Angela, first of all I'm well aware I don't know you nearly well enough to give objective feedback here. I've only been around this forum for a month or so and have barely "talked" with you. So these are just my initial impressions and I'm well aware I could be totally off the mark. Having said that ...

... I think that you strive to make your presence here predominantly "therapeutic" for others. That is neither a good thing nor a bad thing for you personally. It just strikes me as the choice you make.

You have mentioned you are a psych major or something similar (sorry, I forget exactly what at the moment). You come across like a good therapist in this respect: warm and caring, interested in the experiences and well being of those you communicate with, but somewhat reserved with regard to what you share of yourself, possibly viewing yourself as having the "greater responsibility" here to do more "being there" for others than you ask others to do for you, because (I am guessing) you feel that others here may be more fragile or broken or delicate, and it is your heartfelt desire to be gentle with them and not become yet another source of stress or demand in their lives.

Again, these are really raw and "newbie" impressions on my part. I don't know you very well, admittedly, and for all I know there could be 3 or 4 others on here to whom you turn regularly for support and help when you're in a bad place mentally or emotionally, and being new, I simply have not seen it going on. But my overall impression of you is that you maintain the typical self-reserve of the therapist: sharing as much of yourself as it takes to establish warmth and trust, but not so much that you are depending on the rest of the group for support at the same level you seek to provide it to them.

And that's perfectly fine -- so long as it is your choice and you are happy with it.

~mal