Hello...

[Geraldine]

Just wanted to say hi to everyone. I found you today after a particularly bad week.

Hope everyone is ok.

Thanks

Gerri.

(don't want to go into details on public forums - sorry)

[angelic]

Hi, Geraldine, welcome to AS. Hope you find all the support you need here.

[thomasina1979]

Hi Geraldine, just wanted to say hi; I'm new too and hope we can both get something positive from the site

[Geraldine]

Thanks for the nice welcome. I am really hoping to get something positive from here too. I'm a bit scared about posting anything really because I don't want to upset anyone.

[sadeyes22]

Hi I am glad that you have found this site. It is such a wonderful place for support! Please don't hesitate to ask if you need anything at all. Please feel free to share as much as you are comfortable with. I can understand not wanting to upset anyone but everyone is really good about taking care of themselves so if they don't feel they can handle reading something they won't read it or may choose to come back to it later. Please take advantage of all the wonderful support you can get here. I look forward to seeing you around the boards....

Sad

[angelic]

geraldine, dont be afraid to post. We are all in the same boat here, so you wont offend anyone. Take care, paula

[teazle]

Hi and welcome to AS

I hope you can find what you're looking for here

take care of yourself

teazle

[Survivor01]

Hi Gerri, good to see you here. Share as much or as little as you feel able. I'm a bit scared about sharing things too just now ~ just shared my story but I'm taking comfort in the knowledge that I can go back and delete it all if I want to !

I've posted in forums where no one ever really shared explicit details about their abuse and it seemed like it wouldn't be okay. But from what I've seen so far, this seems like somewhere you can quite freely share details that might be triggering as long as you label it as triggering. So I don't think your posts will upset anyone. Just do what feels okay to you.

I hope you find the support you need here.

Take care,

Reyzl

Edited July 2, 2007 by Reyzl

[sisterinsurvival]

Yahoo, !
We love you, and are glad you've found AfterSilence!

[melissa]

Hey

We all have rough times, thanks for reaching out. Welcome to AS! There's so much comfort to find here.

I hope to see you around,

Melissa

[Geraldine]

Thanks everyone. I am so glad I found this place (google is the best!) I finally feel that I am not alone. I can't really express how good that feels after all this time.

[forever]

just wanted to say hi and welcome to the site - even though the reasons you had to join arent good im glad you were able to find us - everyones really friendly and supportive and are here for you

[BlueWings]

Hi Gerri!

Glad you found AS because it's such a serene place and very bonding. You'll feel straight at home and see that it's easy to share your story/stories.

[-Nicole-]

Welcome to After Silence

I am sorry to hear you have had a bad week, I hope you will find some comfort here on the boards in networking with others who can relate to how you are feeling.

Nicole