I talk to T and partner about PC.... I refer to individuals with their screen names and T has even asked about peeps on here. What about ya'll?

[stopdog]

I do not.

[Chopin99]

Yep. Talk to H all the time. He's knows peeps by name (esp. stopdog, since I think she is him in disguise).

Mentioned it to T, but she doesn't particularly like it because she doesn't "understand it". She asked me why I want to talk to "strangers" online. So I don't bring it up much. If someone has told me something noteworthy on here, I refer to it as "something a friend told me".

I've mentioned things in passing to others at work or friends; I usually say I participate in a "therapy forum".

[CantExplain]

Only to my wife and my T. I've mentioned Chopin and Hankster and Stopdog and Squiggle and Lola and maybe a few others.

Yes. I told T about PC in the past. She claimed she was gonna come take a look, but I don't know if she ever did cause she never mentioned it. I don't think she's a total fan as I told her I tend to get easily triggered by posts, but she is not going to tell me to stay away or anything. I don't tell H about PC.

I mentioned briefly near the beginning of therapy that I was looking at psychology blogs. My T was worried because there are so many bizarre ones out there, and he actually told me about the psychology today web site (which eventually lead me here). A few months ago, I finally mentioned I was visiting 'a psychology forum,' and finally told him about one person on here. Other than that, when there's something I want to talk about from here, I just say a friend mentioned whatever it was.

[healed84]

Only to my husband.. but b/c really there only a limited amount of friends and family who know that I am in thearpy so it wouldn't make sense to many people.

[stopdog]

I have said I read about something rather than specific referral to this forum.

[pbutton]

My T knows about it. I'm not sure he understands exactly what it is. I have given him a few of my posts from here.

My T said he wouldn't come here as its my place and he wouldn't want to invade that.. I have given him post from here and as far as partner is concerned you are my friends as I refer to most of you daily... Crazy huh? T even will ask how Chopin is for example... Lol I love my T , but I'll never tell him!

[nicoleb2]

I don't tell my t that i come here, because i don't think she'd approve. when I journal, i have a tendency to feel worse, and i think she'd assume the same of here... which is not the case

[learning1]

No I never talk about it to anyone. Except in the beginning of therapy I asked to make sure my t doesn't read any places where people post about therapy.

[Chopin99]

Originally Posted by LolaCabanna

T even will ask how Chopin is for example... Lol I love my T , but I'll never tell him!

Wow...I feel quite special!

I've mentioned it to one person, the one RL person I talk to about my emotional life, but only in terms of "I have joined an online forum where I can talk a little about these issues... yes it's in English... yes, people are quite supportive". I don't think he'd be interested in hearing any details. H doesn't know and wouldn't be interested, and I haven't mentioned it to T either, though I might do that, perhaps.

No. I really never do. It isn't something that is really "real life" for me (please don't be offended by that) so it doesn't really have reason to come up for me I guess. PC is hard to define as to what part it plays for me. Hobby maybe? Interesting reading material? I don't know. Whatever it is, it stays pretty much confined to my time on it at the computer. I enjoy it and learn from it kind of like I do reading a good book or writing in a journal or something like that I guess. I like and care for the people here but differently than I do real world family and friends because real world friends and famiily don't have an on/off button; the real world is much more cumbersome.

[WikidPissah]

H knows, and my kids kind of know (but are really not interested). I have sat down to dinner with H and said things like "Oh, Lola's stray had her puppies, so cute". (Well, and maybe I said "can we drive across the country to get one"...lol.) He has forums he likes to visit as well and he brings up those people on occasion. Quite often we are sitting next to each other on the couch with our respective laptops open. One of us will chuckle at something and the other will ask "what's so funny". He doesn't usually get therapy jokes though.

[sconnie892]

I mentioned "an online group" to T once, but she did not ask any questions so I did not provide any further details. I will sometimes mention it to a good friend, but I never use screen names. I don't even tell her which site it is.

[Squirrel1983]

I mentioned PC to T before and she said it sounded interesting. I don't think she would come here though. A few other times I have referred to advice I got from the forum I frequent and what her opinion was on it. Many times she agreed with what PC people suggested I do, so she doesn't mind my coming here.

[bluegirl...?]

My PC account was the reason I had to go see my old T. My mom didn't approve of this site and thought I was a freak so she took me to a T.... Never really liked talking about it because I was always so upset since my mom made me leave PC. But my YT thought it was good that I went to the site if helped me cope with my emotions.

I've mentioned certain people here to close friends irk. And even suggested a friend to join when she wasn't doing good.

...Blue

[critterlady]

I've been involved in a couple of online forums for years and my friends and family know. Frankly, most of my friends that I spend time with are people I initially met online in a forum. My family and other friends mostly get it now, so this forum is no surprise nor is it a secret.

Sometimes I'll say "someone I know said..." if I'm talking to someone who doesn't know about the forum and I don't feel like taking the time to explain.

I mention things from here to T once in a while and we talk about it. One thing he's always reminding me is that we're a self-selected group and not a representative sample, so we can't necessarily assume that everything we talk about here is universal.

[costello]

I do. Especially with my son, but occasionally to other people too. Sometimes my son asks how Kureha or Newtus is doing.

I've mentioned PC to T a few times. I get really triggered by the abuse forum so he asks me why I go on it? But I don't really talk too much about the psych forum... I usually say a friend told me... or a friends has a stray that has puppies or I read online to my H and my T... My T sent me articles about ending therapy that were from PC once and since then I haven't mentioned the forum... I thought maybe he would come read it.

[splitimage]

My friends and all my MH professionals know that I belong to several on-line self help groups. Sometimes I mention PC specifically but not often. I've given the site name to a few T's I've met suggesting that their clients might benefit. But I generally don't talk about people or what I've read on PC.

splitimage

No. I mentioned it to T1 but I didn't give details / specifics. Only that it helps a lot

[peridot28]

I do, but I don't usually say the name. I say something like, "my therapy forum I visit..." I have even opened up certain threads on my iPhone to read them to her. There was one in particular that really was a turning point in my therapy. PC has really been a great place for me to become aware of things in my own life and has helped me work through them with my therapist. She encourages my involvement here and loves to hear about what I discover about myself here. I don't post a lot, but I read an awful lot.