[x123]

I started participating in forums a few years ago, and I'm not sure whether it is good or bad. I have no friends in real life. I spend a lot of time with my mother, and I chat with people at work sometimes.

I suppose what I seek on forums is to explain who I am and get some positive feedback to feel like I have some value? Unfortunately, that needy approach turns people off, so I always find that people get tired of me. So I move from forum to forum.

Sometimes I think I should stop using forums. I didn't need them before I started using them. IDK.

[Dog on a Tree]

Noooooooo, stay on the forums ok you seem like a nice person and we here at the forum would like for you to stay and continue to be part of this community.

I don't see there being a problem with being needy. You can't help it. Don't let other people's reactions to you, put you off.

[x123]

Originally Posted by Dog on a Tree

Noooooooo, stay on the forums ok you seem like a nice person and we here at the forum would like for you to stay and continue to be part of this community.

I don't see there being a problem with being needy. You can't help it. Don't let other people's reactions to you, put you off.

Thanks, @Dog on a Tree ,
Mostly I come to this forum to ask questions about psychology. I don't have useful advice to offer other people in most cases, so I usually don't hang around after I ask my question. The forums where I waste my time tend to be for religious discussion. I share my own experiences and opinions with people who eventually grow bored of listening and patting me on the shoulder. So I just migrate from forum to forum like a nomad.

Typing my thoughts helps me when I'm depressed and having a hard time motivating (especially in the morning). Listening to music helps too.

[Dog on a Tree]

Hopefully being on this forum helps in some way. Even if you don't think you have anything useful to say, that doesn't matter at all =)

I understand about the religious discussion, you could always start a thread about anything in religion that interests you. Also there are groups on the forums you can join, some of which are religious groups? I know there's a jesus group on here.

Anyways you are staying right?

[*Laurie*]

Much of the rest of the world is in the same situation you're in, x123.

[x123]

Originally Posted by Dog on a Tree

Hopefully being on this forum helps in some way. Even if you don't think you have anything useful to say, that doesn't matter at all =)

I understand about the religious discussion, you could always start a thread about anything in religion that interests you. Also there are groups on the forums you can join, some of which are religious groups? I know there's a jesus group on here.

Anyways you are staying right?

Yeah, I will try to think of things to say. Sometimes I just feel like I bore people to death.

I do like this forum for psychological questions. I used to belong to another psychological forum, but there was not much activity. Here they make a great effort to respond to questions so that people don't feel ignored. That is important when the members might be depressed.

[x123]

Originally Posted by LauraBeth

Much of the rest of the world is in the same situation you're in, x123.

Thanks I guess I didn't have any friends or social life before I started using forums, so at least they are not making that part worse.