list section below that back in May over 1500 members were on the site at once. I knew right there that I would always have an ear, always have a cyber shoulder, but most importantly I was not alone. So... here I am. If you are reading this I guess you would want to know a little about me sooooo - First and foremost if you can't tell I can write my a$$ off. I apologize in advance but I just do not know how to write with a filter. I write so that there is no doubt of what I am saying and I write as descriptively as possible so that you feel like I am talking directly to you. This can lead to long winded posts... for example just scroll up. I am very down to earth, non judgmental, I like to think I am funny (yes I laugh at my own jokes even when nobody else does), and I have lived my 35 years on earth suppressing events in my childhood any way I can. Until this very moment [I swear to you as I am typing I am having an epiphany], I have refused to believe that my issues are related to childhood events but just skimming through the sections and thread subjects here I can see that my past has shaped who I am. Who am I? Get to the point already woman!! Sorry folks, I can't help writing books but hey I warned you like 10 lines up. I am a female... 35 yet I swear I feel between 18 and 24 lol... I live in NY, I have a few hobbies like I have a huge aquarium that is so relaxing (I recommend it), I am into photography (epiphany just now - being behind the camera gives me control doesn't it? I get to capture people when they are vulnerable or insecure and I have the power to either lift them up and tell them they look fine or I can capture that moment where even the loudest person feels naked... wow I never thought of it like that..), and I am also a DJ. I am compassionate to the point it is crippling. I don't know how many other people can do what I do, nobody I know is this way... I can instantly put myself in someone else's shoes in any situation and in turn feel (what I assume to be) what they are feeling. I can look at both sides of a situation and almost always explain both sides and get each sides reasons. This is with real life or tv. I dunno... maybe I will find this in others as I explore the forums. I hate it. This compassion can make me incredibly weak, like too understanding and subsequently very forgiving in my life. Anyway.. what else... umm I have a great job and relatively stable life. I am deceptively normal. Now, if these were my aquarium forums or my music forums I would stop here.. but I am not on this site to stop there. I am here to find others who can relate, who have been through similar things, and who can help me either.... either.... I dunno. I should stop at "who can help me". Should we meet again somewhere here you can call me Jay... If you are looking to hand out some help and support, Jay here has been through ....... I find it hard to type so either I continue to sit here and hover over the keyboard or I let you know that I am hovering over the keyboard struggling to get it out..... Jay here has been through molestation as a child by 3 people... 1 of them being (I wish this would insert my pauses, it would really help you know me right now) 1 of them being my brother and it lasted at least a year... I struggle with drug use (not addiction but very reckless), anxieties, trust, comfortability around children, comfortability with intimacy (sexual and even just a friendly hug), and linking all this together. I am bisexual, which is another issue to me because I don't know if it is a result or a natural born thing... I try not to think about that stuff, not to believe it is why I do what I do, why I am how I am... but now at 35 and FINALLY seeing a Psych.. I am starting to feel like I should look at my past. My psych diagnosed me in one session with depression and anxiety, and I didn't even tell him about my abuse. It was then that I kinda realized suppressing things isn't working. Maybe I will come back tomorrow to post in the sections of this forum that relate to me... maybe I will just go to sleep and wake up thinking this is a waste of time. Either way, thank you if you read this far... If anything I wrote resonates with you in any way, please feel free to say so. I could use the connection. Doubts are coming on right now so I am ending this before I delete it all

Welcome to the forum, Jay, from another person who can write their rear off. I hope you come back and I hope you explore the forum and find places that are comfortable for you to post in. Though it's absolutely fine if you just want to read [many members and guests do that. We have a huge silent community here, along with those of us who speak.] And also fine if this isn't right for you at the moment and you don't visit again for 6 months.

Hello I'm new here, I have mild autism, and possible bipolar. I'm not very comfortable or adjusted to this forum yet so I don't really know what else to say about myself other than I'm a person. I'm 20 years old, male and I don't really do much lately besides play ps2 games on my computer. in crowds or even small groups I become unstable and feel a lot of pain and discomfort its hard to think with so much sound hitting me at once. I used to become really paranoid in social settings thinking everyone was openly mocking me. I dropped out of college out of this fear and I"m unable to pursue my education because of it.
I'd write more, but there isn't no really much to say beyond that.

That's as good an introduction as any, Sexta_esapada, and better than mine. When I joined, I just started posting in topics I found of interest, I didn't say hello at all.

In case you haven't found them already, there are forums for people with bipolar/ and autism/ but you're welcome to post wherever you like. You could start a gaming topic in just-for-fun/ if there isn't one already, since many people here share that interest.

Hello...I'm Kathryn, I have been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, inattentive-type ADHD, and Mood Disorder-NOS, although I'm not sure how well or how accurately they describe the problems I have, and I've kept a lot of those problems to myself because its hard to tell whether they are serious enough to matter towards a diagnosis or not. I've mostly just read the forums, I haven't really been comfortable enough to post anything until now.

I appreciate you posting, Kathryn, and hope to see more of you around the place, wherever you feel comfortable.

Hi everyone, I'm another new person on here. Couldn't tell you exactly what it is I suffer from, although Bipolar has been mentioned a few times by my doctor. I've suffered with depression since I was 16 and have only had brief respite from it for a year at the most. However, just lately everything seems to be so much worse and things have changed so much in my head that it scares me, to the point where I'm afraid to get help.

Hi disturbedangel.
I'm glad you found the forum. I'm so sorry things have gotten worse for you. It seems like it would be a good thing to see your doctor as you can get treatment and hopefully understand more of what is going on with you. If you are afraid of going perhaps going with a trusted friend or family member might help.
*hugs*, take care and keep posting.--Jan