For New Members - Positives Of The Forum

[Whitneys story]

Thanks for this post.

Hi and Welcome. I am always having reminders/epiphanies of the benefits of this site. I love to have positive energy!

There is such a difference to our journey when we process out the negative. It gives us a means of dwelling on positive. Of course it all takes a lot of work. Two steps forward, Three steps back sometimes. By processing it, before we know it we are moving on to the next stage of our healing.

Just my honest opinion. Love your avatar!
Whitney

 

[Finding Shawna]

Thanks so much for the simple fact that it takes time to open up! I am really struggling with this part. An outstanding reminder that whatever anyone is dealing with it is going to take time!

I couldn't have said it better! This has been a great, positive addition to the meds and the therapy! I would rather pay some of you guys than my therapist! ;);)

 

[Changing4Best]

Learn all about PTSD and how it effects us all. Great passtime. Find friends. Good laughs.

 

[safenow]

I'm an old lady, but I can tell you that I have gained more support here than I've ever had in my entire life.

I like that this site is safe and everyone is supportive and helpful to the best of their ability. No one puts anyone else down Truth is spoken here. No one stalks another. No one plays games, unless it is in the proper thread. What I mean by that is, there are no phoneys here that I have seen.

We aren't forced to share anything. We are allowed our privacy. We are encouraged to be our best. I wish I was a millionaire. This place would be supported well. Lets see, I paid $200 an hour for the good therapist (when I was working) and I'm here how many hours a day? Every day? Oh my goodness. Make that a billionaire. It would be worth it.

Thank you, Anthony and Nicolette, and all your moderators. Good job.

 

['91 Girl]

I have spent the past month pretty much locked up in my house other than work since the flashbacks started (thankfully, I was already in therapy with someone who is actually a trauma therapist...I don't think that was coincidence). I have been too overwhelmed to even try to talk to those I might normally go to for advice or support, and this appears as I am trying to wrap my brain around what the heck PTSD is.

For the past month (I have actually only been a member for about a week and a half...was a lurker before then), this place has been so overwhelmingly supportive, and I haven't felt alone at all. I haven't talked much, but just reading and learning from others and their experiences, and knowing I am not alone, has been so encouraging. Thank you all.

 

[Whitneys story]

I would rather pay some of you guys than my therapist! ;);)

Hugs are always welcome by me!

 

[Whitneys story]

Gratitude for this site! We have done some outstanding challenge's recently. Albatross started it with the Happiness Challenge! Witnessing true miracles of growth and healing.

Affirmation that this site and the people. Anthony, Nicolette; the moderators this is the best place on the planet!

Behemoth Hugs and Thanks, Whitney:tup:

 

[Abstract]

Interestingly I had a lot of trouble with the "like" system when I first joined but it has helped me so much. I had this intense problem with not feeling heard (default) and then going into meltdown after I posted almost anything and somehow the likes mark my existence and have quietened that all down. Something I never expected and very helpful.

 

[Pencil]

This forum has saved my life, and I'm not exaggerating. I started here when I was traumatized and re-traumatized and then more traumatized by both full-blown PTSD and crap therapy all rolled into one mess. My last therapist (the fourth) was great, but by then my life was such a mess that I could no longer afford therapy. But the forum was here - with people who have become friends, therapists and a safety net. Due to the long build-up to my melt down, I had become reclusive and unfit for human consumption.

I can see now how I had to be 're-socialized', like a wayward dog. A few specific individuals on this forum were sensitive, kind and gentle enough to take me by the hand and teach me social skills on here that can be transferred to the 3D world. I've not only been re-socialized, I've developed far better interpersonal skills than I had before - something I would not have thought possible in a virtual community.

I shudder to think where I would have been without this forum.

 

[Jacnic]

Abstract, I agree. I now try to "like" as many post as I can (appropriately of course) because receiving them means so much to me. They remind me I am to alone and that there are others out there who are listening and understanding.

 

[Changing4Best]

There are so many opportunities to improve one's lot here, too many to mention, but I can say that this place has very much changed my life for the better! The support is breathtaking, the sharing is deep, the gains are often voiced too and there is oh so much more!!! ENJOY as you explore every nook and cranny.

 

[Eleanor]

This forum is a miracle. It has shown me not only the way OUT of and THROUGH all manner of emotional and relationship difficulties, but also (and perhaps most valuably) that things I say and who I am I matters to other people, and even the apparently small efforts I can sometimes barely make COUNT. It is both humbling (in a good way) and affirming at the same time.

A place that offers the opportunity to be held up, and to hold up others is a great blessing.