https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/depression/greetings-all/m-p/83978#M14492 Hello people,&nbsp; <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>I'm a male in my 30s from the greater Sydney metropolitan area.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> <P>A touch under a decade ago I received a physical disability which greatly altered my general mobility, the activities I can participate in and has left me with quite serious chronic pain, from this I developed secondary depression which officially I was told was classified as a 'severe clinical depressive disorder' or some such.&nbsp;</P> <P>Being in such a position I cut myself off from friends and social contact for many years due to reasons a lot of people here could probably relate to however now I'm managing things a bit better but find myself with a desire to meet new people but no real method to do so.&nbsp;</P> <P>In some ways I feel like I have forgotten how to make friends.</P> <P>In an effort to extend my social circle I took a trip to a local "Men's Shed" and whilst they were nice people and there's the ability to talk about common interests (DIY/etc) I found the generation gap immense (30s vs 60/70s).</P> <P>I think one of my biggest obstacles at the moment is that I do literally nothing of a day and many of the things that I think would interest me (certain volunteer roles, etc) are unavailable due to my physical limitations.</P> <P>In addition to the above I also suck at choosing usernames when signing up for websites.&nbsp;</P> <P>Well, yeah, I guess that's my rambling disjointed introduction.&nbsp; </P> Sun, 15 Dec 2013 05:34:33 GMT a.username.thats.not.taken 2013-12-15T05:34:33Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/depression/greetings-all/m-p/83978#M14492 Hello people,&nbsp; <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>I'm a male in my 30s from the greater Sydney metropolitan area.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> <P>A touch under a decade ago I received a physical disability which greatly altered my general mobility, the activities I can participate in and has left me with quite serious chronic pain, from this I developed secondary depression which officially I was told was classified as a 'severe clinical depressive disorder' or some such.&nbsp;</P> <P>Being in such a position I cut myself off from friends and social contact for many years due to reasons a lot of people here could probably relate to however now I'm managing things a bit better but find myself with a desire to meet new people but no real method to do so.&nbsp;</P> <P>In some ways I feel like I have forgotten how to make friends.</P> <P>In an effort to extend my social circle I took a trip to a local "Men's Shed" and whilst they were nice people and there's the ability to talk about common interests (DIY/etc) I found the generation gap immense (30s vs 60/70s).</P> <P>I think one of my biggest obstacles at the moment is that I do literally nothing of a day and many of the things that I think would interest me (certain volunteer roles, etc) are unavailable due to my physical limitations.</P> <P>In addition to the above I also suck at choosing usernames when signing up for websites.&nbsp;</P> <P>Well, yeah, I guess that's my rambling disjointed introduction.&nbsp; </P> Sun, 15 Dec 2013 05:34:33 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/depression/greetings-all/m-p/83978#M14492 a.username.thats.not.taken 2013-12-15T05:34:33Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/depression/greetings-all/m-p/83979#M14493 <P>dear Username, I can well and truly understand your lack of being able to physically perform any activities, as I am exactly the same.</P> <P>I had a vehicle accident, which was my 2nd attempt, and broke my hip/knee etc, and now this has greatly limited me in what I can physically do, so it makes me feel like an old man, and sometimes it's just embarrassing.</P> <P>I visited my son/wife and my little grand daughter on the weekend and there were so many jobs that I could have been able to do before the accident, but now there's no hope.</P> <P>Can I ask you if you are suffering from PTSD. Geoff.</P> Sun, 15 Dec 2013 14:45:57 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/depression/greetings-all/m-p/83979#M14493 geoff 2013-12-15T14:45:57Z