It's been a while.........
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By:
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lost_soul
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Mood:
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Lonely
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Date:
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Nov 21, 2008
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Music:
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Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
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Well it has been a while since I blogged anything of any real significance isn't it? I don't know whether this counts at all but anyway.....
On Thursday this week I decided to take a little break from my now becoming horribly tedious volunteer job sanitising hard drives at a computer recycling company to take a little trip to the city of Birmingham to meet up with young persons group setup by the mental health charity Mind. It was a thoroughly anxiety-ridden day truth be told, but it was nice to make a change to my weekly routine and meet up with some people around my age similarly affected by mental illness. The people organising and overseeing the running of the group were nice and friendly and both seemed to have a very good understanding of mental illness. I was predictably shy but more than happy to converse with people if they talked to me first. Although I had little time to chat with the other members of the social group as we went to see a movie and talking in the cinema does tend to be generally frowned upon. Anyway I did manage to talk to a one of the other guys attending the group and he seemed nice. The group meets up every month in Birmingham and I'll be going again next month when we'll be meeting up for a Christmas meal. 
While I was in Birmingham I was told about an anxiety support group based in Birmingham that I could attend on a Thursday. It's a bit far to travel for a support group. But I might be interested in attending if it'll give me the chance to meet other people with anxiety problems and work at better overcoming my own social anxiety issues.
Finally I've decided that at the start of the next academic year I'm going back to college. I don't yet know exactly what I'm going to study but I think I have it narrowed down to three possibilities; IT perhaps something to do with networking to add to my existing IT qualifications, counselling - I've thought ir a lot and I think I'd be really happy pursuing a career in counselling as I do enjoy helping people with their emotional problems and offering advice. If I can overcome my social anxiety and become more confident in myself I think I could be a really good counsellor one day. Lastly I've been thinking about a career in caring for the elderly or people with mental health problems or oher disabilities. So going to college to study to be a carer is something I've considered.
Well that's all for now. I'll be sure to keep you all updated on the dull non-happening in my life whenever I feel the urge.
Oh and one last thing you may have noticed that I've taken up cross dressing recently. I enjoy it immensely as a entirely private hobby however I still mostly dress as a boring old blokey type, albeit a gothy looking one with black hair and nails varnish these days. 
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