If We All Lived In The Same Town....

[sedna]

I'm not sure if it's my PTSD talking here, but I'm picturing a Lord Of The Flies situation more than any kind of safe Nirvana.

Always have to go to the lowest point and hope your way up, :meh:

 

[scout86]

In real life, you might get "Lord of the Flies". We're making this up, so I think we can stipulate that anyone craving LOTF has to go build their own town, preferably on an island far far away.

 

[trying2movefwd]

How cool it would be for one of you see me dissacosiate or start into a flashback. Im triggered by tons of things. . .anyway, walking down the street and you help me through with mindfulness, grounding, breathing techniques and I do the same for you. So much better than people who just roll their eyes at you or look at you like your from some far off planet.

 

[scout86]

That's definitely part of the program. You can think of Shimmerzville as the very definition of a Safe Place!

 

[Ronin]

Imma hold the sea shell for fair time of sharing, cause I shut up and don't tell others to if I'm holding things...

Cough, that was for a 'no Lord of the Flies, I trust in people to keep themselves in check as /this/ group I've always seen it do. Starting with me so there's that word'.

 

[Deleted member 28403]

Guys, could we buy some terrain, like, a couple hectares, and start our own town? Like, it's sorta possible actually

 

[Deleted member 28403]

Lets research :) But it doesn't seem too hard actually :)

 

[scout86]

Where would you like that to be,
@Saelben ? Physical travel is a bit of a challenge for some folks. Do we want to be in a remote location, or close to "civilization"?

 

[Deleted member 28403]

Well, a sorta remoteish location might be the best option, close enough to people to be able to function properly, but far enough not to be bothered

 

[shimmerz]

It would be awesome to do something like that. To have a place for displaced people with PTSD. No uncertainty of where to go if found homeless. Land here in Nova Scotia is REALLY cheap. And beautiful. I am certain there are places like that everywhere (except CA). ;-)

And @Saelben , you are right, with this large network of people, I am certain we could make anything possible.

 

[Deleted member 28403]

Here there is some extremely cheap land just a few hours from main cities... THanks to aging and dieoff of population :p A town could easily be built, and loads of arable ground

So, it's possible

 

[illusionist]

I was thinking about shimmerzville while I was sitting in company last night....was a very safe place to ' go to ' as I struggled with the environment I was in. I focused on being accepted and not having to worry about keeping up with the conversation, as everyone here just goes with the flow. I even giggled to myself thinking about how easily I redirect a conversation either due to not being present, or not hearing properly, and how everyone here would probably not bat an eyelid, as you probably thought you had ' been gone ' for a while.

Thanks for having a good place to go to, when I really needed it.