Hi Neriz,

I hope I'm not one of the people you're scared of. If I am, you can pm me and let me know. I'd appreciate it. And I handle feedback pretty well most of the time. Otherwise, if someone does something that makes you feel uncomfortable, feel free to pm any of the moderators. We are here to help you stay safe.

I can also relate to how you feel. I'm like that on the boards, and in real life, too. I don't like new people in "my" territory and I get really nervous about it. I have found in the past, though, that if I try to keep my nervousness/hostility/jealousy/territorial feelings/pain/fear all that from controlling my actions and my thoughts too much, in time, I get used to the new people and feel MUCH better. In fact, some of the new people I was nervous about in the beginning have become people I care a LOT about! Some of my favorite people now! Here, it usually takes me a while before I start to respond very much to any new person. I like to get to know people before I try to help them usually, so I hang back and watch their posts before I jump in normally.

Hope that makes sense. Anyway, point is I do relate a lot. And there are a few people here I"m not comfortable with, too. I'm sure there are people not comfortable with me. Everyone is different and not everybody clicks, you know?

Angela