A quick note

[catsrock]

I just want everyone to know here that I read pretty much every post and respond when I think I can be helpful. Sometimes I see posts that break my heart, but don't think I have anything to write that would help or don't have time to write a good response. But please know what you are saying is being heard and you are not alone in whatever you are going through.

[EndUser13]

Thank you 🙂

I lurk a lot too, or someone ends up saying pretty much what I'd say too

[catsrock in reply to EndUser13]

Exactly! Often there is a much better response than I would come up with too.

[AnxiousSilver]

"I just want everyone to know here that I read pretty much every post and respond when I think I can be helpful. Sometimes I see posts that break my heart, but don't think I have anything to write that would help or don't have time to write a good response. But please know what you are saying is being heard and you are not alone in whatever you are going through."

I'm going through a lot of this myself lately, and to take it a step further, I've been writing back to people but deleting what I wrote at the last minute.

Some of this has to due with overthinking, worry, stress, and/or simply just not knowing what to say. (the latter I'm not writing/deleting, but I am reading)

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I am hoping to get out of this funk soon.

When I had my breakdown a couple of decades ago, I went from being a person that my extended family looked up to, to basically an invisible leper.

All of you matter to me. A lot of you are like my new extended family that I need.

But.. *again* Hopefully I get out of this funk soon, so I can be more supportive to this community.

[EndUser13 in reply to AnxiousSilver]

Best of luck with your current funk- you participate in the community and are always kind. You don't need to have 'the perfect answer' to contribute something worthwhile though 😉

[AnxiousSilver in reply to EndUser13]

Thank you.

[Agora1 in reply to AnxiousSilver]

AnxiousSilver, let it be known that you are a wonderful addition to our

virtual family of supporters. It takes all of us to make this community what

it is. xx

[AnonymousUsername13 in reply to AnxiousSilver]

I do that almost daily, where i have a post written, then get hung up on one part (like how i want to say something, or maybe deciding how much information i want to give out), then I'll just delete the whole thing. Just happened twice in the last 10 mins. Glad I'm not alone, lol.

[No1wthayla in reply to AnxiousSilver]

I often type a response and delete it too. But I read a lot of posts and some of the replies say exactly what I wanted to say. Or I delete the response because I'm worried I'll get too wordy or personal. And I don't deal with my sisters anymore because of some major family drama. So my family now are those I choose to keep in my life. Folks who really care about me and my life, not something that happened years ago. Prayers, hugs, love and light, Catsrock and AnxiousSilver.

[CAGgmb]

What a great post! I read most posts, but usually don't offer help unless I have something useful to say based on my own experiences. Sometimes I just say you're not alone. We're not. There are millions of us in this country. We have common disorders that just happen to be mental.

[AFdale]

Thank you, just joined this site yesterday and reading thru the posts and replies has been helpful today.

[Hidden]

Yes, sometimes it’s overwhelming trying to respond to some peoples posts, sometimes I just don’t know what to say. I need to take breaks from this site sometimes too.

[designguy]

Lovely post, thanks.