When someone is hurting it is easy to want the world to remove the pain. Some people use drugs, some people find other addictions. For myself, I definitely used this site and my experiences here, and advice learned from good people here, including advice such as stay away and focused on real people in your (my) world. By doing so, I have been able to connect more deeply with my own family, friends, and one of the perfect men for me (my domestic partner of 10+ years) I definitely understand the excruciating pain/need to find human connection when it seems that no one else can understand my pain. Not even myself. Thankfully I was able to heal thru getting therapy and asking my own family to help me. let's I left this site. As I grow stronger, I hope I will be stronger than I was. Being alone for what feels like a lifetime, well, I was able to discover myself again, but I could NEVER have done it with out Similar Worlds-- people here. I found true treasures in spirit on S.W. Eventually I realized no one here is perfect. And that no one else is there to solve my problems. I was reminded by someone here to so I'm better focus on those who are in my real world. It hurt to hear but was true, and I was finally in a place that I could accept the love from those who are actually around me,But I will never ever forget the pain and confusion that led me here and that I experienced while being here. I am grateful to kind persons kind enough to help me pass thru the jungle of pain.i am only just now, beginning to overcome a part of my past that and even my own inability to cope with pain. It's not a pretty road. So I am grateful to the few who showed me compassion or entertainment on this site! Especially grateful to those who rejected my way of thinking! I often want to say "you were right." I'm too wordy. In part because I have ADD. So I sometimes repeat myself. Sorry about that.
