ONE PERSON HELPING ANOTHER

[OKIE MIKE]

I am not a people person I am a loner . I read thease post every day because I am a male survivor . Some of the things that I read sound like they could be my own life . NA has a saying "one adict helping another " this concept works great for drug problems . I'm sure that no one on this list has ever had a drug abuse problem . yeh rite
But if I had to deal with people in person , I could not do it .I have built a wall around me that I do not let people in , to protect my self.
Because I have neaver met another male rape victom in person . I would be afrade to talk to them face to face . I dont think that you could get a bunch of people with PTSD together in the same room
I have tryed for years to get the VA to start a group councling seson for vets with sexual abuse issues . They wont even try .

 

[Hauser]

Mike I would attend a support group where I live but there isn't one, and I live within a greater metropolitain area of almost 350 thousand people.

Try to open up here. I'm talking as much as I can in the open and I'm also talking about deeper stuff with a few select people.

There comes a point where one has to look outside himself for recovery, because the answer doesn't lie within, it's outside of himself.

 

[froggy12]

Hauser is right.
My wall is pretty high, but I have a side door behind the poison ivy. So I give some people a spray to use before entering. Of course I could chop the god damn shit down but that's too easy.

I am lucky. For the time I have a face to face abuse friend but he's leaving Dodge city on the first stage coach that comes through. It will be difficult for me because of my trust issues but I have to be grateful for the friendship itself because that's all I have now and it will keep me going plus you guys here.
VA?! LOL. They couldn't deal with Agent Orange let alone PTSD.

cynically yours, or is that ribbitly yours??
froggy12