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#1
Sep 01, 2016, 11:13 AM
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I consider this forum to be family
 Has this forum directly impacted your life in any way? I'm just curious. It's okay to say no. As for me, personally, some of the personal experiences in here have led me to make good decisions. For example, I had a crappy pdoc, but I never actually realized it until I saw how much better everyone else's pdocs were. It led me to cut ties with the jackass and find a new one who cares more about my mental health and not so much about what's in my wallet. It's also good to have a support system where I can vent my frustrations, even if nobody will read them. Just the act of typing things out really helps me feel better. (Before this forum, I had no place to vent and I was bottling up everything inside.) |
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#2
Sep 01, 2016, 12:31 PM
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Yes I don't feel so alone in my illness. I come here several times a day, I have to know what's going on with everyone .
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Sep 01, 2016, 12:37 PM
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I definitely felt alone before I joined this forum, so it was nice to have other BP people to talk to. I think it's good you want to know what's going on with everyone. It's nice to support each other 
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Sep 01, 2016, 12:54 PM
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This forum does keep me busy with reading and responding to people. Since I'm agoraphobic, this is one of my links to the outside world.
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Sep 01, 2016, 01:00 PM
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I'm glad to hear you jettisoned your pdoc. I've been contemplating the same course of action, so it gives me hope that I'll find another better one. I've been really frustrated by the search, however. It seems all the good ones are either not taking new patients or don't take my insurance. Ugh.
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| anon12516, Wild Coyote
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Sep 01, 2016, 01:08 PM
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I use this forum to connect with people in the evening on days that I haven't connected with anyone. Since connecting with people is one of the 6 things I'm supposed to do every day, it is helpful.
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Sep 01, 2016, 01:14 PM
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Yes, definitely! I feel so much less alone. I don't have anyone to talk to in real life about BP, nor do I know anyone in person who has BP. Also, I had a similar experience with getting rid of my pdoc after reading on here!
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Sep 01, 2016, 01:51 PM
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I think it's benefited me in that I don't feel so alone. It gives me a place to vent and to reality check.
I didn't break off a relationship once because someone said my thinking was delusional. Although, in the end, it didn't matter because he left me. Sent from my LGLS990 using Tapatalk |
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Sep 01, 2016, 02:04 PM
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I have made 3 amazing life long friends due to PC . 2 live in other countries ( sucks but I will make a trip one day ) and one moved in with my husband and I almost a year ago !
I don't think I would still be upright and breathing if it wasn't for my friends and T. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Sep 01, 2016, 02:41 PM
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I like the community here and it's given me helpful advice and stories. I started lamagotrine because of the input here. It also helps me to feel less alone in my experiences.
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Sep 01, 2016, 03:14 PM
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Ditto what others are saying about having a place where others understand what you're really going through - that has been immeasurably helpful to me in real life.
Also, when I find myself in a position where I'm really emotionally reactive and I can't move past it, I post about it here. Just being able to put words to what's going on inside me makes it so much easier for me to process and move on in my day-to-day. I also come on here and read through what everyone's posting when my anxiety and inability to focus kick in...I find it helpful at those times. Finally, I love getting to read what everyone here has to say - we have some really wise people in our midst, and the great compassion I see on here every day is inspiring to me at a time when I feel like I don't see enough compassion in the 'real world'. It helps me to remember the incredible people the world over that I will probably never hear or read about or meet, but who travel along this journey with us all the same! |
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Sep 01, 2016, 03:16 PM
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Sep 01, 2016, 03:22 PM
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The community helped oodles when I was anxious before my last ECT.
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Sep 01, 2016, 03:26 PM
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Glad you made it through that, Vertigo. I was only lurking on the forum then, but saw what you were going through and felt for you. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Sep 01, 2016, 03:28 PM
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Sep 01, 2016, 03:33 PM
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I listen to here when I'm psychotic. You guys are my friends since I don't talk to others. I'm on here several times a day.
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Sep 01, 2016, 05:33 PM
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The forum has given me a place where everyone understands what I am going through
and that is very hard to find out in the world. Most people here are very nice as well and that makes it even better.
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Sep 01, 2016, 06:02 PM
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This place is my rock! Especially since I didn't have a T up until last week. This place helps me so much that if it had a face, I'd kiss it. Hell PC should start billing my insurance cuz I go here before I even turn to my pdoc lol
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Sep 01, 2016, 07:03 PM
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I do feel in some ways that this forum is one big happy family. We can all relate to each other in one way or another and not feel as if we are being looked down on. Thanks everyone for being my 'friend'.
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#20
Sep 01, 2016, 07:06 PM
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Yeah, I'm an open book. Everything I do impacts me. Either it'll hang me or set me free.
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Sep 01, 2016, 07:20 PM
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Ive been lurking in the shadows and posting rarely on here the past two years. I struggle with opening up, but i check the forum a couple times a day. I've received some great comfort just being able to read posts from people who can truly relate to what I'm going through. Since I'm sick of feeling so lonely for so long I am trying to open up more and get to know the people who have been helping me on this rollercoaster.
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Sep 02, 2016, 09:03 AM
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Sounds like you made some awesome friends. I don't know if I've made any friends who will come visit me like that, but that's very cool.  We just video chat on Facebook.
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Sep 02, 2016, 09:08 AM
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"And don't say it hasn't been a little slice of heaven, 'cause it hasn't!" . About Me--T |
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Sep 02, 2016, 09:09 AM
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Likewise, I find it very helpful to join in the discussions. Feel free to open up, this is a safe place. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Sep 02, 2016, 01:10 PM
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