I am struggling at the moment

No it didn't its ok

@TAB It all depends whether you click on hypertext/panel or whatever they call it.

Press on "Lived Experience" and you get 6 forum sections.

The top 4 are most used.

When you enter one eg "Something is not right" then you can read and join threads simply by pressing "reply".

Also at the top of each section is an aqua "New Discussion" button ... that is how you start a new thread and post whatever you want.

@Former-Member I hope I did not trigger you by my previous comment. I am mindful you are low.

It is just an etiquette thing .. we all know threads are open ... but when we are fragile I think it is a good idea to respect the original poster.

it was just that the other poster was new and the post serious.

Take care everyone.

Hey @Former-Member ...... ❤️🌷

@TAB

Here's a bit of a laptop walk-thru .... I'm on iPad, so the page lay-out might differ ...

When you click on Forums in the top bar, you get a page that offers you a choice between the Carers and the Lived Experience forums. If you click on the title of either, it will bring you to that cover page.

So .... looking at either forum .... on the right-hand side there is a box called Latest Comments. That shows you where people are currently posting. You will often find Night Shift coming up there .... and you can click on it to go to that thread. Clicking on any of those thread titles in the box will take you there.

Otherwise the main area of the cover page is taken up with a set of Discussion Topics. If you click on any of those, you will see a set of threads to scroll down, along with facility to open a new thread yourself if you want. A lot of forumites open "their own thread" where they might introduce themselves a bit .... what brought them here .... what they have connected with .... questions they may have .... support and advice they are seeking ....

I reckon you will work out how to drive it your way from here .... 😏

Yell out to anyone for more help if you get stuck.

The Report Inappropriate Content button in the lower left of each posting box - yours it anyone else's - will flag the moderators, and it doesn't just have to be for content .... if you have any question this is one path to getting a response. Another way is to tag individual mods with the @ symbol in front of their name (drop down box will appear as you start to type), or there is a link on the main page, and email address.