I've been here longer than most here.....came here in 2004......just after my mother had her cancer surgery, I had been in the medical hospital for asthma/bronchitis from the smoke of a forest fire, my mare delivered my wonderful foal Izzy......& my mother wasn't doing well after her surgery.

With all that was happening in my life, the stress was causing a serious case of anorexia to start up again...I cound the ED forum here & it was nice to have others who were struggling with similar eating issues.

Little did I realize that within 2 months, I would be in the throws of a serious trauma with the home care person who manipulated her way into caring for my mother.......I landed in the medical hospital because of the anorexia & the trauma really messed me up & then my mother died that January from her cancer. I was left dealing with the anorexia & PTSD from the trauma. When I finally got home from the hospital myself, it was nice to have PC to come to because on top of all that, I had a seriously bad marriage I was had been dealing with for years.

Just really needed a place to some & share my emotions & the anorexia issues, the PTSD.....& what little grief I felt over the anger I really felt toward my mother.......a couple of years later........

PC was with me all the way across the country when I left my husband, bought a farm in KY & drove 2100 miles across the country in the medium sized moving truck I rented to bring what things I could fit in there. Every evening in the hotel, it was so wonderful to check in with PC....kept me sane those 5 days of driving to have something to look forward to in the evening.

There have been many who have come & gone since 2004 (wow, I'm been here 8 years now).....but there are many who helped me through the those difficult years along with getting settled in my new farm.

My major depression & suicidal years were from 1994-2000, so I wasn't at PC during my really DARK years....but the beginning years had their own kind of darkness, so PC really helped me through.

Then I realized how much help everyone was to me, that's why I love being a help to others as much as possible here.....try to use some of my many years as experience to help others.

PC has helped me beyond my wildest imagination.....we never know what life holds for us....it's wonderful to have a place to talk the things through & also get others ideas from other's experiences.

PC has been a wonderful experience, a great help, & hopefully I am a help to others who are in need.