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Hello, bb. Welcome!

Hiya, y'all!

Butterfly Faerie wrote:This is a place to share a small introduction... please do not share your real name etc.... and only post what you are comfortable sharing with the site.

I'll be careful. So: I live in the UK and I'm in my early fifties.

Having read the rules - especially re PII - I've created an anonymised personal webpage on a friend's wiki, at *mod edit*. My idea was to accumulate a small corpus of relevant links there, so I can refer to one when I post something.

The rules mentioned including a website in one's signature and as I type this I can see a tickbox below with "signatures can be altered via the UCP" whatever that is, but until I've figured-out what that means and with your permission I guess I'll go with something like:-

Thanks for reading, -H *mod edit*

Hello and welcome!

After some review, you'll find your post edited- check your private message inbox for an explanation, thanks.

I guess it might be an idea to do a re-introduction....

I am Arbie .... 52-year-old male from regional Victoria in Australia.

I have a complex mental health due to Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and a variety of issues with Anxiety and Social Isolation.

I am a military veteran who also suffers from diabetes which is unfortunately caused by family history - with both familial lines having the disease in both Type 1 and Type 2.

I work most weekends, and spend much of my spare time caring for my own parents who have complex health issues and can't exactly take care of themselves all the time. My father isn't even allowed to drive for more that 2 hours at a time.

Welcome back, Arbie. Things have slowed down a bit since you last were here (I assume it was a while back). I do hope you find some support or maybe just posting some might help.

Otter wrote: Things have slowed down a bit since you last were here (I assume it was a while back). I do hope you find some support or maybe just posting some might help.

Thanks Otter, it has been a long while since I was last on and yes things are much slower in here than they used to be. I think part of it is that there are now so many more active options for help that are generally more suited to geographic locations.

I am getting some help and have had a few hiccups along the way because of a medication which altered brain chemistry (and I was unaware of the impact it was having until it was too late)

hey all you can call me shredder or 1990 idc which one or which name u call me by jsut dont call me late for dinner lol, anyway im 33 pansexual and mostly asexual to alot of people im here to help and be a ear someone can use

hi shredder

Hey Shredder.... got BeBop and Rock Steady nearby?

-- Sat Sep 30, 2023 8:02 pm --

Hey Shredder.... got BeBop and Rock Steady nearby?

hi there, my name is S, and I am a 21 year old biojogy major. I have been diagnosed with ocd, adhd, social anxiety, and depression. Lately I have been struggling insanely hard. I've almost completed my dbt course and I use the skills I learned every day or nearly every day, and most days I'm fine, but yesterday I had a huge mental breakdown. Like, screaming, crying, freaking out all day, even while using the coping skills.

I don't know if this is part of the process. I don't know. I am trying to get over a breakup that is killing me so badly. I've lost my only friend and my lover. I can't go to my parents anymore, they don't want to hear it and they have problems of their own. I don't have any friends to go to and i dont know if i am mentally healthy enough to maintain a meaningful friendship right now anyways. School is eating me alive and all I want is something healthy to eat but somehow, every time someone goes to the store, they forget about the things I ask for. I am doing everything I can but I am falling apart and I don't know how to put myself back together or if I even can. I don't know if the pieces fit back together anymore and I'm scared about that.

I am trying so hard, so hard. But I'm still called lazy.

i know this all wasn't necessary to add to an introduction but I need to get this out. I can't hold it in anymore. im typing this at school because im here all the time, i never get a break, i even work hard on the weekend.