Still here
I'm still here. I deleted all my previous journal entries. I regret that. I think i may have been able to learn from the changes in moods and attitudes over time. I guess i start anew.
I told my therapist that I was getting triggered ( for me triggered often means anger) by some posts in the Sex Abuse group. Some posts make me angry and judgmental. I am tempted to respond with something that invalidates or blames. I don't want to hurt anyone even though there are times when I am 90% sure the poster is a troll or pedophile. I also realized that many times the anger and judgments are a reflection of how I was treated and/ or the things i judge myself for.
We decided it might be a good thing to stay and learn. For now I am just reading and writing in my journal.
I have made some great friends here and don't want to alienate them by being a complete jerk on the boards. I'm like a lot of others....not a bad person but still hurt and angry over old wounds.
I told my therapist that I was getting triggered ( for me triggered often means anger) by some posts in the Sex Abuse group. Some posts make me angry and judgmental. I am tempted to respond with something that invalidates or blames. I don't want to hurt anyone even though there are times when I am 90% sure the poster is a troll or pedophile. I also realized that many times the anger and judgments are a reflection of how I was treated and/ or the things i judge myself for.
We decided it might be a good thing to stay and learn. For now I am just reading and writing in my journal.
I have made some great friends here and don't want to alienate them by being a complete jerk on the boards. I'm like a lot of others....not a bad person but still hurt and angry over old wounds.
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I am very happy you stayed. :-)