Hi. *deep breath* ...okay, I can do this.
I hate making these usually-awkward introductions so this is quite a chore. Oh well, my brain could use the mental exercise. BRAIN: "Nnooooooo!!!"
Anyway, I'm a 24 year-old female from Canada. When I'm comfortable enough, I will reveal to you my favorite color and astrological sign. You will then sign a confidentiality agreement.
I haven't gotten much sleep this past week so please forgive the eccentric and perhaps annoying ramblings of this post. Or my tendancy to wards speling errs. And sentence fragments.
I started out writing a more serious post but then I remembered that that bums me out so this will have to suffice. Humour (Shut up, spellcheck! This is how we Canadians spell the word!) is a wonderful thing.
However, a quick summary: I remember struggling with feelings of loneliness since elementary school. I was always a shy gal and never took the initiative in meeting new people. Usually I was introduced to them by someone else. So in class I sat quietly and kept to myself. Now try doing that year after year after year and you get the sad picture. (Maybe some people here went through something similar). I've had a few friends but ended up withdrawing from them. Hello depression.
Eventually I developed social anxiety and severe depression sometime in high school and things just got harder afterwards. Depression comes and goes but the social anxiety is always there. It's hard to leave the house but I try to force myself.
I want to get better but it's hard to get motivated. I feel like I'm missing out on everything. I need to learn to trust people more and open up to them without fear of being rejected or judged.
Plus other issues, yaddayadda, leave it for discussions later, and done.
So there it is...and I just realized that ending introductions is just as hard as starting them. Fff-*bleep* Er, I mean, good-bye (for now).
One more thing: if you're participating in the A Lonely Life - New members forum drinking game, I typed "lonely" in the Google search engine and this is how I found the forum in the first place. Enjoy.
I hate making these usually-awkward introductions so this is quite a chore. Oh well, my brain could use the mental exercise. BRAIN: "Nnooooooo!!!"
Anyway, I'm a 24 year-old female from Canada. When I'm comfortable enough, I will reveal to you my favorite color and astrological sign. You will then sign a confidentiality agreement.
I haven't gotten much sleep this past week so please forgive the eccentric and perhaps annoying ramblings of this post. Or my tendancy to wards speling errs. And sentence fragments.
I started out writing a more serious post but then I remembered that that bums me out so this will have to suffice. Humour (Shut up, spellcheck! This is how we Canadians spell the word!) is a wonderful thing.
However, a quick summary: I remember struggling with feelings of loneliness since elementary school. I was always a shy gal and never took the initiative in meeting new people. Usually I was introduced to them by someone else. So in class I sat quietly and kept to myself. Now try doing that year after year after year and you get the sad picture. (Maybe some people here went through something similar). I've had a few friends but ended up withdrawing from them. Hello depression.
Eventually I developed social anxiety and severe depression sometime in high school and things just got harder afterwards. Depression comes and goes but the social anxiety is always there. It's hard to leave the house but I try to force myself.
I want to get better but it's hard to get motivated. I feel like I'm missing out on everything. I need to learn to trust people more and open up to them without fear of being rejected or judged.
Plus other issues, yaddayadda, leave it for discussions later, and done.
So there it is...and I just realized that ending introductions is just as hard as starting them. Fff-*bleep* Er, I mean, good-bye (for now).
One more thing: if you're participating in the A Lonely Life - New members forum drinking game, I typed "lonely" in the Google search engine and this is how I found the forum in the first place. Enjoy.
You seem very personable and witty to me... I dunno why others wouldn't find that quality in you to be endearing. Anyway, I think you'll fit right in here. 
