Recent content by Carmel Dharma

Do you have a favorite song that contains an amazing guitar riff, bass line or drum groove? Which song? For me, it's the song Hysteria by Muse. The bass line is stupid cool, just unbelievable. Way beyond my ability to play as well :oops:

Yes, I've only been on the forum for a few days but you do seem well-connected within this community. I'm too old to figure out tik tok haha.

Good post! And good on you for knowing what you need. You seem to be very comfortable being with yourself, which is something that I need to work on. Yes, I do have a few close friends that I regularly see, so I consider myself very lucky. And yet, I still experience fairly intense...

Well said. I too have tried the Meetup route, but I find that even in a social gathering of people that are (in theory) available and open to new friendships, most people are either already immersed in their own micro-cliques within the group, or seem to be people that are only there to connect...

The theme song from The Book of Boba Fett (Ludwig Goransson). Keeps playing over and over in my mind....

The Untouchables

Better off Dead. Love John Cusak!

Holding Back the Pamela Anderson

Hello sunflowergirl1306, and thank you for the welcome!

Absolutely agree with you. Seems like there is zero accountability online re: one's actions and behaviors. Brutal.

I appreciate your honesty. Yes, there is a certain superficiality inherent in online communications; for me anyway, there is more depth with in-person interactions. But I'm not complaining, I am enjoying talking with you and others in this format, so I am grateful.

Hello Minus, nice to meet you. I appreciate your encouragement as well as the welcome, so thank you!

Hello Finished! I've been on this forum for a few days now, and have enjoyed some of your posts/replies. I admire that you have actively embraced your solitude, which is something that I need to become more comfortable with in my own life. Seems like you are solidly centered in your life...

Hello KimP, nice to meet you. I appreciate your reply, and it reminds me that feeling invisible is not just a function of age. Thank you. Hopefully you are feeling more visible on this forum?

Hello! I am a 52-year-old man, I am retired, and I am a live-in caregiver for my developmentally disabled sister. I struggle with feelings of loneliness and isolation as well as a growing sense of increasing invisibility (when I’m out in public) as I grow older – I just get the sense that I am...