Quote Originally Posted by mkp View Post
I do kind of wish I could label myself so everything would be easy and packaged up


Labels, labels, everywhere and not a drop to drink. I started off wanting to label everything and everyone, too (myself included). The funny thing is, though...everyone's definition of any given label at any given time is different. Your label definitions aren't the same as mine and mine aren't the same as his or hers or theirs or .....eek!

Try not to run off when you feel over-stimulated...try to come back and read and then read some more....and keep coming back and reading and chatting and maybe soon it won't feel so foreign and confusing (or at least, you'll be sort of "used to" that feeling and it won't bother you...it'll excite you).

When I was in college, I really got into philosophy. I liked to talk about it and read about it and study it and think about what it meant in all its complexities....such a broad topic and so intimidating to a beginner! So I basically immersed myself in everything I could find until it wasn't so intimidating...and I could hold my own in conversations about it and I became more comfortable with the topic. That's sort of what I did when I first came here, too. I'm still nervous and a little skittish about this or that but I feel comfortable with my place here...no matter what label I use to describe myself.

Good luck to you!!