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General => Welcome our 'NEW MEMBERS'!! => Topic started by: Maddymoo on May 09, 2012, 08:44:07 PM

Title: Hi! Newbie alert!
Post by: Maddymoo on May 09, 2012, 08:44:07 PM: Hi there, just a quick hello as I'm not quite ready to get into the reasons I am here *waves like a mad woman*
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Post by: Sweetpea on May 09, 2012, 08:46:56 PM: Hello and welcome to the forum Maddymoo, We are a friendly bunch.

S x x
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Post by: KateG on May 09, 2012, 08:55:28 PM: Hi and welcome

Kate x
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Post by: Maddymoo on May 09, 2012, 10:06:07 PM: :) thank you :)
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Post by: Zaf on May 10, 2012, 09:00:57 AM: Hi and welcome

Z x
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Post by: Maddymoo on May 10, 2012, 09:34:41 AM: Hi :)
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Post by: Ezel on May 10, 2012, 11:44:44 AM: .>,
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Post by: Maddymoo on May 10, 2012, 11:52:30 AM: Thank you x
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Post by: Buttercup on May 10, 2012, 12:12:10 PM: Welcome to the forum xxx
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Post by: Maddymoo on May 10, 2012, 12:20:32 PM: Thank you x
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Post by: SteveW on May 15, 2012, 03:14:36 PM: The usual suspects have all said hello. I donâ€™t usually bother but since youâ€™ve read my journal I thought Iâ€™d offer to help in any way I can. Just post in the journal or send me a personal message.

Love

Steve
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Post by: Maddymoo on May 16, 2012, 01:21:37 PM: Thank you Steve :)

Maddy
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Post by: mamalou on May 16, 2012, 07:42:19 PM: Hi.

Welcome.

I just hang here sometimes ! Good to have a new buddy.

x x
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Post by: Ezel on May 17, 2012, 11:22:46 AM: mamalou, cute dog in your avatar ^&*
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Post by: Maddymoo on May 21, 2012, 10:16:45 AM: Think i'll start a journal, do you reckon it would be helpful?

Maddy
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Post by: Zaf on May 21, 2012, 10:17:59 AM: I find it useful and I think a lot of other people do :)

Z xx
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Post by: Ezel on May 21, 2012, 11:28:17 AM: Yes definitely. I don't do this so much here as I have an adoption related blog which helps me with adoption related depression.
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Post by: SteveW on May 21, 2012, 11:57:33 AM: A journal would be an excellent idea, provided you stick to thoughts, feelings, and experiences, and avoid trivia. There has been lots of academic work on the benefits of writing in recent years, mostly positive. Try looking up James Pennebaker on Google. But stick at it. A lot of people seem to do a few entries and then stop. The only real negative is that a sequential electronic format doesnâ€™t allow you to go back and enter new pages so you can reflect on what you have already written, but thatâ€™s a relatively small drawback.
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Post by: Maddymoo on May 22, 2012, 01:08:56 PM: Oh il give it a go then, I just think it might help me to write down the experiences that have brought me to where I am today, I don't know why, I just want to

Maddy
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Post by: SteveW on May 22, 2012, 08:41:21 PM: Glad youâ€™re starting a journal, good luck with it. You canâ€™t do these in electronic form but this link gives some art therapy journalling suggestions. Maybe in the privacy of your own home ? Unfortunately I have the artistic abilities of a 5 year old so not for me.

http://www.nowgetcreative.com/CJExercises/exercises.htm
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Post by: Maddymoo on May 23, 2012, 08:12:05 AM: Ah, deep within me lies a designer, unfortunately my hands say differently! Although I can draw a marvellous stick man, with clothes and everything... I'm still going to have a look though, thanks :)