meso,

the idea of starting a social group on the topic of r.a. sounds like a contradiction in terms!!!!!!!! a "social group" is people who get togethr to have a pleasant time chatting or playing fun games.... i can't imagine anything Less pleasant than the topic of r.a.

a subforum of r.a. would be survivors meeting to share experiences, strength and hope as a group of people doing their best to get past the most awful years of their lives.

i think a subforum would be a good idea and i also know we would have to be careful to let people know that they must enter on their own responsibility. no one can keep us safe except ourselves. this is an intense and awful subject but all of us who experienced it are trying to get better and get well. we can use all the support and help that we can come by!!!

i do not know who all would want to participate in a group on r.a., but i do know that all of us who went through this kind of abuse are some of the loneliest, saddest people in the world. we had our childhoods ruined by sick, evil people and we just want the pain and fear to be healed and stopped.

Leslie, speaking for all the pixies