I Apologize For Posting Here Alot

[Deleted member 38644]

I'm sorry for posting alot on here and don't mean to upset many. I just feel comfortable on here. I don't mean to post many times and you see me as soon as you log in. I will try to post smaller than I did. I just need to vent. I apologize to the ones I annoyed because they were seeing me too much.

 

[anonymous]

You might try posting more in your TraumaDiary. Especially when venting, or working out your own thoughts on something, but regardless it's your space to use as you please. Could post 500 times a day, but since it's all on the same thread it only shows as a new post in the diary section.

 

[heyheyhey]

Didn't you already post a thread like this before? A diary on here could be good too.

 

[digger]

It's great that you feel comfortable here @Lauren Taylor, but I've noticed that you've posted several times now apologising for the amount you are posting which suggests to me that you're not completely comfortable with the way you are using the forum at the moment?

It can take a bit of time to settle into finding ways to make best use of the forums, finding what suits you best as an individual, different people find different things work best for them, but I would give some serious consideration to the suggestions above about utilising your diary more.

Diaries are especially useful I think for venting and for things you maybe don't really need or want so much advice or feedback about. Observations about your life and your relationships, patterns that you are identifying etc... it can be really useful to have these kinds of things in one place to look back over, build on and work through.

 

[Deleted member 38644]

It's great that you feel comfortable here @Lauren Taylor, but I've noticed that you'v...

Thank you!! I have wrote in the diary few times but I havr not realized the pattern. I will try my luck there. I just don't want to get on anybody nerves

Didn't you already post a thread like this before? A diary on here could be good too.

I just don't want to be a burden on here to anybody that all

 

[Ronin]

I just don't want to be a burden

It's okay. People will deal.

 

[heyheyhey]

I just don't want to be a burden on here to anybody that all

I know, I didn't mean this is a critical way lovely :). I'm just thinking, maybe thinking about why you feel this way or where these thoughts are coming from and then maybe trying some things to help? Like maybe some kind of CBT exercises - so if you're feeling bad about posting a lot (and I have too in the past) then maybe you could do some rationalisations and like challenge the thinking patterns. Dr Burns' Feeling Good book is really great for that :). We don't mind at all, but maybe doing some CBT exercises would be helpful for you so that you can start to feel better. Because if you post apologising then you will only feel better for a little bit right? And then it goes back round in the loop, whereas something like that could help you feel better more longterm :).

 

[ladee]

Isn't it awesome the support we get here!
The great thing is..you are starting to see a pattern.
That's why you are encouraged to write in your diary.
Our Diarys are not just for revealing trauma..it's for our daily thoughts, our observations...it's a place we can find you.
Say for instance..if you posted something I wanted to comment on...and my time was limited. I didn't post right then.
But if you are posting in your diary I always know where to find you and the things you shared about.
I don't always have time to search for your threads, so if you are posting in one place I can go right to your diary.
And keeping things in one place helps you also..it helps us to help you too.
If we see a pattern we can help with that.
And if you have shared before that you are feeling you post too much..in your own way you are asking for validation it's ok for you to be here.
Of course it's wonderful you are here!
So maybe give some thought to posting in your diary...it would help us to help you.
People will tend to read posts in one place.
Remember ...some of us have trouble keeping up .
You got support and great suggestions here. Read the replies again...we want to help and listen.
Hope you find a way that works for you.
Gentle hugs if you accept.

 

[FireSign8]

I still have not figured out HOW to post a question! There's a DIARY section too? Geez, I need a computer class just to find my way around this place! Lauren, you are not annoying me in any way. :roflmao:

 

[ladee]

@FireSign8 , if you can't figure it out..use a "help ticket". If you can't find that someone will help you.
Sorry for the temporary hijack.

 

[EmmaOwl]

Our Diarys are not just for revealing trauma..it's for our daily thoughts, our observations...it's a place we can find you.
Say for instance..if you posted something I wanted to comment on...and my time was limited. I didn't post right then.
But if you are posting in your diary I always know where to find you and the things you shared about.
I don't always have time to search for your threads, so if you are posting in one place I can go right to your diary.

@ladee, this is the best explanation of the use of the trauma diary I've ever come across. Thanks!

 

[EmmaOwl]

I still have not figured out HOW to post a question! There's a DIARY section too? Geez, I need a co...

@FireSign8 , if you can't figure it out..use a "help ticket". If you can't find that s...

Again @ladee comes at us with the best answer!! :tup:
If you click on the "Forums" link at the top of your page, Trauma Diary will come up as one of the zillions of options. Yes,
it's intimidating to navigate.