Mental Health Online Support Group

it is hard for me to make small talk w/ people i just got this computer i would like to make some friends like me i feel so lonely sometimes if it weren't for my girlfriend of 7 years i don't know what i would do

she showed me how to do facebook and she just let me doit by mysaelf already people are respondly badly to me i just don't know what to say and i probably say the wrong things

i get really depressed about this a lot

hi scotty. it's hard for me to make small talk with people also. i have a very small circle of friends and i like it that way. feel free to jump in and talk whereever you feel comfortable on this site.

Hello scotty just be yourself here, we won't judge you or anyone else here, glad you've found us. I'm on facebook but i'm not very active there. The only social life i have is my 2 kids (9 & 12), my husband and my siblings. I've distanced myself from friends not sure why i just don't want to go out very much and socialize these days.

I like it here online because i no longer feel alone.

thank you Happy New Year's

Happy New Years to you too Scott, and to all here

Happy new years Dit, What is your new years resolision

I seriously have to start taking better care of myself. I smoke (cigarettes) too much and don't eat the right foods and am overweight.

I'm gonna try to stop smoking tomorrow using the nicotine patch and the nicotine gum (1 per hr).

Wish me luck. Do you have any resolutions Scott?

sounds like me. I am quiting smoking tomorrow to.I am going to start working out 5 days a week. Anyway, I hope you have a great new years.

Dit and Scotty, good luck with your quitting smoking - but if you slip, don't beat yourself up and don't give up. It may take several tries and getting some new tools and better support.

It took me about 6 times over two years to quit for good, but I finally did it back in 1998. Thank goodness, because now I have some health conditions that would kill me if I were still smoking or drinking.

Facebook is a trip - I have a completely different personna on there than I do on this and other sites. I only show the fairytale version of my life, and I hide behind an photoshopped avatar. I only post, for the most part, when I am feeling good and positive. It's not the place to let one's insecurities and dark side hang out, that is for sure. We can do that here, on other support group sites, and even on MySpace (which for some reason people rarely use any more, so I feel comfortable posting blogs on it again!) but facebook is all about presenting well and posting this certain image. I don't really like that, but I can't change it, so if you want to play the game, do so with caution, but remember it's not real and in the long run doesn't matter. The one thing about facebook, supposedly employers can look at it - I keep my page private for friends only. I got more involved and interactive initially by taking the quizzes, and playing Farmville and the like.

Everyone is doing farmville these days on facebook it seems!