Just another newbie.

[CastlesInTheSky]

Hello, everyone.

I'm sorry if it seems impertinent posting a thread so early after having registered, but I promise I'll post a lot on others' threads to even the post:thread ratio out.

First things first, I'm Sarah, I'm 14 (one of the younger ages on this site, right?), I live in England. I developed S.A. a couple of years ago but I only discovered a few months ago that I actually had a disorder. I just thought I was some madwoman because I seemed so abnormal, but I had no idea there was a name for it. Then I read a book about somebody with O.C.D. and that led me to reading about different disorders online.

As a relatively unimportant vignette; my interests include writing (rather obsessively to be honest,) reading, and acting. Although S.A. has prevented me from joining in any drama activities and none of the teachers could figure out why one year I was in all the plays and everything, then the next I became completely invisible.

Sorry this is so rambling, I'm sure you'll all understand that it's considerably difficult to explain oneself on paper like this. I'm also sorry if any of this is illegible, I tend not to be the clearest of people.

Anyway, thank you for reading (if you actually managed to struggle through this far! ).

-Sarah

 

[Emmmmy]

Hi Sarah,

Welcome to the forum. Hope you feel less alone.

I wanted to ask you, were you particularly shy when you were young?
Although I've always been a bit shy, there was a definite change when I was in the second year at school (so when I was about 12 -13... so around the same age as you?). I just became ultra sensitive, felt so sad and became withdrawn.
Can you trace the sudden development of your SA to a paritcular incident? I don't know why mine became so bad - I remember my mum telling me at the time that it was just my hormones - which infuriated me. But in hindsight, it maybe contributed a bit.
I hope you find the support here useful and someday manage to get back to your acting.


Anyway, I'm hijacking your welcome post!

 

[Satine]

Welcome, welcome, welcome! And don't worry about the early 'me' thread: all the better to get to know you, my dear! And actually, your writing is very clear.

So tell me from one writer to another, what writing do you do?

 

[CastlesInTheSky]

Can you trace the sudden development of your SA to a paritcular incident? I don't know why mine became so bad - I remember my mum telling me at the time that it was just my hormones - which infuriated me. But in hindsight, it maybe contributed a bit.

Firstly, thank you for the lovely welcome. Hijack all you like! I don't know either; I think it may have partially due to the fact I moved countries, therefore changing schools, and all the children were really unfriendly and so I didn't fit in. I was fine my first year at secondary, and then bullying started. It still happens, but not severely. The really serious bullying only lasted a month, but I so wish that bully knew what damage she's caused for me in the long run. It's kind of depressing when you think about it.

So tell me from one writer to another, what writing do you do?

Thanks so much for the welcome, Satine. I've found that I'm extremely incompetent at writing short stories as I'm just incapable at encapsuling events, I find it necessary to ramble on for ages and ages (as I think is apparent from this thread. XD ) So I'm a 'novelist' or at least, a wannabe. :: I've only managed to finish two at the moment, which isn't a huge feat and they weren't that great, to be honest. I'm working on a third in the moment which I'm quite excited about.

What kind of writing do you do, then?