Here's the New Member Introductions forum:

http://forums.psychcentral.com/forumdisplay.php?f=40

If you would like to volunteer to become a community liaison -- members who make a special and concerted effort to welcome new members, reply to their threads, and such -- drop me a PM and I'll get you added.

There are a lot of people in our community and of course, a self-help community such as ours only works when people try and give back to the community after they've gained some support from it. Just saying, "I hear ya..." can be enough or "I can't begin to understand what you're going through, but I just wanted to let you know I'm here to listen."

The act of listening on a forum like this is a bit different than what we do in real life with a person face-to-face. A 100 people could read a thread, all of them actively listening to the person, but the person really has no way of knowing that if no one posts some reply. So it takes a little more effort to "listen" online.

I appreciate everyone who is making the extra effort to help out with folks who may not be getting replies. Thank you.

Best,
DocJohn