One of the most profound benefits I've experienced after joining and posting here was the discovery I was not alone. For all of my life (I'm in my 60s), I felt like an alien, an "other". There was absolutely no social group, not one, in which I felt accepted, understood, embraced, validated and listened to.
Until now.
It is my hope that you experience this as well. That as you begin to reach out, and open up, and tell your story, for the first time in your life you'll understand how it feels to be heard and seen, and not have your pain minimized. That when you reach out, for the first time you'll feel how it feels to not have your hand slapped away but instead be drawn into a supportive, empathetic community.
You are welcome here.