I am still pretty new here, but I am glad a friend suggested I check this forum out. The most positive thing for me is that fact that there are people here who struggle with the same things I do. I feel safer posting in the atmosphere of anonymity. I feel a lot of shame still about the fact that I am not OK, so keep my problems pretty well hidden out in the world.
I am also glad that people offer encouragement from a peer position, not as experts who have the answers and expect me to do things their way. That also makes it easier for me to feel like I might have something helpful to offer someone else. It feels better when things flow both ways, even if it not necessarily between the same two people at any given moment.
And I am glad that people here have a sense of humour, even sometimes while in great pain. That truly can make me feet better in an instant!