Kristen, also welcome. Yes... the best thing you can do is just start chatting away.... just be honest with yourself and honest with others, and you will be just fine. Don't try and fit in, just be yourself and you will fit were you fit... that is the very idea of this forum. Not one big happy family as such, instead a community that respects one another and their opinions. Within any community are those who bond to others they find similarities in personality with. Jump in is my advice and get your feet wet... the sooner any anxiety removes from you about talking here.