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Welcome and getting started

Welcome! Introduce yourself here 🙂

Welcome! Introduce yourself here 🙂

New here? Welcome to the SANE Forums! We are so happy you found us and have joined our wonderful community. There are lots of people here like you, who can understand what you might be going through and offer valuable peer support.

You may see members reaching out to share their stories, asking questions about mental health, looking for others who get it, seeking support and offering support. We hope you find this a supportive and welcoming space to be.

We want to get to know you, and introduce you to other members of the SANE Community.

To get started, you can simply post here by clicking "reply" to introduce yourself and a fun fact or two about you.

Or, you can introduce yourself to the community by starting a new discussion thread! How to do that you ask? Follow the below steps to create your first post.

  • Click back into the Welcome & Getting Started topic area
  • Click the ‘New Discussion’ Button
  • Type in a subject title
  • Enter your post (there are some helpful tips on how you can introduce yourself below)
  • Then click post!

Feel free to check out our "how-to" video here: https://youtu.be/y9y-b7q43eQ?si=79nIOvHs5Qxm7w0j

You may see our Peer Support Workers welcoming new members in this space, so please reach out if you have any questions, or if we can help you get started 🙂 We are always happy to help! To reach us, @moderator or email us at team@saneforums.org. We look forward to getting to chatting soon

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In response to: Welcome! Introduce yourself here 🙂

Re: Welcome! Introduce yourself here 🙂

Hello @EternalFlower

I found a copy of your reply to me from other place about british comedies.

I am not going to reply over there any more.

I am also sorry for messing things up for you there as well.

10-02-2023 08:30 PM

I'm hoping the laughter is good laughter @motion and that I did help....

I was trying to say it's ok and you are welcome.

I'm feeling like my name at times , eternally a flower, 💐 trying to give people a feeling of brightness.

I wanted to thank you for your lovely reply that I copied above to help make sense.

That reply gave me a feeling of brightness

and I do not know you as I have just joined.

That tells me that you are beautiful just like a flower and the eternal part is the giving side that is a big part of you.

That is how I felt.

I am going to try and start a new thread somewhere if I don't get lost and would like to invite you as a new friendly person.

I will not be writing about what parts of this world call mental health.

Please let me know if you do not want me to invite you.

I will understand and not be offended.

i think that It is better to invite people who have been friendly towards me already otherwise It just feels as though I am talking to myself.

I forgot to thank you for liking my name.

I might dig deep and use that in a new thread.

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Re: Welcome! Introduce yourself here 🙂

Most definitely I will @Former-Member !

In response to: Welcome! Introduce yourself here 🙂

Re: Welcome! Introduce yourself here 🙂

Hi @Former-Member , and welcome to the forums! 😀

Try not to beat yourself up over making little mistakes while you get used to the forums here. There are invariably teething problems when we venture into something new. Regarding that other thread you were having problems with, I make those sorts of mistakes all the time - inadvertantly taking things off topic. Sometimes it just happens.

I hope you stick around here. It's a very warm and welcoming community!

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Re: Welcome! Introduce yourself here 🙂

You want to start a new thread of your own @Former-Member and you would like to invite me.

You don't want to discuss mental health. You like to explore.

You are different. You don't like hot drinks. Is this right motion?

You feel scared because you have upset someone already. You feel like being new is difficult. You feel like other members already know each other. Is this right? Am I understanding you?

You felt like I was friendly. This made you feel better and gave you confidence to stay longer.

You don't think you can make good relationships with people in real life. You want to make friends in virtual world. Am I understanding correctly?

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

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Re: Welcome! Introduce yourself here 🙂

Hi @Former-Member I took a step back as I was unsure myself and felt I was the wrong one but I had also tried my best and hope we are on a good track here.....sure is confusing

Feeling like you don't belong is a sea of many other boats yet none feel safe....I know that feeling intimately.

It feels good to write to you and I feel safe writing here, so I think imo you are successful at connecting to people here. How is your day? @StanD @tyme

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Re: Welcome! Introduce yourself here 🙂

@EternalFlower You sound wise. Thankyou for helping. I feel unsure because I got scary information today. I am feeling uncertain. All I can do right now is be patient for another day. Focus on what I can achieve. I am doing my best. My head cannot process. It is too much information.

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Re: Welcome! Introduce yourself here 🙂

Yes, . please @Former-Member

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Re: Welcome! Introduce yourself here 🙂

Hey @Former-Member @StanD I know it's scary to post, you're doing well. It's ok to just try

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Re: Welcome! Introduce yourself here 🙂

Oh thankyou @EternalFlower you must have known I needed you. I love it's ok to just try. I am a little bit of a nervous wreck. I found a focus, I'm very happy to share. It's lots better than oblivion - for me right now anyway. Oblivion is not altogether bad. It can get to a point where I need a focus & oblivion feels hopeless. So I'm happy I found an answer. Now I need time to interpret. I'm stressed & ok...and scared.

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Re: Welcome! Introduce yourself here 🙂

I was thinking about what you might title your new thread @Former-Member & digging deep. It helped me to see a path way. Have a lovely night.

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