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Justmehere
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@glass half full - This poll is for both supporters and sufferers. I'm really glad for what you posted. I don't think you are alone in what you are feeling and thinking or your struggle to get through the pain of being on the supporter side of a shut out. I hope it's not this poll itself that gave you the impression that most sufferers take an "oh well attitude" - that wasn't my goal at all.
This is an important topic for people to talk about. I often see that supporters and sufferers talk last each other a bit. Every situation is different and generalizations about shut outs are hard to make, except perhaps one: they hurt on both sides in the vast majority of cases and even in the healthiest of relationships.
This thread is about the poll, and the poll came about out of supporters and sufferers trying to find ways to understand each other better. I think your posts and @Sweetpea76 , @lostforgottensoul, and @EveHarrington's posts have helped further the discussion in a really good way.
I invite even heated discussions on this - as long as there is respect and folks stay in the rules. Everyone has done that very well on this thread so far. Sometimes the heated discussions are what make people think the most deeply.
You have helped me think more deeply about how supporters themsleves can be validated, heard, and well, supported, during shut outs and other tough spots that come up in relationship with PTSD sufferers.
Thanks for the good feedback on this topic!
This is an important topic for people to talk about. I often see that supporters and sufferers talk last each other a bit. Every situation is different and generalizations about shut outs are hard to make, except perhaps one: they hurt on both sides in the vast majority of cases and even in the healthiest of relationships.
This thread is about the poll, and the poll came about out of supporters and sufferers trying to find ways to understand each other better. I think your posts and @Sweetpea76 , @lostforgottensoul, and @EveHarrington's posts have helped further the discussion in a really good way.
I invite even heated discussions on this - as long as there is respect and folks stay in the rules. Everyone has done that very well on this thread so far. Sometimes the heated discussions are what make people think the most deeply.
You have helped me think more deeply about how supporters themsleves can be validated, heard, and well, supported, during shut outs and other tough spots that come up in relationship with PTSD sufferers.
Thanks for the good feedback on this topic!