Mr Stranger I hope that you are doing okay today.

I just wanted to add that I personally find change very challenging, in fact so much so that I aim to minimise it as much as I can in my life. I am happiest when my life is stable and predictable, it sounds dull but I am also a very loyal and dependable person so it's not all bad.

What Open Eyes wrote about avoiding change is certainly true for me, or at least I keep it at a bare minimum. Thinking about it I am in 'control' in this way and I feel safer.

There have been times in my life when change has been thrust upon me, motherhood for example - and I struggled there too in the beginning. Yet in time I did find my feet.

I still struggle with change now - socially I do so much better than 5 years ago when I had a very limited life, but yes I can still struggle in social situations at times.

Just wanted you to know that you are not alone - this is a very human experience.