Late 1 year post.

Ello everyone!

I have been on the forums for about a year... and 3 months and 2 days.

When I first joined, I didn't really socialize to the amount of people I do today. Before I joined the forums, I was the most anti-social person you would ever meet. I barely talked to anyone ever. I would only talk to my tiny group of friends or my family. I was almost completely unnoticeable when it came to social life. When I joined the forums I basically let my soul become more social. Around February, 2016 (So, 5th grade), I talked to the more... Idk, cooler kids? I grew an actually great friendship with them and before I knew it, I was in the popular group swarmed by people each and everyday. Now you might think this is a good thing, however I got even more antisocial because... I was way too popular so to say. My online life was great, and I'm still making good friends to this day. However, in real life (around that time btw), I almost didn't talk to anyone, and even limited my friend group to about 5-10 people. As I got more confident, I started going a little slower. I am now pretty decently well known (in my age group) in school and online. I am actually still a little antisocial (I usually don't make many friends) but I am willing to also admit that I have a huge group of both online and real life friends that I genuinely hang out with a lot. And as some of you know, I almost quit the forums and server (i am so happy i didn't, cause I'd be depressed locked in my room all day). So basically, IJAH forums helped me through minor depression (not harming myself) and anti socialism.

Thank you to anyone who has helped me throughout the year and overall.

Really, I'm happy I even joined the forums. I am now a happy boy with lots of opportunity ahead of myself.

~thanks.

-James ~ Hypal