I don't want tough love at all. I have had that my whole life and have found it to be nothing but harmful to me. That is the way I am. We are all different and require different levels of support or advice or whatever. I really don't come here looking for advice either. I'm not looking for therapy from this forum at all. I am not sure what I want.

I think forums are just not the place for me to give advice because I really know so little about someone's whole life. I have a lot of respect for most people here trying to work on their problems. It's interesting to me to see how different therapists are and how they handle situations with clients.

I try not to invest too much emotion here because I have so much going on in my real life as I am sure we all do. (Not saying we're not real people.)

I don't know. I have been very hurt by therapy and am trying to figure out what to do in the future and how to heal. I feel afraid sometimes for people here who seem to have such great therapists because I thought I had a great therapist too.

I don't like the conflicts that happen here sometimes, but I also understand that is part of life. I guess I am more into the supportive part of the forum because of the guidelines that Doc John has set forth.