Quote from: Phoebes on May 20, 2024, 12:55:11 PMI took my post down because I felt like it was too much. People don't like that. I had who I considered a close friend about a year ago pretty much dump me because I couldn't seem to "let things go" about my parents and that seemed so incredibly dysfunctional to her. I guess I'm still sad about that and when these memories come up and I entertain them, I feel like I should keep it to myself. (Even on here).
Based on my own past, I can really understand that.
I'm wondering if you would be helped at all in this respect if you wrote this kind of difficult text on Member Journals? The information about them is on Recovery Journals, stick-ied at the top. See https://www.cptsd.org/forum/index.php?topic=15429.0. Sometimes I start posting about some particular topic on my Recovery Journal or on some other thread like this one. After a while I maybe get deeper into the topic and it feels too risky for me to leave it on the general forum visible for all members and non-members, so I copy the final couple of posts onto my Private Journal and continue there. The "risky" worry is based partly on the remote chance that somebody in FOO might come snooping and recognise me, but mostly it's due to me getting a bit EF-y.
If writing on Member Journals is unlikely to help you, you're welcome to just ignore my suggestion. You don't have to explain and justify yourself.