Hi@Faith-and-Hope, @utopia, @Mazarita
I'm still not very good at 'navagating' this site, maybe that's why I kept trying 'instant' chat sites - they seemed easier. But I like that messages can be checked, that it's not instant feels like some sort of barrier against instant shock I suppose - though I know this is a public Internet site so anyone can use it. I also think, though I hate the term Mental Illness, as I think it takes all the physical out of it, that the people that cause trauma probably suffer from it, so they would have just as much right to use it. But I feel a bit like typing I think, so I thought I might just blurb a little?
I've went away for a few days. I go every month. I visit the center of my Universe 🙂 The one person who has been there with/for me, their whole life & I believe will remain that way until I die 🙂 . . . & quite the large Family they have provided for me to share in 🙂 I go from, it almost seems like another Planet sometimes, my life is very quiet; to the center of my Universe, which includes 5 grand-children ranging in age from almost 2 to, going on 18; then there's the partner, the partners Parents and a large variety of friends 🙂 I often find myself thinking 'alein sound dimension' - there's so much noise on so many different levels! Every single one of them has every gadget known to mankind, and most of those gadgets make noise! And my World is a lot calmer, with a lot less going on - we're usually driving in the car, taking children to school, doing whatever shopping is necessary for the day in time for whatever seemingly endless appointment is due, . . . by the time my alarm goes off to make sure I wake up in time to get tired in time to go to sleep in time 😄 There's no way I could keep that pace up anymore! After a few days I find myself almost running away with my tail between my legs 🙂 But it's the perfect balance really, I do spend a lot of time alone - apart from my 3 furry, four-legged friends; but I am extremely lucky, my bond with my only child is of a strength I can't see breaking; I get a phone call or text every night & welcomed by a dozen open arms and smiling faces every month. I am lucky, I have a good life. Well, I think life is just a word, neither good nor bad. I have good experiences and I am happy 🙂
Hi @Former-Member,
Your post made me smile a lot. 
It's so wonderful to read that you have good experiences and you are happy. What you wrote really painted a picture of your life, the contrast between lots of noise in the 'centre' and your quiet at home. How wonderful that you have such a strong relation with your daughter and that there is also 'your universe' to be a part of every month.
I too have a contentment with my life as it is, though I struggle with various physical and mental health issues and like to complain about them. 
I'm also with you when you say "life is just a word, neither good nor bad."
Hi @Former-Member, Again, I'm with you on society at large always pushing people to go faster and harder. I live slowly these days, partly because I feel it's one significant way I can look after my mental and physical health. By an odd coincidence, I play the song, 'don't worry, be happy', on the ukelele! 
Hello World 🙂
Thank you for showing me a place where I can talk. I do miss the act of physically speaking to someone, but it's been so many years . . . typing has become the new talking for me. I did try to talk to people when I was younger, unfortunately I used alcohol as a lubricant for my tongue. It didn't work out very well, I always seemed to end up with the most unsavory characters. So for the past 6 years, though I often find myself thinking 'why not, who's gonna know', I haven't touched a drop. I do feel better for it, but I don't actually physically speak to many people at all . . . and I do miss it.
So how is everyone? and what is everyone up to? I'm pretty good, I've been taking my anti-inflammatory and Panadol's, which I have to admit I don't think are neccessary unless you need them - and I've been needing them since that nasty hot-spot. I've also discovered a new miracle drug . . . Tumeric! I really think it helps 🙂 and a herbal sleep assist Valarian, I don't think it makes me tired as such, but helps my arms and legs relax - which helps me sleep 🙂
I have a young dog which I'm, . . well I don't like to think of it as training, I like to think of it as explaining. How else can I expect to communicate with him? So I like to try and expain the basics; sit, drop, stand, stay, heal - we're up to stand, and he's picking it up really well and very quickly 🙂 He got drop in 2 days! Though I think for the first day he probably thought 'drop' meant 'watch out, she's going to lay on top of me!' 😄
Well, thanks again for the chance to blurb my stuff 🙂 and just a quick 'shout out' "Hi" to @Mazarita and @Kurra, hope your both having a good day 🙂
