Gingerbreadcake

Hi timidheart welcome to AS! I am also pretty new here and like you, I'm 18. There is a teen / young adult section, so if you'd like find your way there. So far everyone has been kind and helpful.

Well I at least figured out the avatar

Okay as is typical for me I'm too dumb to figure out how to get a avatar to attach. I did the gravitar thing and in my profile I see it but not on my posts. Also where do you find how and when to use the tags and the cute emogi holding the signs?

Thanks I can't believe my hands are trembling!

Hi! I am so struggling just to even post. I have been an active member of just a fun message board for young women for the last couple months and find it fun. That board has a topic area for support and for abuse and rape but I just haven't found the nerve to post in those forums about my past. Those topics aren't active and I'd feel under a microscope if I dared seek support there. So I found my way here. What I'm not sure of is if there is just typical chit chat topics here to let someone get comfortable before beginning to post about things that you just feel so alone about? I have b