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[PrincessWriter]

Hi. I'm. PrincessWriter, I suppose, here. I suffer from depression and anxiety.

A friend recommended I join here, especially since my problems are less the levels of depression and anxiety and more the complete lack of coping mechanisms to dealing with them. See. I have ADHD, and as a child my mother used to drug me up to take care of it. Enough that I lost. All my childhood memories. She has borderline personality disorder, and maybe a couple other things, but this isn't about her - just. I had to deal with a lot, and now I don't know how to deal with normal life.

I can't actually work. I'm on disability right now, possibly going to federal. I do write, and even make a little money at it, but that's the closest I have to a job. Which means I have a lot of free time. And I get pretty lonely. And I rely too much on everyone around me. Which makes everyone around me feel depressed and anxious and like crap, half the time, because the only way I know how to deal with this stuff is to share it with the people I care about.

Anyway. I'm. Trying to learn more healthy coping mechanisms. And my roommate suggested a community would be better than solely relying on my once a week therapy sessions that frequently gets missed.

But I didn't really know any social groups for this sort of thing. So now I'm here.

[Hidden]

Hi and welcome, I’m glad you found us here x

[PrincessWriter in reply to Hidden]

Thanks ^^

[InquisitiveMind427]

Welcome to the group. You caught me on kind of a bad day for having a warm and inspirational greeting but I truly hope you find what you’re looking for. Don’t be afraid to reach out to people or post publicly. Best of luck!

[PrincessWriter in reply to InquisitiveMind427]

Thanks!

[JEG325]

You've come to the right place. In this forum you can air out your feelings with no discrimination or judgement. I've been depressed for many years and just didn't face up to it. Though I wasn't officially diagnosed until about a year ago, I know now that the anxiety, panic attacks and depression have existed for more than a decade! There was PTSD too over several horrible events I faced in my life. The point is, I found this forum a few weeks ago and it helped immediately. We all know how you feel and we've all been there. This my pledge to you PrincessWriter: I will personally be here any time you need an ear, a strong shoulder or comforted. By the way, I am in the final stages of working on a small group chat involving creative writing and music. We will share poems and short stories, as well as pages from longer stories. We will talk about music too. The chat is completely open so that you can talk about anything within reason. But, you will have 9 others to talk back to you! Are you up for it?

[PrincessWriter in reply to JEG325]

I think so! I like groups, and sharing things - and I love writing....

[JEG325 in reply to PrincessWriter]

Okay. I'm inexperiencd at this. So, I'm not sure how the pm chat line works. I know I can see everyone's response. I don't know if everyone esle can see each others response. Need to figure that out. But, you're in. I write poems (mostly for my BFF Starrlight), Sy-fy novels & thinking about short stories too. We can always chat directly and swap story ideas, poems, favorite songs & pages from novels. Anytime. Do you know how to use the pm chat?

[PrincessWriter in reply to JEG325]

I know how to open the PMs and reply - I haven't tried actually sending something, yet.

I write fantasy stories, mostly. Used to write more poems - always thought I had a knack for getting syllables just right, so maybe I should try again now that I'm more adult.

[JEG325 in reply to PrincessWriter]

That would be awesome. I will exchange story ideas, poems and the like with you. Just pm me directly. I would welcome the distraction. (So, would you, I bet.)

[Hidden]

Hello and welcome..

You can chat with us all anytime you choose.

[PrincessWriter]

Thanks! I hope to post more, and get more help soon.

[Misfit23]

Welcome. I'm in a different yet similar boat. I don't work either so I'm home all the time. I do all the house work plus try to keep everyone happy. I hope this community helps you find what you're looking for and remind you you're not as alone as you might think you are.

[PrincessWriter in reply to Misfit23]

You sound like you're managing it more successfully than I am - hope I can get some help here, and do that well one day...

[Misfit23 in reply to PrincessWriter]

Well I just had a mini melt down and called my sister a name. I actually came on here to vent a little when I saw your post and oddly enough helped. I hope you don't take some sort of offense but I forget I'm not alone sometimes.

[PrincessWriter in reply to Misfit23]

It's easy to forget. And it's easy to melt down and get upset and. I'm scared I generally make people's lives harder, by dumping everything on them because I need to constantly talk when I'm nervous and working things out.

[Misfit23]

I do that too. Even when they say I'm not I just think that they're lying to make me feel better

[PrincessWriter]

It sucks. And it's something I need to work on. Because I can't actually contribute to the household in many ways, and I don't want to drag everyone down.