Maddie50

I don't know. I will ask a mod to help you out since you cannot PM.

Hello Zoie and a very warm welcome to AS. I know how hard it is when you start to deal with past issues but I am pleased you are in counselling. I hope you will find this to be a supportive and friendly site which will help you on your healing journey. My name is Maddie and I am a member of the newbie support team and we are here to welcome new members and to answer any questions you might have on the board or site and to offer freindly support while you find your feet here. If I can help in any way please feel free to contact me. I look forward to getting to know you better Best wishes

Hi Stacie and a very warm welcome to AS. It is good to have people here who are comfortable talking about what happened to them and if you need to talk there will always be people to listen to you. This is a very friendly, supportive site and I am pleased you found us. My name is Maddie and I am a member of the newbie support team. We are here to welcome new members and to answer any queries you might have about the board or site and to offer some support while you find your feet. I am looking forward to getting to know you better. Please feel free to contact me if I can help in any way.

That's a releif. For some reason I thought they were rabbits and I couldn't quite work out what the action with the rabbits was!!

Hi Jaffacake and welcome to AS. I am pleased you have found the courage to open up about your childhood abuse but I also know how hard it is dealing with the panic and anxiety that comes with dealing with this stuff. I am so glad you have found your way to After Silence and I hope you will find lots of support, friendship and understanding here. My name is Maddie and I am a member of the newbie support team. We are here to welcome new members and help with any queries about the board or the site. If you need and help or support while you find your feet please feel free to contact me. I l

Siren there is no need to always reply individually although sometimes that is appropriate. I think it is up to you how you respond. Generally it is just like real life - treat others as you would wish to be treated. I think this general response to a welcome post was absloutely fine and whatever loppers are they probably should not be kept waiting!!!

Hi again Tracey. In case you don't know I am also known as MadDog but am really one of the saner members. Don't listen to gossip.

Hi Tracey and a very warm welcome to After Silence. I am so pleased you have found us and I hope this wonderful site will help you with your healing. You have been through some terrible things for 8 long years and I hope you will find support and friendship here. There are many of us who will understand what you have been through. I am Maddie and I am a member of the newbie support team. We are here to welcome new members to the site and to answer any questions you might have about the board and site and ti offer support until you find your feet. I am looking forward to seeing you around

Hi feistyfeminist87 and welcome to After Silence. I am sorry about what happened to you two and a half years ago but so pleased you have found your way to this site. We are a supportive and friendly site and I am sure you will find lots of people here who "get it". As a survivor I think talking with people who really do understand can be very empowering and validating. I love your user name too. My name is Maddie and I am a member of the newbie support team. We welcome new members and help with any queries or questions you might have about the board or site. Do contact me if there is an

Hi hisbeautifulmess and a very warm welcome to AS. I am so sorry you have been through such awful things but pleased you have come to join us at AS. A lot of us will identify with and understand the sleeplessness and anxiety etc so you are very definitely among supportive friends. My name is Maddie. I am a member of the newbie support team. We are here to welcome new members to settle into the site and find their way around the board. if you have any questions please feel free to contact me or any other members of the newbie support team. I look forward to getting to know you better. B

Hi Siren and welcome to AS. What a fabulous introduction. I feel like I know you already. I am sorry for what brings you here but I am pleased you found us. AS is a very supportive friendly site and great for people like yourself who don't like to go out too much. Carolyn sounds like a good friend to have andI hope you will find many more here. My name is Maddie and I am a member of the newbie support team. We are here to welcome new members and answer any questions you may have about the board or site. If there is anything you need to ask please feel free to contact me or any of the n

Hi heavenshope and a very warm welcome to AS. I am sorry for all that you have been through with your father but pleased you have been getting some help and that you have found your way to this site. We are a very supportive site so I hope you will find friendship and support here. My name is Maddie and I am a member of the newbie support team. We are here to welcome new members and to help with any quesries about the board or the site. It you have any quesitons or need a bit of support while you find your feet please feel free to contact me. I look forward to seeing you around the board

I have noticed a bit of a trend recently for people posting in colour. I would just like to ask that if you are going to do this you think about it. I have very poor eyesight and find some of the lighter colours impossible to read and I know it is harder for some people with dyselxia to read colour than to read black type. I have no problem with signatures etc. These are usually bigger and brighter and not so important. BTW I have PMd people about this and always found them very receptive so just thought I would post my suggestion here.

Hi lonelywife and a very warm welcome to After Silence. I am so pleased you decided to join us. There is no need to feel any pressure to speak - just say as much or as little as you feel comfortable with and look around the boards. My name is Maddie and I am a member of the newbie support team. We are here to welcome and help new members settle into AS. If you have any queries about the board works or need to know anything else just contact me or any members of the team. I look forward to getting to know you better. Best wishes

I came to AS at a time when I didn't believe I could go on another hour without killing myself. The first post I got talked about gentle healing and offered such warmth and support. I just sat there feeling that maybe there were people out there in the world who could understand me. Getting so much advice, support, knowledge and love and being able to give to others has been the one thing that has kept me going.

Hi livy and a very warm welcome to AS. I am so pleased you have decided to join us. I am sure you will find this a safe place to talk and build suport networks and friendships. Howl lovely that you do art. Don't forget to check out the creativity forum. I think you will find like minded people posting there and don't worry we have no maths or science forums here. My name is Maddie. I am a memeber of The Newbie Support Team and we are here to help you settle into AS and help you with any questions you might have about how the board or site works or if you have any quereis about how to do

Hi katch, Welcome to AS. I am pleased you have found us. I can understand how scarey it is to begin to talk so please know there is no pressure here to talk. Have a look round the board and then post as much or as little as you feel comfortable with. My name is Maddie and I am a member of The Newbie Support Team which was set up to welcome new members and help them find their way around the board and answer any questions about the site. If I can be of any help to you please feel free to send me a message. I look forward to getting to know you better. Maddie

Hi ygramul and a very warm welcome to AS. I am sorry you are having sleep problems - I can relate to that and sorry that your site closed but I think you will like AS. We are very friendly and supportive. There are a lot of people here is therapy so I am sure you will find a lot of uspport. I am Maddie and I am a member of The Newbie Support team which supports and helps new members to find their way around the board and to help with any difficulties with the site you might be having. If there is anything I can do to help you settle in and find your way around the site do let me know. By

Hello Omally and a very warm welcome to AS. I am sorry for the abuse you suffered from such a young age but pleased you found your way to us at AS. I know what it is like to be lonely mother and struggling and I know you will find the support and friednship you are looking for here. We are a friendly bunch. I am Maddie and I am a member of the Newbie Support Team. We are here to support you as you find your way around the board and to help you with any questions about the site you might have. Please feel free to send me a PM (message) if there is anything you would like to know. I am lo

Hi Steena, I would like to wish you a very warm welcome to AS. I am sorry for the reasons that brought you to us but so pleased you found us. Having a supportive family and boyfriend is great but hopefully here you will meet people who know what you have been through and can support you in a different way. I am pleased too you are trying counselling again. For a lot of us it has been very helpful to have a counsellor or therapist. I am Maddie and I am a member of The Newbie Suppport Team. We are here to support new members as they find their way around the board and settle in. If you h

Zahra when I am in this situation (and that is more frequent than you could imagine) I PM John because he is a computer whizz kid. I think you need to leave all the link things alone and just use the edit signature. Firefox is just another browser like IE. You can download it by googling it and then pressing download. It is free and makes my AS work better but like I say you might mean a bit of greater expertsie. XXX

I had that problem too Zahra and nothing i did made the slightest difference until i logged in using a different browser. I think Firefox worked in the end. Good luck.

Hi aliejane and welcome to AS. I am a member of the Newbie Support Team set up to help new members find their way around the board and find friendship and support. I know what it is like to be a nervous newcomer. Just take your time looking around the board. you are absolutely right - you are not alone now and there are loads of people here who will all understand and support you. i am very sorry for your reasons for being here but pleased you found us. Maddie

Hi good to have you back with us.

Hi RooRoo and a very warm welcome to AS. I am a member of the Newbie Support Team set up to welcome new members and help them to feel at home. If I can help you with anything like finding your way around the board or you feel ni need of a bit of friendship or support please do get in touch. We like opinions here so I think you will fit in well and lots of us have pets and/or children so it won't be long before you are feeling you are with like minded people. Looking forward to seeing your posts around the Board. Best wishes Maddie