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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room 14th July 2022, 03:12
Replies: 1
Views: 924
Posted By hollowone
I hate summer

I used to love it now I hate it. Here's why
All you see is couples and big groups of friends
You feel NO-ONE ELSE YOUR AGE is feeling the same
You feel you can't say anything about how lonely...
Forum: Other Issues and Conditions 14th July 2022, 01:49
Replies: 3
Views: 1,743
Posted By hollowone
I hate summer heatwaves; loneliness

Here's why;

EVERYONE has TONS of friends ALWAYS availble
Everyone's in couples
There's NO people on their own
You feel like everyone is 'enjoying the weather' and if you mention you feel...
Forum: The Garage 25th June 2022, 01:35
Replies: 6
Views: 3,105
Posted By hollowone
How to PM SAUKmods

I want to raise a grievance/complaint. Been looking for SAUKmods browsing through the list of memebers, no luck in finding a contact to PM. How on earth do you contact the SAUKmods?

I was told a...
Forum: The Social Anxiety Room 23rd June 2022, 02:18
Replies: 13
Views: 2,580
Posted By hollowone
Re: Do you ever try to work Slow to make your Work Last?

RE OP, yes I do make slow work last. Reason; FEAR of getting the sack (petty authoritarianism, excessive reliance on employer for everyinthg).

Why do people want you to stay on site, even if the...
Forum: The Social Anxiety Room 22nd June 2022, 23:26
Replies: 10
Views: 1,268
Posted By hollowone
Re: Meeting people through your job (making friends)

@ biscuits

Exactly, little things like going for walks at lunch, walking to shop (lunch), bus stop en-route (home), any excuse to chat with your colleagues and get to know them. Doing so regularly...
Forum: The Social Anxiety Room 22nd June 2022, 22:55
Replies: 10
Views: 1,268
Posted By hollowone
Re: Meeting people through your job (making friends)

Hi there dentedhalo

Well why can't colleagues offer to hang out in low key settings (like school kids and college students do), If it was things like walking to the bus stop, walking halfway home,...
Forum: The Social Anxiety Room 22nd June 2022, 22:08
Replies: 10
Views: 1,268
Posted By hollowone
Re: Meeting people through your job (making friends)

What's the rationale for work NOT being like school/college/uni?

RE

Just take the bull by the horns, ask people what they're upto, if you have any plans say 'I'm thinking of x at y time, would...
Forum: The Social Anxiety Room 22nd June 2022, 21:13
Replies: 10
Views: 1,268
Posted By hollowone
Meeting people through your job (making friends)

Hello everyone.

Although in some aspects working is better than being unemployed there is one area of my life that hasn't really changed (I'm embarrassed to admit). That is social life, making new...
Forum: Other Issues and Conditions 17th June 2022, 22:04
Replies: 17
Views: 1,966
Posted By hollowone
Re: Does Samaritans block callers?

Yeah, you're right. It shows how incompetent the mental health services on the NHS are that charities have to take on such responsibilities. You're right, the volunteers are amazing, there's been...
Forum: Other Issues and Conditions 17th June 2022, 21:03
Replies: 17
Views: 1,966
Posted By hollowone
Re: Does Samaritans block callers?

also @ biscuits

yeah, I get the rationale, lockdown was an unprecedented time for mental health and demand for service. I agree with what you suggest as a solution to the problem, stating that...
Forum: Other Issues and Conditions 17th June 2022, 20:46
Replies: 17
Views: 1,966
Posted By hollowone
Re: Does Samaritans block callers?

Hi everyone and thanks for the replies. I hate to be the bearer of bad news.

Re Consolida

Yeah, she's absolutely fine now thanks, a quick chat, a catch-up & remembering the good old times at...
Forum: Other Issues and Conditions 16th June 2022, 01:50
Replies: 17
Views: 1,966
Posted By hollowone
Re: Does Samaritans block callers?

^ oh shit, Don't tell me they've gone the same way as a lot of great organisations? Overtaking by a bunch of arrogant corporate fatcats?

Seeing that Twitter post linked. That person gets no social...
Forum: Other Issues and Conditions 16th June 2022, 00:25
Replies: 17
Views: 1,966
Posted By hollowone
Does Samaritans block callers?

Hi,

I'm asking because a dear friend of mine who called me at work was feeling suicidal due to severe fibro myalgia. I went round after work for a chat, she lit-up, we had a chat.

This friend...
Forum: The Social Anxiety Room 15th June 2022, 23:37
Replies: 28
Views: 2,297
Posted By hollowone
Re: Do you find the weekends lonely?

Good timing! Literally just logged-in half 11.
Forum: Room with a View 14th June 2022, 01:54
Replies: 14
Views: 2,864
Posted By hollowone
Re: I did some social exercises to decrease my level of social anxiety

Good stuff mate! At the very least this is an exercise in showing interest and will help you break the ice in more challenging situations.

Asking information of a future event/what's on=great...
Forum: Room with a View 14th June 2022, 01:40
Replies: 48
Views: 12,155
Posted By hollowone
Re: What do you like about yourself?

RE OP "what do you like about yourself"

Note, this thread is not meant as a comparison. Anything you like about yourself, anything that you're proud of. If you can't think of anything, that's...
Forum: The Social Anxiety Room 14th June 2022, 00:23
Replies: 12
Views: 1,412
Posted By hollowone
Re: Nigtclubs have as much conversation as.. a CHURCH! (noise)

^I agree they are the WORST places to meet new people. The only reason I go is because my friends go & I have the choice of a) stay in or b) go to those horrid places. If out I have the choice of a)...
Forum: The Social Anxiety Room 14th June 2022, 00:16
Replies: 28
Views: 2,297
Posted By hollowone
Re: Do you find the weekends lonely?

I notice a lot of the discussion has gone along the lines of 'I like my own company, yeah it's good' rather than 'I feel the same dissatisfaction, what can be done to fix it, what solutions can be...
Forum: The Social Anxiety Room 12th June 2022, 03:14
Replies: 12
Views: 1,412
Posted By hollowone
Nigtclubs have as much conversation as.. a CHURCH! (noise)

Who hates not being able to talk to the person next to you but, feeling that people are WATCHING you? Who hates it when everyone's dancing and you don't know what to do & feel everyone's watching?
...
Forum: The Social Anxiety Room 12th June 2022, 02:37
Replies: 28
Views: 2,297
Posted By hollowone
Re: Do you find the weekends lonely?

Hi Biscuits

If such things existed in my area, I'd gladly grab the bull by the horns. I the things you suggested existed and catered for people my age (30's). Those things would be the antidote.
...
Forum: The Social Anxiety Room 10th June 2022, 23:51
Replies: 28
Views: 2,297
Posted By hollowone
Do you find the weekends lonely?

Although working, I look forward to being able to relax, one thing I don't look forward to & one thing that really hits me (especially if I go into certain public places) is the isolation & the sense...
Forum: Welcome & Introductions Room 3rd June 2022, 02:45
Replies: 7
Views: 2,863
Posted By hollowone
Returning member

Hi all it's hollowone, how you all doing? I do apologise if previous discussions got a little heated.

Just an update, I'm no longer unemployed, Iv'e been working as a cleaner since October 2020...
Forum: The Social Anxiety Room 24th May 2022, 00:38
Replies: 24
Views: 3,439
Posted By hollowone
Re: Still Living at Home

Don't worry about being judged by your living situation. You've mentioned the reasons you're living at home that are bound to be relatable, these reasons are also my reasons (hope you don't mind me...
Forum: Other Issues and Conditions 24th September 2020, 03:39
Replies: 4
Views: 1,967
Posted By hollowone
If lockdown is ruining your mental health, don't be afraid to criticize

These revolting measures are destroying our lives no doubt.

Some of us were making progress in our social lives, our work lives and other areas, then everything got stamped-out!

Many people are...
Forum: The Social Anxiety Room 24th September 2020, 01:40
Replies: 30
Views: 4,124
Posted By hollowone
Re: Things I miss about the old normal (loneliness/isolation)

@ Nanuq has had the virus. I want to know what the experience was like. a) What age group are you? Do you b) have one of the vulnerable health conditions mentioned on the NHS website, the government...
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