Gee, if that happened here at PC someone would have been sited for not being supportive.

No, those women should NOT have joked about getting you upset, THAT WAS NOT SUPPORTIVE or PRODUCTIVE.

In FACT, they were actually BULLYING you! With what they said and I would bring in this whole thread and discuss it in this so called THERAPY. And the Depression is an excuse line is another BULLY line. Any GOOD therapist would not say that to any patient, remember I said GOOD THERAPIST.

However, I will say though that going to a local library and reading to children is not as lame as you think Kriskira. But it can sound lame, yes. It can actually be a good experience to work with children, because CHILDREN APPRECIATE ATTENTION. And Kariskia, I was very shy growing up but I did babysit and I actually entertained the children and I did learn a lot from that actually. And I worked with children teaching them how to ride for many years and I actually got as much out of them as they got out of me. We can learn a lot about ourselves by working with children because children are very honest, more so than adults. And the other thing I learned how to do, is because I was teaching and in charge, I learned how to get children to communicate, because some children struggle with that so I had to be creative. So in a way we both learned. And the other thing about working with children is often you have to learn what makes them tick and how to get them to respond and gravitate towards you in trust. That is what we have to do with each other as adults as well, and by practicing with children we actually develope that skill. Every adult has a child within and the path to that child is often the path to the adult/teen etc. Although those women who suggested it obviously didn't try it because they certainly showed very poor skills in bring out the best in YOU.

Making friends isn't always easy. A good way to make friends is often by taking classes outside the school or sometimes in school that revolve around things we love to do like art or music or even writing classes or even photography classes. Often that can give us something to talk about that we may have in common with others and utilize the art or whatever to help us over the hump of being a bit shy.

Really, consider taking this thread with you and discuss how we all reacted to what you have experienced so far in this so called therapy group, or support group?

(((Hugs and keep that chin up))))
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