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How important is PC to you? Does it help you to stay alive or to heal?
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PC is very important because it helps me heal and connect with folks who share similar struggles and successes. I have a page on my blogs about Psych Central, how it helps me and benefits my life, plus how respected it is on the web.
I am grateful DocJohn did so much hard work to put this together for us without even knowing us! __________________ "Love you. Take care of you. Be true to you. You are the only you, you will ever know the best. Reach for YOUR stars. You can reach them better than anyone else ever can." Landon Clary Eason Grateful Sobriety Fangirl Since 11-16-2007 Happy Sober Crafter |
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It's very important for me to feel a connection to people that understand what it is like to live life with a mental illness or disability. I feel like part of a big family here and people do care about each other here. There is no other place like pc on the internet and it's the best place to get peer support.
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#4
very important. It gives me a place to come where I can actually feel useful and do nice things for people. And it's here when I need help, too,.
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I was offline for a few years and very busy. A couple of months ago I started having almost constant panic attacks for the first time in years
And the large rt peer network I had been involved with was no longer available. I think PC was the only thing that kept me from totally losing it. So, at this point, pretty important. I am really grateful that this is available- sometimes it’s the only option for support or reducing isolation. And the people are great. |
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it is not all that important to me. it's a decent place to spend time on & play games . I read posts, comment when I feel the need but overall I don't feel that it is a life saver for me. I find folks judgmental if you don't meet the "standards" set here for the so called norm of "gushy rainbows, and hugs" responses. I feel that sometimes people ask for answers and guidance for topics that are self answering. and then a 3 page discussion follows on the topic. it just isn't what I need, others might, not me.
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It used to be important to me when it had an active chat where people talked about real things.
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#8
It's pretty important.
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PC is pretty much all I’ve had since I discontinued services with my therapist 2 weeks before Christmas 2018. I have a couple real life friends but I can’t talk to them about the stuff I can on here. Basically PC is keeping me sane right now.
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It's important to me. I'm home alone with just my pet bird. Places like PC provide a free access to quasi socialize with other people. Otherwise, I could get too lonely.
I have learned a great deal about others' experiences, and many other things, about bipolar disorder over the years. There's not a whole lot left to learn, but I hope my participation/sharing might "give back" to a small degree. Some bipolar forums I've been to became uncomfortable. Bullies showed up, and other things. I moved away from them. PC's forums are the only ones I go to nowadays. |
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#11
PC is the glue that helps me come back together when I fall into pieces - so its very important.
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This song probably best describes it (it is supposed to be a Christian song, so the "you" is supposed to be God .. but it could also reference this site in this particular song).
I'm Not Alright by Sanctus Real __________________ Life is not measured by the amount of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away |
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It’s definitely helped me to heal. It helps me a lot. I hope I can give back as much as I have received here.
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PC has been a huge part of my life for 14 1/2 years....many phases of my life during those years.
When I came here in 2004 my mom was dying & I actually was going through a trauma dealing with the home care person, anorexia from the stress & I was a total mess. Pc helped me have a place to talk about what I was going through. Next phase a few years later & PC helped be there for me when I left my H after 33 years of marriage & moved 2100 miles across the country. Driving across country it was great to have people to check in with each night when I stopped. I had no family & no one I really knew at that point in my life but I knew I was heading to start a new life. Living alone for the first time in my life it was great to have PC to communicate to real people. I finally got into good T & then started DBT group work. PC was a wonderful place for me to write my thoughts & experiences down & what it meant in the way of healing. It has been great to share with others what I have learned that has helped me & encourage others that there really is HOPE. The last 2 years have been dealing with finally getting my divorce & all the stupid stuff I am still dealing with to finalize the marriage assets even after getting divorced. Just having a place to express my irritations had helped & serves for me to formulate my thoughts into functional presentation of those thoughts. It is wonderful to have a place to share the good things happening in my new life & a place to grumble about the not do nice stuff. Love my new farm life & it is fun to share some of the awesome experiences & maybe add a smile to someone's life that may not really feel like smiling. It was nice to have a safe place to deal with the death of my soulmate doggie who was a part of my life for 16 years. He had been a huge part of my posts here also. The grieving has been difficult process & I still struggle with it but it is wonderful to have a place to share both the difficult & the good things in life. Nice people here on PC & some great connections I value & treasure (Fuzzy). Looking back over the years it is great documentation of just how much I have healed & grown after the age of 54. It is nice to have a place this is documented beyond just a feeling I have about it. __________________ Leo's favorite place was in the passenger seat of my truck. We went everywhere together like this. Leo my soulmate will live in my heart FOREVER Nov 1, 2002 - Dec 16, 2018 |
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Ya know...I think PC is more important to me than I realize. I had my first account with PC back in 2014 or 2015, and then after a couple of years I deleted it. It was like oxygen to me then. Then about a year or so after deleting my first account I created this one. Again, it was like oxygen to me a year ago. I don't come here as often anymore, but I refuse to delete my account again. Now, PC is like that friend I can always call on even when it's been months since we talked. We carry on like there's been no time at all. It's an ever present comfort to me. I love it here. I appreciate PC so much.
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I want to say it's not important at all, I hate this place, don't need any of you, and I can get along just fine...except that would not be true.
I got through periods of enjoying time on PC and actively avoiding coming here. I've been here for 5 years and seen many iterations of chat and activity on the forums. I met two of my best friends here, that I talk to privately daily. So even though I find myself less active than in the past, I made two very important to me connections here. And there are also other friends who are important to me who are no longer very active but we chat privately. So for me PC is a split game. I find some things very challenging and frustrating, and I also find it unbearable at times. But I have also had the pleasure of meeting some people I connect very strongly with. For that I am very grateful. When I came to PC I was in a very bad crisis. And the people here at the time helped me get through it. I think PC has more of a purpose for you when you are in crisis versus when you've gotten to a more "high-functioning" place, but that's just been my experience. But that also could be a skewed view. I keep coming back, even when I block it from my phone and laptop for weeks at a time so...it must have some importance for me, lol. Seesaw __________________ What if I fall? Oh, my dear, but what if you fly? Primary Dx: C-PTSD and Severe Chronic Treatment Resistant Major Depressive Disorder Secondary Dx: Generalized Anxiety Disorder with mild Agoraphobia. Meds I've tried: Prozac, Zoloft, Celexa, Effexor, Remeron, Elavil, Wellbutrin, Risperidone, Abilify, Prazosin, Paxil, Trazadone, Tramadol, Topomax, Xanax, Propranolol, Valium, Visteril, Vraylar, Selinor, Clonopin, Ambien Treatments I've done: CBT, DBT, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), Talk therapy, psychotherapy, exercise, diet, sleeping more, sleeping less... |
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In ways I can agree with you SeeSaw. It is more of a value when in crisis than not - that said .. most of us here (especially those who have been here more than a year) .. will go long stretches with no crisis and then find ourselves in another. That being the case - PC never really loses value. It's more like an old friend that is there for support and comfort when you need it and just to hang out with (helping others) when you don't. I find that at times being here when I am not in crisis, so after a time, I will take a break and return when needed. So my relationship with it can be compared to that of a long distance friendship in which I visit said friend periodically.
It is also true it can be very frustrating at times .. whilst being very beneficial at other times (sometimes even at the same time), but I find that true with most interactions involving groups of people getting together and socializing on a regular basis. There are some very wonderful people here on PC, and I am happy you have had the fortune of befriending a few of them.. even outside of PC. I have done the same. It helps to further a support network in that way even while we are not active on the site itself. You made some wonderful points. I just wanted to extend how I relate to those points. I hope I did not upset nor offend. Take care. __________________ Life is not measured by the amount of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away |
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