I find it helpful. It's a place were I can talk about things I would not discuss with anyone else.
I cannot talk about how my mother was (NPD) with people I know, they just would not 'get it'.

I mean, I have tried in the past but found it just upset me.
Like when I was a young teen and desparately needed support I talked to my co-workers.

I told them for instance that mother didn't love me, she hated me, but I just got the
'Awww course she loves you, we all have the odd bad day'
And then I overheard them discussing me saying that
'My parents were fine, I was exaggerating and making a big fuss over nothing'

They didn't even know my freaking parents!

After l'd confided in them all I got basically was called a liar and invalidated. Never again.

Here I can be understood and believed.
I find writing down my difficulies and past problems quite cathartic.
It's a bit like I've released the thoughts so they don't stay stuck in my head so much.

A problem shared is a problem halved so they say!

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