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Originally Posted by Distressed2010
Hey,
I've been feeling a little low self esteem lately. I have met some people that I network with and when I'm around them, I get very nervous and feel low. Probably because I have this pressure from my family to maintain a certain image. It gets very stressful.
How do i cope with this?
When one of the persons names all these high end brands and expects me to know them, and sometimes I don't know them, end up feeling inadequate. I don't know why. Also, becauseI'm from US, sometimes she expects me to know certain tv shows and I don't, then i feel stupid again.
Its usually just around her. This is a bit odd but she's the same chinese astrology sign as my sexual abuser. So, I automatically get nervous at times...
ugh.
Please help.
I also feel very alone. I don't know how to open up to anyone, actually I don't know who to open up to. I don't have close family, they're dysfunctional so I only keep in touch with my mom, but I can't share anything with her, she stresses me out more.
Second part:
I also happen to like one of the guys in this group but I can't tell him I do, because then it'll ruin our whole friendship thing. But he flirts with me A LOT. and I like him now A LOT. How do i guard myself and stop from having feelings for him?
thanks.
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See? you have company in here. I was thinking about you while I was working today and I thought maybe I could let you know what happened to me recently.
I came here to PC because I was not doing well and I really needed support. Well, there were not any local groups and I happened across this site while I was searching.
Now, talk about not knowing stuff. I have been a very busy person and I did have some issues when I first got the computer so I stayed away from it for a while until, it was the new way of the world and I had to learn more. But I am still very new to it Distressed.
Well, I joined PC and I tried to participate with my little bit of knowledge about my computer. Distressed, I have never been a chat anywhere, I haven't twittered or facebooked or whatever the new thing is now. And, my cell phone is probably one of first. I don't even know how to text yet.
I haven't had the money or time to do any of that within my situation and you can read my profile about me for that.
Now, when I came here I had to learn how to chat. So I did go into chat and I would ask people questions to try get an idea of who they were or how old they were. I had not really found my way around PC yet and I didn't realize that it was a world chat. I just didn't know, I was indeed a newbee. And, in chat I had no idea, that you could click on someones name and see their profile. I had no idea that you could wisper, I just didn't know Distressed. People probably thought I was an idot. I did try to say I was new but they just assumed that I knew more than I did.
And, it kinda blew up in my face. I was also on a medication and I never talked to anyone while I was on it. And, I had to learn about that too and I am not a fan of medication to begin with.
I am not a spring chicken, visit my site, do you see any pictures? Nope, don't know how to do that yet either. But guess what, I am here and I am posting, had to learn about that too. And, eventually, I will figure the picture thing out, I just havent had the time.
So, Distressed, what does that tell you? I almost left PC, thinking I did something wrong. But, then I thought of my first pony. Well, I tried to ride him and he bucked me off. I tried again, off. But I did get back on that little bugger and I hung on and I won. I figured out how to keep his head up and he could not get his hind legs up as high and I then learned how to ride the ride. And the pony stopped bucking altogether.
Every time you try to grow and meet people, it is like going fishing. You throw your line in the water and you might catch something and you don't always know what you have on the line until you get it up where you can see it. And some fish fight harder than others and some of them break free and you never really get to see what is on the end of your line.
That is life.
Go fish, it can be fun. Every time you feel foolish or just don't know
remember me, getting bucked off or learning the hard way on PC.
I have made friends here and I am getting support and giving support.
Open Eyes