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Old Sep 15, 2017, 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by little turtle View Post
we may be screwing ourselves....if we think that only the doctor or therapist can fix us....we have to fix us...but we need to go slowly and work on it...

That's the right way of thinking here!
For me, I've found out that, on the one hand, it is a great help to talk to people in the same situation as me. This shows me that I'm not alone in this, and things that made me feel like I just wasn't normal, finally appear not so strange anymore. Also, we're often the only ones who can REALLY understand each others situation and support each other. That's why I appreciate this community so much.
But one the other hand, I've found out that, personally, it drags me even further down if I constantly think about my situation and kind of lock myself up in a communitiy with people who all have the same kind of problem but no solution to it.
I feel best when I am with people who I consider as "normal" or at least able to manage those things I can't manage. And when these people accept me and maybe even let me be a part of their community. They make me feel like I can belong, even though I am different, and provide orientation for me when I fell like I've lost the connection to the "normal" world.

But unfortunately, there are only very few of those people in my life, and I don't see them very often. And I assume I am not alone with this.

But if anyone here feels like I do about this, I can only recommend to reach out for a friend of whom you think they're handling life better than yourself. Sometimes you're more normal than you think and you just need someone to lift you up of that dark hole you were driving yourself deeper and deeper into.

We have the potential in ourselves to get out of this, by ourselves. I know it's harder for people like me than it is for other people. But therefor we have each other in this community. If we support each other, if we work together on this, we can all get back on track.
I believe in this.
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Anonymous44144, Fuzzybear, Sunflower123
Thanks for this!
Sunflower123