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General => Welcome our 'NEW MEMBERS'!! => Topic started by: Michibelle on August 27, 2010, 10:14:27 AM

Title: Hey from me :)
Post by: Michibelle on August 27, 2010, 10:14:27 AM
I had typed out a really long introduction as to why I'm here and what my issues are... But the universe apparently doesn't want me to share my story and my PC crashed and everything I had written was lost!!  It was pretty tough writing it all down and saying things "aloud" for the first time ever and I don't think I have the emotional strength right now to do it all over.  Maybe at some point over the weekend if I can get some private time.

So I just wanted to say "hello  +=-", I'm Michelle, I'm 24, currently working as a legal assistant but have a new job as a trainee solicitor to start in August 2011 which is pretty exciting.  Recently diagnosed as having "mild depression" (which I don't think is accurate, but can't blame the doctor because I find it impossible to actually talk about the way I'm feeling or my past) but when I started actually thinking back over my life it became quite obvious to me that I have been suffering from depression since I was about 15, with my first major episode when I was 16.  I seem to have dipped in and out of it ever since, and I think this is quite common?

I enjoyed reading all of your posts on here yesterday -- you are all such strong people and so helpful and understanding.  I hope that my experiences can somehow help you, and that I can find some comfort here too.

The biggest thing I am looking for is just to see that I'm not a freak...  That I'm as normal as I can be expected to be.

Hope you are all well, and happy Friday to you!

<3 Michelle x
Title: Re: Hey from me :)
Post by: Ezel on August 27, 2010, 10:48:10 AM
 ^&*
Title: Re: Hey from me :)
Post by: FairyGirl on August 27, 2010, 08:03:37 PM
 ^&*
Welcome Michelle :)
I do hope you find these helpful, as I have x
Title: Re: Hey from me :)
Post by: [[disordered]] on September 05, 2010, 07:14:30 PM
Hey there and welcome, i would love to hear your story when you are ready to tell us!
Im a newbie too :)
[[disordered]]
x
Title: Re: Hey from me :)
Post by: Apoc1984 on September 05, 2010, 09:41:15 PM
Hey and welcome Michibelle =)