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Originally Posted by LisaS
now I feel bad - I saw that last night and didn't respond - too shy or didn't feel "in the network" I guess. Next time, I'll know.
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Don't feel bad. I wasn't expecting anything, really. It wasn't until later that I realized that I need to take a more active role.
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Originally Posted by LisaS
More to your subject, I guess my housemate is the best thing I've got to be a support "network" - if I would use it. Funny, close proximity doesn't really make it any easier to "reach out" - at least for me. I'd almost rather reach out on a [more anonymous] forum post/IM/PM/email then walk into the other room and say "I'm sad/depressed/whatever and I want to go for donuts" - even so, I don't think I've ever done either one - reached out in person or in virtual-ity - too shy to admit the impending doom of failure I guess, even to people i've never met in person. ooof. It's not easy any way you slice it.
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I think my family or roommate would be the last person I'd turn to. No think, in fact. I don't go to them.
Truthfully, it's been a while. When I was at CalorieKing, there were a couple of people that I could call. But, I never needed them. I got in the network, just in case. I got a couple of calls, but never had to call anyone, myself.
My CK experience was before IMs were a decent solution. The miracle of the internet (IMs, Skype, etc) allows us to form networks with people around the world with no long distance charges.
It's not what you talk about that's important. In fact, it's the "talking," itself, that helps. Other than the brief debate over the superiority of cupcakes to cookies (cookies are so "obvious" and overdone...), I didn't talk about food at all, last night. I just talked. And, while I talked, I didn't eat or even think about food.