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<blockquote data-quote="blackgnat" data-source="post: 626133" data-attributes="member: 13561"><p>I was thinking about the way I use CD.</p><p></p><p>I can't articulate how marvelous this site is and how much it has helped me. It is an oasis in the desert.</p><p></p><p>I remember when I first found it. I almost cried with relief and amazement- My GOD, I am not alone!</p><p></p><p>Yet (other than telling my story) I feel incapable of offering any advice to anyone who is similarly troubled. I don't want to practice false humility, but I don't feel "worthy".</p><p></p><p>How can I possibly help someone when it's so obvious that I have failed to successfully solve my OWN problems? A friend was telling me about something that was going on with her kids and I started to tell her what I would do. Then I thought, "YOU need to shut up! Your kid is a hot mess. She might be scared that if she takes YOUR advice, her kid will turn out like yours..."</p><p></p><p>So what I'm trying to say here is that I'm so thankful to everyone for everything I read here-the wonderful and non judgmental advice, the support, the empathy. I know that nobody is claiming to have all the answers when they post and that you are all speaking from your hearts. I am just not sure that I have the same gifs to offer you all. So I hope you will forgive me if I just seem to be "taking" and not giving back. I'm still learning.</p><p></p><p>That's all I wanted to say.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="blackgnat, post: 626133, member: 13561"] I was thinking about the way I use CD. I can't articulate how marvelous this site is and how much it has helped me. It is an oasis in the desert. I remember when I first found it. I almost cried with relief and amazement- My GOD, I am not alone! Yet (other than telling my story) I feel incapable of offering any advice to anyone who is similarly troubled. I don't want to practice false humility, but I don't feel "worthy". How can I possibly help someone when it's so obvious that I have failed to successfully solve my OWN problems? A friend was telling me about something that was going on with her kids and I started to tell her what I would do. Then I thought, "YOU need to shut up! Your kid is a hot mess. She might be scared that if she takes YOUR advice, her kid will turn out like yours..." So what I'm trying to say here is that I'm so thankful to everyone for everything I read here-the wonderful and non judgmental advice, the support, the empathy. I know that nobody is claiming to have all the answers when they post and that you are all speaking from your hearts. I am just not sure that I have the same gifs to offer you all. So I hope you will forgive me if I just seem to be "taking" and not giving back. I'm still learning. That's all I wanted to say. [/QUOTE]
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