Posted by mair on May 26, 2002, at 11:16:08
In reply to Why do you post here?, posted by Angel Girl on May 26, 2002, at 0:04:05
Angel Girl
I've spent alot of time pondering the answer to your question and discussing it with my therapist, and I'm not sure I've really reached that many conclusions. I think I come here for different reasons at different times. Sometimes I feel that I have a strong need to try to be helpful to others and that I draw many positives from that. It's great to feel that you have something to contribute and that your contributions maybe are appreciated. (the extent to which I need reassurance about the second half of that equation is pretty horrifying to me)
(-: That's mostly the kind of "support" i need.Other times I'm needy in a different way, probably because I'm unravelling some. It's much more difficult for me to ask for the different kind of support I need under those circumstances.
I think PSB provides some of the same mixed bag that life does - sometimes you're going to be understood and sometimes not, sometimes you're going to feel a part of things here and sometimes not - I've just discovered that my odds of hitting a chord with people are a bit better here than elsewhere, because I can be pretty inhibited on everything but superficial levels when I have to deal with people more directly.
Mair
I'm not sure if this is appropos of your question, but I get into big trouble when I start caring about how or whether people will respond to me here.
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