While Peg's thread was about teaching other ways to express emtion, this thread is intended solely for the purpose of understanding WHY people say they are going to leave. This isn't an attack thread, and hopefully no one here will do that. We all have our issues. . .ALL of us. Nobody here (with the exception of maybe DocJohn) is here solely for the purpose of supporting others. Now, that's said. Let's move on. Thank you Muffy for being open enough to share the reasons why you said you were leaving. You too RealMe. The whole point is that maybe if you guys can see that you WON'T BE JUDGED because of your feelings, then maybe next time, instead of getting upset and just saying, "I'm taking my toys and gonig home" you can actually talk out the feelings with someone. When people threaten to leave, it is disrupting to the entire community. People who are leaving b/c they are moving on, that's a little different.

Because this is a support site, I think that anyone who shared anything in either of these posts needs to learn from the experience. Look what happened you guys. . .you posted your feelings, and YOU STAYED. That's a good thing. I'm sure PM's were flying a mile a minute, which is god, b/c that's where your deep connections are, and your support.

Learn from what you've read here. Dont' let it just be words on a screen.