Hi, Raincloud, and welcome to Psych Central! I am Travelinglady, a liaison here. The way the process works is all new members' first few posts are moderated (read by folks here called moderators) to see if the posts are okay. If a post is approved by them, then it will appear on the forum screen where it was posted. Members can post in any forum from the get-go. But it will take awhile for the posts to actually show up.

After a member gets five posts approved, then the member can join social groups and enter into the chat rooms. And the member's posts will appear as soon as the appropriate place is clicked on such as "Submit reply."

We liaisons are here to help you new folks out, so please feel free to contact us if you have other questions and concerns, raincloud. Just click on our name(s) in blue and leave a message. Okay? We sure don't want folks to be confused!

Travelinglady
Liaison Team
Senior Community Liaison