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Welcome to OOTS - New Members Please Start Here => New Members => Please Introduce Yourself Here => Topic started by: MistyC on July 12, 2021, 03:20:43 AM

Title: hello (new member intro)
Post by: MistyC on July 12, 2021, 03:20:43 AM
 :wave: I'd like to start by saying what a blessing it was to come across this space. About a week ago I was in a crisis, felt really lost and despondent, desperate for answers to "what was wrong with me" and stumbled across OOTS and a post from someone else who described exactly what I was experiencing in that moment ... so thank you to everyone who comes here to share their stories. It makes a world of a difference and you may not ever know how something you say can change someone's day.

On one hand, I'm sorry for what happened to you that you are here, but on the other I am thankful that there are people out there who understand my brokenness.

[mild trigger warning] I am here because I've just begun to unearth my trauma as a survivor of childhood sexual trauma and bullying and a narcissist mother.  I'm at a point in my life where I can't go on keeping all this trauma buried, but it's also been scary discovering the many layers of my trauma and having to relive them to heal ...

love,
MistyC
Title: Re: hello (new member intro)
Post by: Blueberry on July 12, 2021, 07:35:42 AM
Welcome to the forum  :heythere:
Title: Re: hello (new member intro)
Post by: Snowdrop on July 12, 2021, 09:35:26 AM
Welcome to this place of healing, MistyC. :wave:
Title: Re: hello (new member intro)
Post by: woodsgnome on July 12, 2021, 03:44:59 PM
Hi, MistyC  :) .

I hope you will find some peace and connection here. As you say, for starters it's worth finding a site like this just to feel less alone. Sometimes recovery work can seem very futile, disturbing even; so here's hoping you'll feel free, and safe, to explore, express and feel your way towards a comfort space you've needed for quite a while.
Title: Re: hello (new member intro)
Post by: zanzoken on July 12, 2021, 04:05:16 PM
Welcome MistyC.  Glad you are here with us.  :heythere:
Title: Re: hello (new member intro)
Post by: Kizzie on July 12, 2021, 04:48:03 PM
Hi and a very warm welcome to OOTS Misty  :heythere: 

Like all of us it sounds like you've been through a lot and I really hope you find info, support and even comfort being a part of this community.   :grouphug:
Title: Re: hello (new member intro)
Post by: Hope67 on July 22, 2021, 12:02:36 PM
Hi MistyC,

Welcome   :heythere:

Hope  :)