u/SoulTrappedSandy

I guess this is a bit of a rant/ off my chest. I'm feeling quite low at the moment. I (29f) have recently moved to a new country, and don't have any friends yet, so I'm feeling extra lonely. I'd usually feel lonely even in my home country, because I don't ever feel like people get me, and now I just worry about being able to make friends again.

I consider myself odd, and have always had self esteem issues, but have been getting better with it all once I learnt I had ADHD.

The thing is, I feel things very intensely. I'm a very emotional person. Before, where I wasn't able to regulate very well and didn't know I had ADHD, I understand why it may have been hard to be my friend. But now, I've done a lot of work on myself, and I often keep the emotional wobbles to myself, rather than having outbursts. With that said, I also feel the happy moments very intensely, and I feel like I want to share these with people, even the small things, but often times, I feel like I'm making a big deal out of things because of people's reactions. I just feel like I've taken 10 steps backwards, because I really just don't know how I can be myself, but also not scare people away. It makes me quite sad, and makes me feel isolated.

Do you feel this way at times? How do you cope?

Is there somewhere I can see upcoming big & small events in Christchurch/ Canterbury? I tried the local council websites, but they don't seem to have too much, and I wonder if small events get posted in certain group/ certain websites

ETA: by events, I mean anything from gigs, to markets, meet ups etc

Hiya! New to Christchurch and I was wondering where is the best place to see what upcoming events there are? I know there is some info on the council website, but that doesn't cover many of the things happening in/around Christchurch from what I've seen. TIA

I'm new to Christchurch and was wondering where do people get their arts and craft supplies from? I've googled but it came up with mostly shops that sell models and models painting stuff. I'm looking more for things like stamps, paints, crayons etc.

I'm probably going to get down voted to hell for this but oh well. I'm just so tired of seeing Ben's victim mentally. He acts like an asshole, and all the posts I see are like "oh poor Ben, he went through a tough time". I have empathy for him to a degree. But being cheated on or going through a tough time, does not give you an excuse to treat people like shit, and to act like a baby when Jenna is in the hot tub with a guy, just chatting. He has issues he needs to work on, because he seems to be very paranoid that everyone is after him. Tired of this victim complex he has, every episode. I'd rather watch queen Betul make meow meow noises tbf.

Ok, so I have ADHD and potentially autism, and I find it very hard to watch new things. I do, but it takes me time, and that means I rewatch a lot of my "comfort" shows because of the familiarity. With that said, I wanted to ask:

- What are the bits you always skip when doing a rewatch?

I'm curious, because I found myself skipping over the same things while I rewatch:

- Schwartz explaining his "black out" cheating & the "bubba don't crys"

- Jax's "I'm a changed man" speeches

- For some reason, the episode where Beau's therapist mum turns up

- Most of the scenes with the season 8 new cast members