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Caring_Souls: Currently has 0 Votes
This support forum is for those affected by emotional issues. Whether you suffer from/ live with mental problems or live/work with someone affected by mental issues you are all very welcome here. If you are a counsellor or psychotherapist (or are in training to be) or work in the helping professions and would like to support others, be supported yourself and talk with like minded people you are also very welcome. We want this forum to evolve and would like you to be part of that - we welcome & value your thoughts, feelings and suggestions. caring souls is a supportive forum where we encourage members to share and discuss traumatic childhood experiences, their destructive effects on our lives, and our discoveries and deeper understanding of painful childhood memories, especially through therapy. Everyone in need of support for any emotional and mental issue is welcome. We would like to point out that we also work on the courage to confront and stand up to our parents' lies. In the protective realm of this forum and its staff, there is a possibility that we can feel empowered to let go of protecting our parents, to step out of our dependencies and anxieties, and thus develop empathy for the child we once were - our inner child. Please know that this forum is a safe place were members pain needs to be taken absolutely seriously and felt fully, even if the endured abuse seems to have been "normal". We do not support the notion of 'letting it go - forget about your past and just move on' please do not support members by telling them to let go of the past, to forget about it and just move on. We feel it just re abuses the victim and will silence him/her yet again.When responding to others please keep in mind that posts are meant to give voice to the ordeals of our childhood, to support that process as enlightened witnesses by understanding, hearing and supporting the abused and suffering child, and believing her/his plight. This forum cannot replace face to face therapy with a well-informed, empathic therapist and we encourage all members to seak counselling/psychotherapy as well as sharing with us between sessions. Defences against great pain when communicating and sharing with others can not be avoided but they must be worked out with a therapist so they can be understood and if need be, changed.We would like to remind members that this forum's purpose is not to tell others that their childhood pain needs to be forgiven and forgotten because the opposite is true; it needs to be spoken, voiced, heard, validated and respected. We will absolutely not accept any belittleing or attacking of the feelings of members of this forum.