Newbie's Social Club - Come make some friends!

@TooManyAcronyms If you put a @ symbol first, a drop-down box will come up, and you can tag people otherwise they may miss your post. 😊💛

Hi @Shaz51,

Apologies for the late reply!

Doing okay, feeling really tired haha. Trying to navigate through support services for my partner, it's really frustrating. I had to advocate on the phone yesterday that this one service absolutely cannot arrive at 10am in the morning, because my partner has insomnia (and doesn't sleep until 8am). This service was absolutely adamant about coming, but I kept advocating against it and we sorted it out. As a carer I really wasn't impressed lol. It made me feel really validated though, because a lesser me would've just accepted it and suffered the consequences; so I felt rather proud 🙂

It's off uni time, so I have way more spare time to myself. Trying to enjoy it, but can't help feeling like I need to be productive. Trying to be to myself.

Hi

Thx for the welcome

Dont really know my way around the forum, so im kinda hesitant about posting. I will slowly get used to how things work and look forward to positive interactions with everyone 🙂

I have BPD, have no friends, and kinda sit at home playing games all day. Not sure how to interact with others and wouldnt mind connecting with people with similar problems (Especially if they have somehow overcome some of the social anxiety and have tips !).

Hope everyone is having a good day

hey @Stryk3r83! welcome 😊

no worries, please do take your time and feel free to tag me or anyone else if you need a hand with navigating the forums.

we have a bunch of different spaces, you can read through/post in any of them. to reply to someone's post, you click the 'reply' button at the bottom of their post.

to tag someone: you put a @ symbol first, type the username (a drop-down box will come up), and select the member(s). this way, the person tag will be notified of your response.

i think starting a new discussion would help you connect with others in a similar boat! you could make one new discussion or even 2 (if you wanted to chat about social anxiety tips and BPD separately). if you'd like a hand with this, let us know - we can walk you through the steps 😊 also there's no pressure to post the new discussion today/now, so you can always reach out later too!

looking forward to connecting with you!

Hi @Stryk3r83

Welcome to the forums. Here is a helpful thread to help you navigate the forums. Just click on the blue words to navigate there. How To

Hello lovely forums newbies!

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It's great to e-meet you all! I hope that you're all having a lovely week so far, please feel free to pop by and say hello here, introduce yourself or ask any forums questions that might have been coming up for you.

HI I'm new here, so I hope this post gets approved.

I'm a Army vet, 8 years infantry.

I know this might sound weird, but I hate the Xmas time period.

The shops are full of people, lots of noise, lots of movement and I very quickly find myself getting overwhelmed by it all.

Then there's the fireworks 🎇

And to top it off there's family gatherings and seeing family members that I often don't see during the year.

Sometimes I feel like a stranger.

Would appreciate any ideas or advice

TIA

TAILS74

Hi [edited by mod]. Just introducing myself. Lots of trauma, depression and anxiety. Life has always been difficult, but I'm a survivors. It would nice to holiday from the black hole.