introducing myself

Hi, 

I'm Abbie I'm new here, I'm 21 and was diagnosed 5 years ago.  I've been feeling quite lonely recently. I don't find talking very easy, I get nervous and think I've said something wrong and then start to feel that people are laughing at me 

i like drawing and making things, my favorite things to make are pom poms 

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  • Hi! How’re you? Have you ever made a Pom Pom rug? That would be cool Slight smile

  • hi, im good thanks, i am actually in the middle of making a pom pom rug at the moment although i did start it i think it was 2 years ago and i still haven't finished it, it is taking forever. 

    how are you?

  • Glad to hear you’re okay Slight smile oh that’s cool, I’ve recently given crocheting a go and someone suggested a Pom Pom rug. How big have you gone for and what colours? I’m okay thank you, these cold nights are already doing my head in haha 

  • I'm next going on Wednesday and i think they said they do an art session on Wednesdays at 7. the days there open are Wednesdays and Saturdays. 

    a square and circle is definitely a good start. Slight smile

  • It’s a good thing you gave it a go. When will you go there next? And very true, I’ve been practicing the last few days and I think I’m getting a little better each time, although so far it’s just square and a sort of circle. But it’s a start! 

  • yeah i found out about this  group months ago and i only got the courage to go yesterday but glad i did it. 

    I'm sure they'll turn out really good, and if they don't its learning experience and then when you make more they'll turn better, the more you practice the better you become. I'm the same I get all these good ideas of things to make then I have a go at making them and its a lot harder than I thought, just got to keep learning. Slight smile

  • I get like that with new situations, takes me a lot of tries before I can be a bit comfortable. Thank you, I hope they turn out nicely! The idea may be better then the execution haha

  • yeah this time of year can be hard with so much going on like Christmas and new year,.  and yeah it just takes me a long time to feel comfortable in new environment, i remember my first time at work i didn't say a word when i first started but now they think I'm the loudest person ever, HAHA

    they sound like nice colours, I think your hat and blanket will turn out really nice, Slight smile

  • Thank you, I think it’s just the time of year I find most overwhelming. That’s good though that you still did it even though it was scary, more times and you’ll wonder why you were ever scared. I’m thinking greys, blacks and maybe a mustard. I’d like to make a black beanie hat. 

  • aww hope you are ok, it was very scary that group but think once I've been a few times and got to know a few people i thin ill be fine hopefully. good luck with you hat and blanket, what colours were thinking of doing the hat and blanket?

  • Oh sounds like a full day of things! I’m so glad you enjoyed that group, things like that can be so overwhelming and daunting! My day has been slow, haven’t been feeling too good so just practiced my crocheting which I think is coming along okay. I plan to make a hat and a blanket so I’ve asked for wool for Christmas to do so! I also ordered a set of the crocheting hooks so I can hopefully do smaller and bigger stuff. 

  • i had a good day today, i had work this morning which was good and did some Christmas activities and then when i finished i went to this social group for the first time to meet new people i was so nervous i felt sick when i was walking there and my legs felt like jelly but i did it which I'm so glad cos i think i like it they seem nice there. so ithink im going to go back there. 

    how was your day? 

  • Yeah I think I watched that a little, can’t remember why I never finished it though. How was your day today? Did you get up to much? 

  • yeah I think in the show 'Safe' there was girl who went missing and there was house party it was that long ago I watched my memory is terrible. 

  • I don’t think I’ll be watching it haha oh I think I may have started watching that ages ago but never finished it. Did it start with a girl gone missing and it started at a house party? 

  • yeah that social dilemma one i found that actually quite scary really i just watched it because everyone was going on about it and i just wanted to see for myself. 

    Safe was a series on Netflix it was few years ago when i watched it but i quite enjoyed it, they were in a gated community, and some one had killed someone and they searching for the person who it was and there many suspects. I'm quite surprised i enjoyed t as i don't usually watch things like that but i found it really good to watch. 

  • Yeah it wasn’t nice to see, he was so innocent and it was awful to see. What was safe about? There’s a few good documentaries on prime and Netflix, I’ve watched a few music documentaries on prime and they’ve been good. I’ve heard about the social media documentary on Netflix but can’t bring myself to watch it cause I think I’d get paranoid haha 

  • yeah corrie need to make sure justice is done for people who have been affected by it otherwise people are not going to feel they'll be listened to. i hated it when Marlon went to prison as he is such a nice guy. 

    i watched two things on Netflix, one was called 'safe' and the the one was a documentary about social media. i do like watching documentaries. 

  • Same, I heard they want to let yazmine go because it won’t give people who are in domestic abuse situation the right idea on things. So I really hope there’s justice done. I only started watching emerdale a year or two ago when marlon went to prison. I feel so sad for vinny, he tries so hard to help everyone. Not weird to dislike Netflix Slight smile there are some good stuff on there it’s just finding it. I also have prime and Disney plus, which now sounds excessive haha 

  • oh yeah i have to watch corrie just see what happens i hope he ends up in prison because its not fair if he gets away with what he's done same with emmerdale i want Paul to get found out as well. 

    people always talk about the crown, I've never watched it I'm not really a fan of Netflix i know that's weird as most people love Netflix i just never can get into any of the series on there. 

  • Yeah that storyline is awful, yet I can’t help but watch it just to see where it goes! If they let him get away with it I think I’d be truly disgusted. Renaissance art is beautiful, there’s so many different parts to it but all fascinated me. I like looking at art in general though. With emerdale I want that gambler guy (Paul I think) to get caught out cause it’s so unfair on vinny! My favourite series will always be Buffy. I also started watching Pose on Netflix which is really good, I keep being recommended the crown so might give that a watch. I love films by or involving Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, so Shaun of the dead, the worlds end, Paul, hot fuzz (I also loved spaced which is their tv show from the 90’s). 

  • oh i do watch corrie but im not enjoying it lately due to a certain character, im not liking that storyline at all. 

    what sort of art renaissance i haven't heard of that type of art, but I'm not really up to date with anything that not to do with Emmerdale, as you can tell i am abit obsessed. im have a look at that art though. 

    what's your favorite film / series? 

    good luck with making your first pom pom tomorrow. 

  • I just watched a video on how to do it using a fork, think tomorrow I’ll give that a go! Oh emerdale, I’ve been watching that recently! Currently watching Corrie, very sad though! Do you watch Corrie? Hmm I enjoy looking at renaissance art, listening to music (I can go from classical to punk to hip hop to foreign music haha) I enjoy watching series and films. 

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  • I just watched a video on how to do it using a fork, think tomorrow I’ll give that a go! Oh emerdale, I’ve been watching that recently! Currently watching Corrie, very sad though! Do you watch Corrie? Hmm I enjoy looking at renaissance art, listening to music (I can go from classical to punk to hip hop to foreign music haha) I enjoy watching series and films. 

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