BUS Board Helps

[WriteOn]

Salutations,

I am relatively new to BUS. Here is my experience so far:

I have to admit that the BUS board is helping a lot. I have been avoiding any feelings around cutting for a over year to avoid going IP again. I made some big changes in the last year, and slipped a few times, but I have been very afraid to explore SI.

My therapist suggested a support group, but I rarely talk about myself, especially to strangers. It's taken half a decade for my therapist to gain my trust, and I don't think my therapist is the kind of person who's in it for the money.

So I came here. I told him about it (okay, I wrote it in my journal and let him read it) and he said that BUS was a fair compromise between talking to other people and at least communicating with other people.

I do feel safe here, but naturally since I don't really trust people I am terrified of the wrong person knowing what I write.

I have to admit that it is helpful to have a place where other people put words around their feelings. It encourages me to do the same, even though it is a struggle.

I am amazed at how little I trigger when I read BUS, and at how the idea of a *whole lot of people* in the same boat quells the urge with a raging ferocity so in favour of my personal growth.

I hope you all find BUS helpful in your own ways as well. What a great place to know I can come and be safe. No empty sympathy, just empathy and a collective raise of the proverbial bar.

Peace,
-WriteOn

[MusicalMorphine]

Hey, I'm glad it has helped you. I think it does feel better being able to openly talk about it with others knowing they aren't going to be judging you and knowing you are not alone. I hope it will continue to help you.

[dncn4lyfe77]

Ditto, its helped so much for me to have a support system with so many people through all this.

I <3 BUS