Hello dancinglady: I just wanted to tell you that you are one of the reasons I returned to PC. A few months ago I just grew tired of the internet in general. I closed my PC account, my YouTube channel, my Google+ account, my gmail site... everything. Recently, I downloaded Windows 10 & it sort-of revived my interest in being on the internet. So I began thinking about where I might want to go. During this time, I visited PC a few times & read some of the posts. One of the posts I read was one you wrote saying that you were leaving PC. I wanted so badly to reach out to you, but I couldn't because I was no longer a member. It brought home to me the fact that PC was where I belonged. So I thank you for that...

I know what you mean about the treatment options available nowadays that were not available years ago. I'm in my mid 60's. When I was young, & where I lived, there was essentially nothing. Added to this, there was crushing stigma surrounding any hint of mental illness. I have said, in the past, my parents would have better understood my having gone to prison than they would have understood my being involuntarily committed to a psychiatric unit. I'm glad they didn't live to see it.

I'm glad you're still here...