Welcome! Introduce yourself here 🙂

Welcome @StanD !

I found these forums very helpful in support me to feel comfortable in interacting with others. I hope you will also experience this.

Also, we have a peer group live chat on right now. You can create an account and connect here: https://www.sane.org/peer-support/peer-group-chat

This chat uses a different platform.

See you around on the forums!

I hope so too Tyme. Thanks for encouraging me too.

Thank you tyme

I am feeling something

I could not believe that 5 caring people have replied to me

Thank you Eternal Flower

That is a beautiful name I love the idea of having an eternal flower

I said that I was confusing .

I have confused myself.

I thought there were 5 responses.

This place is huge

It reminds me of an airport people coming and going

Flying in and out.

Hello StanD

You arrived here close to the time that I did

So hello so that you do not feel so alone

I love meeting new people

The world does have nice people and nasty people

Animals know how to look after themselves

Hello @tyme

Hello @EternalFlower

Hello @StanD

Hello @chibam I think that I saw your name somewhere.

I wrote to you before and did not know then about @

If you want to read back you might find what I wrote

This is not going very well

I have messed up somewhere else already and upset someone who was feeling left out.

That has upset me

I dont know whether to stay and feel frightened now if I write somewhere else that other people will be upset

This is like being in real life

Being new is so hard

I might even upset someone else on here now as I cannot write to everyone who has ever written on here.

Hi @Former-Member ,

Please don’t feel that way. It was just that particular thread.

You are welcome to start your own discussion by clicking on “new discussion”.

Feel free to hang out at

Share a cuppa?

Re: Good Morning

Re: Hot Chocolate Anyone ?

The Ice-Memery

Hello @Former-Member I am new too. I didn't know about @ also. It's very scary being new. I share the worries you wrote about. I wanted to let you know that you are not upsetting me at all. I am grateful for the communication. You can write to me anytime. I need the support of friendly people and I love your name. Courage is being scared & making smart moves even though we feel scared. I used to think brave meant fearless. I need help. Hope you have a lovely day.

Thank you @tyme

I had a look at good morning and I can tell that everyone knows each other well

In real life I do not enjoy having cups of hot drinks and talking about every day stuff

That sounds awful I know

I have never been interested in that kind of conversation

I like to ask questions and discover new ideas

This is part of why I am so lonely because people think that I am different to them.

Well I am.

I do not know what kind of thread to start and how to do that or where to do it

Hello new friendly @StanD

You have helped keep me here a little longer.

I am trying to find out how to start a new thread @tyme suggested this

I do not want to talk about illness

I want to explore

Does that sound like something you would like to do/

Would you come if I invited you?