Anyone want to skype?

I used to be a part of a skype group years ago and it was fun. There were several people in it and we would all just crack jokes and share our stories. We were all sad and lonely, but had each other. It was nice. If you're not comfortable doing video chat its fine, we can just chat. Its just nice to be able to talk to others when you need to. It really helped me to keep going at that time. Sooooo, anyone interested?

This is a reminder about cyber risks. While unrelated to the OP, it reminds me that I just read an alert that social media “friends” will ask you to chat, and once they gain your trust, they ask you to download an app to make it easier to chat. The app is malicious and does things like steal your log ons and passwords.

Other tricks are occurring too, like saying they think they saw you in a YouTube video (and link it to you). Again, it is malicious malware.

To stay safe, only download apps from trusted sources like Amazon or Apple App Store or Google Play, and read your privacy terms for the app.

Again, I’m not accusing OP. It just reminded me that this is circulating on social media now.

I've wanted to do that, but in all honesty I'm way too shy.

Why do I see others called a “super poster” when they may have even less number of posts than I do? I want to be called a super poster too!

I think Skype should be interesting for me. I will have to first figure out how to use it. Sure, I will give this a try. I just hope all of us will find it worthwhile. Maybe there should be some ground rules? For instance, no discussion of religion and politics. I am sure we should all be able to get along with each other.

It’s when you post a lot of messages in a day.

[QUOTE=Só leigheas;6125892]I've wanted to do that, but in all honesty I'm

No need to be shy. The people in my old group were shy too, but eventually opened up overtime. I am shy too, but just started with basic things and went from there. BTW this is not a malicious thing. Just genuinely want to talk/help people and vice versa.

Cool, then make an account and send me your screen name so I can add you

Anyone else??

Not accusing OP, but there are also Skype scams involving blackmail where the victim is talked into removing clothing and worse.

I'm only noting it because there are a lot of lonely people in the world and we need to be aware of these risks.

I’m too furry and also too shy to do Skype

Lol. We won't video chat. Just typing, so no need to be scared

I’m close friends with many PC members but it took me many PM’s here to make sure I felt Someone was legit ( no offense OP) a few actually turned out to be creepy or liars.

I now have PC people on my Facebook to chat with

This is me as well.

Christina sort of leads me to a thought I had. If you're wanting to have more personal conversations outside the forum, why not simply develop a group of individuals as penpals using the private messaging of psychcentral?

Its easier to chat then to private message. I don't see an option to chat with people individually on here, only through the chats that have already been created and I don't see many people there.

Fair enough. I see that if an important part of what you're looking for is the instaneity of live chat, private messaging leaves you disappointed.

Yes exactly. You're welcome to join too if you want

Thank you, but I'm not very chatty. I rarely even post to the regular forum. You can see, it has taken me more than 10 years to get to 1,000 posts.

You can chat individually when you are friends on here and both logged in. I chat all the time.

You can? How? I am friends with one person and can't tell when they are logged in or not.

Unless you are on tapatalk, there is the chat button in the bottom right hand corner. It will give you a number for how many friends are online currently.

Oh! I saw that! But didnt realize you had to be friends to chat. Thanks a lot!

I think this is a great idea for a lot of people. About 5 years ago I used to spend like 4 hours a day each night texting with a bunch of close friends and doing group chat, but it didn't last a year. I always change so much over time, it's ridiculous. From being very artistic spiritual & emotional person to being unemotional scientific logical person. The whole spectrum. It makes long term friendships impossible.

But I hope you find your tribe again. Sounds like a lot of fun to me.

Mine didn't last either lol. Thats why I'm making a new one (well trying to). Its hard to make long term friends in general if you have bp, but you can always find other people to talk to so thats good.

I don't use Skype, but I wouldn't mind having someone to chat with. You have to understand though, I'm still pretty new so I kinda prefer the slow method of communication and the public forums, but send me a friend request and we can try the chat. Maybe slow at first, but we can try. Also, I believe you created a thread on here once about food. Do more stuff like that and I'd join in, or try to. I mean, I was just thinking about looking at the games forums myself. Maybe I'll see you around.

could we start with G chat?
I'd be happy to do that.
Let me know, message me your info if you'd like, and I'll chat you, or we can discuss a time to chat.