20-11-2018 08:48 PM
20-11-2018 08:48 PM
FINAL QUESTION!
And I think we have been inadvertently talking about this all night.
Sometimes support comes from unexpected places. I have found a really beautiful online community through Instagram and my blog.
What support networks open you up to the world? (keep in mind the forum guideline of anonymity – don’t share specific profiles or blogs!)
20-11-2018 08:49 PM
20-11-2018 08:49 PM
That's a brilliant saying @jess_27
In my experience it is the people who benefitted my me having no boundaries (being compliant & passive) - who did get very angry, when I set a boundary or spoke assertively (to them).
They didn't want me to change.
Adge
20-11-2018 08:50 PM
20-11-2018 08:50 PM
20-11-2018 08:52 PM
20-11-2018 08:52 PM
Exactly @Adge!
Oddly enough I think it is the relationships that resist change and boundaries the most that benefit from them the most as well. If mine and my Mum's relationship is anything to go by, we were very enmeshed and I was more of a therapist than a child, getting her to respect my boundaries took a lot of time an dwas very difficult. But it was so worth it because our relationship is better than ever!
20-11-2018 08:54 PM
20-11-2018 08:54 PM
So we haven't got much time left but tell me more about how online places like the forums help open you up and why is that?
20-11-2018 08:54 PM
20-11-2018 08:54 PM
This forum is my major source of connections @jess_27 I do have some interactions through fb but I limit those also. My other major connection is with my DBT group - again though that is limited to once a week and the couple of ongoing connections I have made outside of that group. I really do find face to face interactions for a prolonged period of time - or in groups that aren't (and sometimes are) work related.
20-11-2018 08:54 PM
20-11-2018 08:54 PM
20-11-2018 08:56 PM
20-11-2018 08:56 PM
@Adge It's interesting to think of how online dating kind of crosses that barrier. I've never really thought it that way.
So what makes places liek the forums so special? (like I know but tell me anyway lol)
20-11-2018 08:57 PM
20-11-2018 08:57 PM
This forum works because everyone can share their experiences knowing there will be others around that understand what they are going through. Sometimes only a few words are needed but the support is always there. It is a place that you can say as little or as much as you feel you can share and others will be there to listen.
20-11-2018 08:57 PM
20-11-2018 08:57 PM
@Zoe7 I'm interested to know how you found the forum?
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