Post by truant on Jul 26, 2013 18:40:42 GMT
Hello everyone, I'm Harry, I'm 22 and studying computer science at University of Portsmouth. Been suffering from social anxiety disorder since I was 15 (although my social phobia is now mostly recessed, in a way) and (moderate to severe) depression for what seems like my whole life.
One thing that really upsets me about mental health is the stigma involved. The few people that I've actually been able to get close to have been so understanding and fantastic about it, but the people I lived with last year (all 7 of 'em!) just didn't get me at all. That frustrated me to no end, because they're really great people, they just aren't educated about it all (even the forensic psychology student I was living with). They thought I was anti-social and that I disliked them, when in actuality the complete opposite was true and my social phobia clouded those relationships. This made me very frustrated, so nowadays I just keep to myself. I think this community is a fantastic idea and I am more than happy to help in any way I can.
As far as hobbies go, I'm a big gamer and, being a computer scientist, I do a lot of programming and maths (banging friday night skedge, might I add: #swag). I also do a lot of photography, reading/writing and making mixes from my music collection. My favourite book is 1984 and my favourite musical artist is Burial.
I must have spent about two hours writing this introduction, my paranoia just makes me delete all of it and rewrite it again, or give up altogether... but if you're reading this, I've succeeded in doing something I fail at on a daily basis, both online and in the real world.
Thanks for reading and I am looking forward to being part of this community and helping out where I can.
One thing that really upsets me about mental health is the stigma involved. The few people that I've actually been able to get close to have been so understanding and fantastic about it, but the people I lived with last year (all 7 of 'em!) just didn't get me at all. That frustrated me to no end, because they're really great people, they just aren't educated about it all (even the forensic psychology student I was living with). They thought I was anti-social and that I disliked them, when in actuality the complete opposite was true and my social phobia clouded those relationships. This made me very frustrated, so nowadays I just keep to myself. I think this community is a fantastic idea and I am more than happy to help in any way I can.
As far as hobbies go, I'm a big gamer and, being a computer scientist, I do a lot of programming and maths (banging friday night skedge, might I add: #swag). I also do a lot of photography, reading/writing and making mixes from my music collection. My favourite book is 1984 and my favourite musical artist is Burial.
I must have spent about two hours writing this introduction, my paranoia just makes me delete all of it and rewrite it again, or give up altogether... but if you're reading this, I've succeeded in doing something I fail at on a daily basis, both online and in the real world.
Thanks for reading and I am looking forward to being part of this community and helping out where I can.