I've been reading this forum for a long time, but never quite plucked up the courage to join in. Until now.

Still not entirely sure how I'll go with interacting; offline, i'm severely anxious when it comes to any kind of social chitchat and go to great lengths to avoid it wherever possible. And I haven't really managed to be any more sociable online.

But, i have PTSD (complex trauma) and it's coming up to the most triggering time of year for me - late Nov through 'til early Jan contains several big triggers - and i think this year it might be helpful to have a place to come to when things start getting scary so I can (try to) interact with people who understand.

So ... um ... hi!

GeminiNZ