How real are you on sites like this?
personally, ive shared a lot of personnel info over time on AB (prison, psych hospitals, etc)but theres loads that I havnt shared. I share the occasional thought on FB but no one really knows me except for what I choose to share.
If anybody could see whats in my head at any given moment, I'd be locked up (probably in a psych hospital again).
as real as I am anywhere else. I guard my anonymity on here but I don’t lie and I don’t share the contents of my head with anybody. Nailit, its quite usual to think that our own thoughts are mad, strange or chaotic or all three. Its what we act on or what distresses us to the point of breakdown that needs addressing.
A bit like jnu, I don't feel the need to discuss my personal life on a q&a site, I don't discuss my family / friends, social life , as friendly as most abers are its not " real life " for me .
Nailit, you mention on another thread that you did a Mindfulness course. Could I urge you to try to get into it - it was a lifesaver for our daughter (well, not quite literally...); she got a lot of comfort and help from it.