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Doppelganger1

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I've put it off long enough -- it's time to make my first post here. I've been checking out the boards for some time, but have been going through an extended period of feeling I have nothing valuable to say. I chose the name "Doppelganger" because I often feel the real me is missing in action, and I'm just some inferior double of the real Jeff. I often wonder where the smart and articulate Jeff has gone, knowing fully well he's still inside me, but just so hard to get in touch with these days.

Although this is my first post at MaleSurvivor. I've been a part of various on-line survivor sites for the past 4+ years. I am a survivor of both sexual and verbal abuse -- the sexual abuse at the hands of males, and the verbal abuse mostly coming from females. It's been a long, tough road, but a lot has gotten better. I have learned that there is hope, something I didn't know during many points of my life.

My partner is a member of this site (MrDon) and his progress has been very inspirational for me. We're in a unique situation, since we are both survivors and deal with each other's issues as well as our own. I learn a lot from him, and I hope he can still learn from me, even if I don't feel like the sharpest pencil in the box at the moment.

Time to post this before I have a chance to wimp out and close the window. Hello to the folks here that I already know, and to the rest of you that I hope to get to know.

Jeff
 
Jeff:

Good to hear from you. Mr Don has been a valuable participant in this site and a great help to so many here, myself included. He speaks very highly
of you, Jeff. Glad you've come here becuz this is a great & very supportive place to be if you're a male survivor! Take care.

Victor
 
Hi, Jeff. My partner and I are also both survivors although he seems to not want to admit to himself that he is. He has made a couple posts here, but only in the Family and Friends section. Welcome... I hope you are helped by this place. :)
 
Hi Jeff!

Don has talked so much about you that it pleases me to meet you. In fact, they way Don has described your relationship it has become a true inspiration to me. As I struggle with my own sexuality issues, it is nice to talk to someone who has been in my shoes and has emerged seemingly very happy. Take care and I hope to see you around here.
Thanks,
Mike
 
HI Jeff;
Mr. Don has been a great help to me and others here. So welcome brother wolf. We welcome you to the pack.


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I've been checking out the boards for some time
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Jeff,

I was haunting this board and usenet for months before I finally registered. Took a while to feel safe enough, I guess.

Time to post this before I have a chance to wimp out and close the window.
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I did close the window without posting so many times, especially when I tried to write about the abuse itself. It feels like a relief to finally get your say, though, doesn't it?

You shouldn't have had to need a site like this, but I'm glad to see you're here now. I hope it's helpful for you as it is for me.

Thanks,

Joe
 
Jeff
It's great to meet you at last, we've heard so much about you from Don - and it's all good honestly ;)

I hope you get as much from the site as Don and the rest of us do.

Dave
 
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