BraveOne

Hi @Nicole88 welcome to AS! Sorry for the trauma that brought you here. You have found a safe supportive place filled with caring people.happy to help you in anyway I can with the navigation of the forums if I can. Also it was brave of you to join you are a courageous person and I am excited to get to know you.

Hi and welcome to the AS family. Sorry that you need support and for the trauma that brought you here. I am glad you joined us. It can be scary at first so want to point out how brave you were joining and posting here that took a lot of inner Streangth and courage. You have found a great place to grow and get support AS is full of kind safe and compasionate people. Looking forward to seeing you grow and your future post around the forum.

Hi @BlueRed and welcome to AS. I'm sorry you have experienced a trauma and I understand how hard it can be to actually speak about the trauma you have found a safe place to do so. AS is full of kind caring understanding and compassionate peoole who have all been through something. Some are here to help as theyve been helped some are here getting the help they need others are here to share and listen its a great community. I personally struggle talking about my trauma even in therapy, but its easier here. It was a brave thing to join us, and I know how much courage it took to put up a post her

Hi @Invisible1 and welcome to AS. Sorry for all those years of abuse. I'm glad you found us here on AS, its a safe place full of kind, caring and understanding people. To answer you question about how we keep going on: I think its differnt for everyone of us. Its different; because, we have all been through something, no two of us have the same trauma history and we all have differnt coping mechanisims that we've employed some work better then others. PTSD is hard and it seems like an over whelming monster at times, my T wont diagnose C-PTSD because to quote her its not in her DSM, but s

Welcome to AS. You have found a supportive site full of wonderful kind caring people. Your not alone, healing is scary and feeling alone doesn't help it at all. I am so sorry about the trauma that brought you here but I am looking forward to seeing you through the healing stages and watching you grow as a person.

Welcome to AS. Glad to have you though I am sorry for the trauma that brought you here.

Hi @grapejuicebox welcome to AS, First of all I want to tell you how sorry I am that you have a reason to be here, you're really not alone. This is a safe supportive site full of wonderful and supportive people, that can relate and empathize with you. It is important to seeking support, it really does help with the healing process. If you haven't already I would highly recommend talking to a counselor or therapist and I am sure you can get good information here from others as to how to find one if you haven't already done so. You are in control of what you share here so please do so at

Hi @raeanngry, that's a very clever screen name I really like it! welcome to AS though I am sorry for the trauma you have endured that lead you to us here. I can relate to the feeling that I am annoying others talking about trauma or the PTSD that followed the trauma, and I am sure many others can as well. this is a great place to talk about your trauma and everything that goes along with it and get kind and gentle support. I remember when I joined it was because my therapist highly recommended AS to me and kept after me about joining even though I didn't feel like this was going to help at a

Hi @fleur de lis, Welcome to AS. I am so sorry you have a reason to be here. You have definitely found a warm caring and supportive group of people and a great site. you can heal and it sounds like you have already made some progress towards it, talking to a therapist has been so helpful to so many and reaching out to a group so you don't feel so alone is also highly important and if there isn't a group near you an online support forum is a great place to be. It is completely understandably to be nervous to be here, but please know you have found a judgement free supportive community. You ar

Hi @Sapphire007! Welcome to AS, though I am so sorry you have a reason to be here. That 10 post thing you will have in no time and I doubt you will be annoying about it I haven't seen anyone come through get annoying with trying to increase their post count. You have stumbled upon a safe supportive group of people who are sure to welcome you in. Feel free to share at a pace that works best for you you can share as little or as much as you wish and have control over what you share. Anyways welcome to AS and I am looking forward to seeing you around the forum! BraveOne

Hi @CeeJay47 and welcome to AS! Sorry for the trauma that brought you here. Your right this is a friendly supportive caring place full of welcoming people who are happy to assit you in the healing process. It takes a lot of small steps to go a great distance but youve got this and the support to get there. Feel free to share as little or as much as you want at a comfortable speed for you. I am looking forward to seeing the progress you make. BraveOne

HI @Aerlyn, and welcome to AS! I am so sorry for the years of abuse and trauma you have endured. AS is a great place to start the healing process and your not alone here many of us have either waited to talk about the abuse, pushed it down and hid it away for years or couldnt talk about it at all with family or community. AS is a very supportive, kind and caring place filled with people from all manner of differnt backgrounds and trauma and abuse we come here to support care for and lift up others and get our needs met too, its a very safe place. Your free to share as little or as much as fast

Hey @Redness, welchome to AS. Youve found a very supportive site with lots of caring people. I am so sorry for the trauma you endured 5 years ago, your not alone in waiting to talk about it, I waited 10 years before I dealt with my struggles and I'm still dealing with them. You are free to share as little or as much as you want at a pace that is comfortable with you, I know this can feel a bit overwhelming at first. I'm glad you found us here and I am looking forward to seeing you around the forums. Your are worth the struggle and you can heal. BraveOne

Hi, welcome to AS Tryingtosurvive, though I'm sorry for the very recent trauma that brought you here. That has to be very fresh and raw feeling still, I'm glad that a friend pointed you to this site. Like others have said this is a good place to get great support advise a place where people who have been through simalar things and will listen without judging you all well gently supporting you. Take your time to look around share at your own pace as little or as much as you want, this is compleately up to you. Again I'm sorry for the trauma and look forward to seeing you around the forum.

Hi @Nolongerstrong, welcome to AS. Though I am Sorry for the trauma that brought you to us. First of all you have found a very warm inviting caring site full of people who can listen lend a shoulder to cry on and help rebuild a good foundation. My Name hasn't always been BraveOne I started out here as oneinamillion because I felt like I was lost in a crowd and no one would be able to help me and 2 years of being here has helped me out tremendously and I hope to see the same for you. You did an incredibly challenging first step down the road to healing by joining our site, and it just prooves t

Hi and welcome to AS @Youngbellbird. Youve found a really safe place to share as much or as little as you feel like sharing, with supportive people who can relate and understand. I am sorry for the trauma that brought you here and I really get that feeling of disconnect that occurs in the aftermath of the stuff I dont like to talk about with family and friends because I too fear their judgement. You'll find people here that understand and welcome you nI matter what happened. BraveOne

Hi VK, welcome to AS! You'll find lots of support here. BraveOne

Hi @KindaConfused, welcome to AS. Sorry that you are questioning if you are in the right place or not, I am sure if your questioning you are so I am sorry for the trauma that brought you here. AS is a safe place to talk about everything learn from others lean on others and start the healing process. Hope your doing ok so far.

Hi @PBJ17and welcome to AS. You have found a warm supportive place here and I hope you feel comfortable with us so far, take your time opening up I know its not easy to share your story. I'm glad you were able to introduce yourself and I wanted to say welcome to our internet family. BraveOne

Hi Molly! Welcome to AS. Sorry for the trauma that brought you here. There is hope and healing glad you found a place to vent cry share and help others as well. Looking forward to seeing you around the forums. BraveOne

Hi @caligirl99 and welcome to AS. I am so sorry for the pain and trauma that brought you here. AS is a very safe place to share anything with out rejection or judgement, a place I am so thankful to have. Its a site full of amazing people that are supportive caring and very helpful. Feel free to look around share and make new friends.

Hello RJ, Welcome to AS. Sorry for the trauma that brought you here. Take your time look at the site post whatever wherever when your ready.

Hi cunixdr and welcome to AS. I'm sorry for the trauma from years ago and the recent events that have brought it to the surface, I know first hand just how hard that is to face. AS is a great site in that the people here are supportive, warm, caring and nonjudgemental. You share whatever you want to whenever you want to here totally up to you. Your not alone, it was great to meet you BraveOne