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Originally Posted by Conzors
I know this is so STUPID and PATHETIC and I'm going to sound like a right cringy fanny but i started when i was 14 and i was quite messed up at the time, i didn't know who i was, if i was gay or not - i wasn't comfortable in myself and had nobody in a similar situation to talk to.
Joining here and meeting a diverse range of people at the time, speaking with people going through the same thing as me, or had previously been through it was a great help and sort of helped the developing of the person I am today. It gave me a hard shell and helped me accept myself and be happy with who i am.
So thanks TiBB.
Has anything (like TiBB) unexpectedly helped anyone else out here?
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Originally Posted by Livia
It doesn't sounds stupid or pathetic, Conzors. TiBB was like a sanctuary of normality to me when something bad happened in my life. Sounds strange really, because it can be quite dysfunctional sometimes!
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...your threads always give me lots of thoughts Conzors..
..I think with both of you, the thing also to realise is that where you both are now, is something you have both achieved by yourselves and because of the people you are..yeah, it can help to talk and it can help to 'distract' but it's you both realising what you need at the time and being able to take from it just that and to use it to move forward with those steps...it's all you, both of you..that 'help' if you feel it's been there is what you've selected and recognised yourselves as what has been something that has been essential to both of you..recognising' these things is kind of the 'first step' you know....
..anyway, I could go on forever but it's probably lucky I have work and I don't have the time...I think the forum can be good and it can also be bad like just about everything in life and I guess it's just knowing when to log on and when to log off, type thing...I've met some amazing people here, people I would never have met in 'real' life and been inspired so much by and learned so much from... and just seen so many people 'grow' from when I first knew them and take steps that they needed to but had found hard...just achieve so much, it just makes me so proud to see that...I can't name them all, there are too many but they know who they are anyway because I've probably said it all to them before as I can talk/I never seem to hush up sometimes....anyway yeah, being on TiBB and a part of TiBB and being honoured to be able to share a small part in people's lives has been amazing in so many ways...we'll all 'move on' and away at some point but there are a few people who I will always 'carry with me' in my heart....