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14 years ago 0 6252 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Hello scaredyke.

I just got out of years of mental abuse that had turned me into a recluse. It was a hard thing to do but it turns out that it was the root of all my anxiety.

You can communicate as much or as little as you want, that is Ok. We only want to help. No one will ridicule you here. We all come with baggage and we all want to lose it and be able to be happy. I won't say any thing stupid like I know what you are going through because I don't. I would like to help any way that I can, including leaving you alone if that is what you want. If you read the posts you will quickly see you are not alone. There are people suffering just like you and they would like to hear from you. We want to be friends and support so you don't have to do this alone. I especially want to help because I personally know you can be cured as I was. I really would like to hear from you even if only to say HI.

Davit.
14 years ago 0 420 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Hello scaredyke,
 
Welcome to the support group.  This is a great program and all the people here are very supportive and caring.  I am a very reclusive person and working on this program is helping me to deal with my anxiety and ptsd.  I have come out of my shell some since I started less than a month ago.  Get started working the program and the rest will come later.  Post when you feel you are ready to.  I look forward to hearing from you.
 
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14 years ago 0 224 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Hello and welcome to our support group!

You mentioned that you are not quite a group person, and like to be more solitary, well that's ok too. Just remember that if you ever feel like reaching out or want to vent, someone will be here to lend an ear. You have obviously gone through a lot of difficult things, have you sought any professional help to deal with these issues?

If you look to the left of the screen under "TOOLS" you will find many supportive tests which can prepare you with information that you can present to your physician. They can be used as a great conversation starter.

Also take the time to look through the program, it has a lot of useful information and you can work through it on your own.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask any of us, we are here to support and help each other out!
 
 


Luciana, Bilingual Health Educator
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hi from south africa.  i'm 39, a survivor of quite a lot of years of sexual abuse as a kid and since then i have seen some violent deaths and gone through some other fairly traumatic stuff.  i just started the programme, because my own negativity has been affecting my life a lot worse than usual and years of accumulated gloom are wearing me down completely.  i'm not much of a group person at all, in fact i am really solitary.

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