Hello 1st Post but..

Hello 1st Post but..
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RockyMtJoe

Registrant
Many, Many Thanks!

To the "regulars", the Moderators and those
others newer to this forum.

I have been "lurking" for months. Reading,
learning, and taking steps that I would
not have because of the good here.

I decided and have gotten into therapy with a qualified, experienced counselor.

Being just about 56 years old, having a Master's in counseling and one would think: what took this guy so long?

Looking forward to being a "member" and will take care of that soon. But wanted to "come out", say
well you have a "Cowboy", Macho retired Army guy,
with a few skills. Before I bore you with that:

Yes, it was when I was 11, 12, 13 in Key West, Florida.

Who I am is well easy for some to figure out:
as I posted a Colorado name: I do not hide my story. The luck of being retired.

My life expertese was "physical disability" rehabilitation counseling and Rehab program and even Hospital Adm. Like many here I am active in "social" concerns, a helper.

Hey, I ramble!

Bottom line: that "Thank You" I was in
a bad state: and I located this place, got a few books, called a therapist.

All Blessings and Love to You!

RockyMtJoe
 
Welcom Joe. As you already know, you will find large amounts of help and compassion from many wonderful people here. Please lean on us as much as you want to.
 
Joe
posts like yours make what MS does worth every bit of effort, thank you.

What the hell makes us keep our secret for so long is always a mystery to us, we think we have the answers, we think we're smart enough to 'cure' ourselves.
Oh boy, are we ever mistaken?

So stick around and join in the best help and support on the net, the bit's the therapist can't reach and the books don't cover we'll do our best to fill in.
Dave
 
Joe,

Welcome. As I'm sure you've read as you were "lurking", we wish none of us needed a site like this, but we are glad you have stepped into the light (isn't there some corny movie with that dialogue :eek: ) and joined us.

As you probably already know, there are a lot of really caring men her.

Welcome, groundpounder! (From a swabbie!)

Marc
 
Joe it is good to see you here. As Llody said this is what MaleSurvivor is all about.

Welcome my brother.

You live in beautiful country. I was born and raised in the foothills of Alberta on a Beef Ranch. It is the spaces and wildness and clean air that I miss the most.
 
Welcome Joe, your post is good reading. thank you for it. We all try to help and get help here. No matter where we are in recovery this is an excellent aid to get us to keep believeing and keep working.

We are at the summer Olmpics time. I am a sports nut go I won't get much done now until the closing ceremony. But what I so often think of is all that these young people went through to make it to the Olympics. Some broke laws and some just broke their butts. But I find myself getting energy from them to work ever harder at therapy and the various aides like visualization that have made a huge difference. If these young people can make such huge sacrifices, over a number of years and work for hours daily, taking constant advice to be an Olmpian, I am going to keep slugging away and I know most everyone here does that too.

Bob
 
RockyMtJoe (MUCH better then Rocky Mt Oysters!)

It is good to see you post here, after much lurking. I admit, I was not a lurker. I came here, and was posting within an hour.

I am sorry that you need this site, of course, but it sounds as though it, the reading, and therapy, has already been helpful to you. That is good to know, that already you have been helped here. I am sure that you have much to offer as well. I look forward to you posting further.

Leosha

P.S. Bob, you're an Olympian to me! ;)
 
RockyMtJoe.

Welcome to our little community.

From your lurking, I think you already got a sense of it. I was like Leosha, posting right away. One of the first posts I read invoked a need to respond.

Take care,
Bill
 
welcome rky mt joe,

wanted to say hello and welcome from me as well.

i am 41 and finally "outed" about 4 months ago after hiding it for 31 years and striving to be "o.k." and being in denial or just flat out - "trying to ignore it for so long".

i posted after about a day but "big deal" to whenever or whoever posts and what. as long as we are here to support each other.

thanks to you for posting and all our other brothers for being here.

take care, guy
 
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