
Obesity Support Group
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I am canceling my account on here. I have written discussion posts, journal entries, commented on other peoples topics and things like that. But I have not gotten much from the others on here. I thought this would be just the place that I was looking for to get the support that I do need, and that everyone else on here needs. And for some reason it seems like I just have either not made any connections with people on here. I try to respond to peoples topics and journals to give my support, but I am not getting the same in return. So as I stated I am canceling my account and hope that other people have more success with this site than I did.
I will now be going it alone so lets just hope for the best.
I will now be going it alone so lets just hope for the best.
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I have seen your name on the site
although not often but i come on at
erratic times myself.
How about a suggestion
Why don't you "add" friends with the
understanding that whenever they come on the site they will check for your posts and journal entries and comment on them and vice versa.I understand what you're saying though I really only have about 2 "good" friends on here that I communicate with on almost a daily basis even though my friends list is about 10
I would encourage you to keep trying and hopefully other's will get inspired to "buddy-up" with you and that might work better-but yeah unfortunately online sites can be kinda iffy and you never know who you're really dealing with and what type of person they really are.
The way it works is, you are supposed to learn from the experience of others here, ask for advice or opinions. It is not a place to look for pity for sure and if it is personalized support...I am not sure that is possible either. Your expectations may be a little high. The chances of you being noticed and getting what you want from a particular person or group of people is a hit and miss thing because of the volume of people here. I can tell I wasn't going to bother responding...but, just to let you know there is not much on here to learn about you, you haven't bothered to tell us much more than your weight.
Maybe if you move to a smaller forum that would work for you.
Above all a positive attitude makes you more attractive for more conversation and thus support. We all move in and out of many snippits of peoples' lives here.
Hope this helps! Have a great day and you might want to re-think this permanent solution to a temporary problem. Tomorrow is another day! Take care!
I personally am not asking for people to read my journal entries, i believe that just writting and letting your emotions go is a positive thing, you never know who you inspire or touch with the stories you have.
Sometimes, you just have to throw yourself out there and have your voice be heard. If you're not like that in the "real" world, you're likely not like that here. I have found that there are two types of people here, the active participants and the observers. Me? Very Active! I have a very strong head and opinion and i'm usually not too shy about sharing that. I have almost 90 friends though...so, if that tells you anything.
If you're looking for people to search you out and throw themselves at you because you need support...you're likely not going to find what you're looking for. I'm sorry to say...but, if you're willing to throw yourself out there a little and "mingle" you'll likely be more successful.
Hope you figure it out!!
Best of luck to you:)