Newbie Introductions

Hi, I'm new here. I don't know what to say, but I suffer from depression and anxiety and have for a long time. A lot of the time I feel like I don't want anything from the world and it's hard to live in a world from which you want nothing. Can be scary. Apart from that, I'm pretty 'normal' lol!

I also have something of a 'reacting problem' which means that I get upset when I interact with people. That makes life quite difficult at times. I have an even temper though and don't get angry easily. It's more that I get hurt and end up crying.

I'm from the UK and have some training in psychology and a bit of counselling skills training/experience. I like to help others (as I have been helped) and will help anyone, if I can.

Hello breakinfree and welcome to the forum. I hope you find it helpful and supportive here...

Hi all,

Stuff about me:
I am a soon-to-be-graduating undergraduate student. I want to have a career in psychiatry. I have a particular interest in psychiatric pharmaceuticals.

I have several diagnosis: depression (well controlled, not an issue unless I don't take my meds), Generalized Anxiety disorder (fairly well controlled), ADHD (ok control so far, still titrating up), Asperger's syndrome, and Avoidant Personality Disorder. The last two are things I am learning to work around.

I am here to dip my toe into the friendship pool. I have an amazing girlfriend, but don't want to rely on her to provide all of my real human contact.

I plan on hanging around the Aspie sub-forum.

That's all folks! It's good to meet you all!

Andrew

Wow...I finally got in here...took a while to navigate around after I joined, lol...

Anyhow, I really feel like sighing in relief, being on this site...hard to describe how much so.

Well, as you can tell, I'm "addicted" to elipses, lol. More about me...well, I'm planning on going back to school in the fall, and there have been lots of other changes in my life lately that have been really stressful.

Last time I went to college, things went really downhill. I ended up going back home and then to the hospital for like 4 months...first time going to the hospital for mental problems. I've gotten better, pretty-much, but I'm really surprised/sad/frustrated that NOBODY (that I can remember) suggested that I go online and find forums for people who had been through similar stuff. I'm not much of a practical thinker, so it really would have been nice if someone had suggested it to me during the three to four years since I got "sick," especially since I'm on the computer so much. In the recovery program I was in, there were get-togethers with others like me, but I guess I didn't realize how much talking was necessary back then. Plus, it's kinda hard to talk about the elephant in the room when you're not feeling "sick" or don't even want to deal with things...or when you don't realize how much sharing similar experiences is important to feeling validated.

So I'm really happy to finally be on here. I know this post is kinda long compared to some of the others, but wow...it's pretty awesome to feel free to talk to people this stuff has happened to...not just those who have seen it or studied it, no matter how nice they are.

Hello DealingWithIt and Andrew...

Welcome to the forums. I hope you find it helpful and supportive here...

DealingWithIt, yes I agree it is very important to share experiences with people in order to have your feelings validated... The internet is definitely a good way of doing that...

salted lipstick wrote:Hello breakinfree and welcome to the forum. I hope you find it helpful and
supportive here...

Hi salted lipstick,

Thank you. I hope so too! .

Did I post in the right place, or should I have started a new post in the members section?

breakin

breakinfree wrote:Did I post in the right place, or should I have started a new post in the members section?

Here is good. You could have posted an introductory thread in the "Member's Introduction" sub-forum if you wanted. But here is good too. The "Member's Corner" is more for like questions about how to use the features of the forum...

Anyway, happy posting... I'm sure I'll be seeing you around.

salted lipstick wrote: Here is good. You could have posted an introductory thread in the "Member's Introduction" sub-forum if you wanted. But here is good too. The "Member's Corner" is more for like questions about how to use the features of the forum...

Anyway, happy posting... I'm sure I'll be seeing you around.

Cool, thanks.

See you around

[color=#4000FF]Hey everyone,
My name is Kelly and I'm 24 years old. I grew up with a bi-polar mother and have spent most of my life trying to deal with that past issue and praying that I wouldn't end up like her. Well, long story short, I am indeed facing my worst fear and might even be having more issues than she ever did. I am interesting in "meeting" others who share some of my worries, fears, and general anxieties. I look forward to reading your posts and learning to be more open to sharing my feelings with you. ..[/color]

Hi,

I joined because Im concerned about a friend who may be suffering from erotomania Apparently Im one of the few she listens to so I figured I better learn a bit.

As for myself, never got much counsling although I've been through several abusive relationships and suffer from anxiety so Im not sure how much I can help my friend.

Seems though after reading so many postings here, perhaps I better help myself with my own abusive issues before I rush out "rescuing" my friend.

So far Im amazed with the stories and insights here.