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Firstly, A big thank you to the admins/moderators on the site for accepting my membership! I am from the United States, currently fortunate enough to be able to afford insurance. I suffer from very severe social and generalized anxiety, as well as/in addition to severe OCD - particularly as it relates to germs and hygiene. I have had these conditions since before I knew the words to describe them... suffice to say I try to take one day at a time. I work full time for the family business, but since a nasty slip down some wooden stairs ~5.5 years ago my mobility is limited.

I look forward to getting to know the members of your community and hopefully I can contribute and share some of my extensive knowledge/experience regarding anxieties of all sorts. I even have experience dealing with some seemingly unrelated neuroses like anorexia/bulimia. Bottom line - if life stresses you out, I know how you feel!


Please let me know if I ever infringe upon any rules by mistake, I will do my very best to familiarize myself with the community so as not to cause confusion or violate any of your rules. If I do so mistakenly out of ignorance, please, please, let me know and give me to opportunity to correct my mistake! As a member, I want to strengthen/enlighten your community, not weaken it.

Sincerely,
-Chincillin

Hello and welcome Chincillin to the forum.

A real good introduction good job on that .

Welcome aboard. Really nice intro.

The vast majority of us here, are here to help others. Yes, we also need meds cuz some of us are extraordinarily ill. But, we appreciate a new member with the compassionate heart to help others.

The rules: http://ioplist.org/showthread.php?tid=1

Falls down stairs i relate to. "falls" i was three. limited mobility? MS and lupus and one major stroke and two minors.

And, my generation was the first generation of anorexics. We were called the golden girls.

Methinks you will fit in quite nicely here.

Have a glorious day.

Five posts a day till ur first fifty.

Usually, by the time a member is banned, we have PM'd them, edited their posts, debated it in the staff room. Had every mod and admin beg them to simply follow the rules as this is the worst i have seen the online world in almost a quarter of a century. (One cannot practice law with MS as it can cause memory issues in the court room. One can have dementia (esp. the Judge!) but that is A OK.

Looking forward to having you be part of the family.

But, unless a nut job comes on here and tries to pay for my address to send LE? or a nut comes on to rape me and my non existant daughter, or threatens to give up our vendors to LE, then I sincerely doubt we shall have any trouble with you.

Mistakes are part of learning. The desire to even attempt to follow the rules, for the safety of all of us, is very impressive.

May u make friends that can last u a lifetime here.

Welcome to the forum!  

what she said. much better, Ms. willie.

Hello Chincillin!

That is a very nice introduction! Also, it kinda makes a nice change from some of the shorter ones too...

You'll find that many of us on here will be able to empathize or understand the OCD, your anxiety levels and the pain/mobility issues you mention - in one form or another!  Also nice to see - your own offering of help+advice to others in your welcome thread!

I'm sure you'll do fine with the rules - just have a good old read over them, and go back to them as a resource when your not sure of something...Don't be too `worried`  or `put off` by the rules - they exist only to protect you, as much as the rest of us and the forum as a whole - there certainly not in-place to make life any more difficult!


BTW - I'm liking your screen-name Chincillin! - it has a nice ring to it!


Welcome to the family...and hope to see you around!

Nice to have you here chinchillin, you should find everything you need with very little trouble. Again welcome to the fold and best of luck~Bandit