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[Froggie]

Hi anyone, this is a first for me ... being on a forum ... I've been reading a few things here and there and I'm encouraged that this will be good for me. Here in Quebec city, there are support groups for soldiers, nothing for someone in my case ... witness to a crime ... police blundered ... bad guys off the hook ... victimes too scared or too young to say anything ... OK, that's all I can handle for now ...

 

[amethist]

Hi Froggie

Welcome to the forum.

Take your time posting, there is no rush. Maybe just keep on reading how others have found this forum helpful in their own recovery to begin with.

Take care and keep going forward.

Amethist

 

[lovinbiker]

Hi Froggie,
Welcome, as Amethist said take your time theres no rush. You have come to a good place where in time you will be able to get some good advise and support.

Nice name and pic:) if you get a chance take a look at the chit chat section if you want to read something more light hearted:)

Take care
LB

 

[intothelight]

Hi Froggie,

Welcome to the forum!

Debbie

 

[deer_in_headlights]

Hi Froggie!

Welcome!

 

[anthony]

Hey Froggy, welcome to the forum.

 

[reallydown]

Welcome to the forum, Froggie.

 

[Froggie]

many thanks everyone. I've been going through different threads and I have to admit it's having a positif impact on me ... I feel like I've found some sort of normality ... :confused: with the other PTSD members. to the founders of this forum, many thanks ... I'll be passing this Web Site to my Dr, my psychologist and my psychiatrist.

 

[Froggie]

Hi Froggie,
Welcome, as Amethist said take your time theres no rush. You have come to a good place where in time you will be able to get some good advise and support.

Nice name and pic:) if you get a chance take a look at the chit chat section if you want to read something more light hearted:)

Take care
LB

Hi LB,
will take your advice and go to the chit chat ... and by the way ... nice bike !

 

[lovinbiker]

Thanks Froggie,
I gotta say check out the What Do You Collect Thread with your username and pic you will see why I said that :)
Thanks I do like my bikes :D
LB

 

[Deleted member 6617]

Welcome Froggie,
In my humble opinion you made an awesome start to sharing. Take it as slow as you need and I am so glad to hear you feel encouraged already. Great steps forward. Good job! Welcome, welcome, welcome!

 

[Froggie]

Welcome Froggie,
In my humble opinion you made an awesome start to sharing. Take it as slow as you need and I am so glad to hear you feel encouraged already. Great steps forward. Good job! Welcome, welcome, welcome!

Hi Pottershand,

Maybe for some it may seem like an "awesome start", but I've been trying to denouce and expose this situation to different authorities as a witness for years ... then I needed medical support, so I became a patient in the last 3 years (and finally with a psychiatrist last month - sometimes pretty slow here in Quebec) ... And going through this forum, I realized that what I was saying and how I was living my situation was finally an opportunity for me to became an equal. Even if I am a therapist, with a university diploma, I hurt from this situation. I'm still dealing with guilt issues as I am not the victime, I'm getting help and the kids are still left to themselves.

So reading other members testimonies - be it those with PTSD or the carers - not only shows how awful things can affect so many people (victimes and witnesses), but also permits to have a new insight and direction to finding some existential sens to their experience and/or constructing adequate solutions. So thankyou for your welcome.