A PAT ON THE BACK!

[Jonathan123]

I wonder how many of us realise why we are here on this site. Yes, I know, because we need help and unloading is always helpful. But underlying that there is more. Whether we realise it or not, reaching out is not just selfish, but may inspire others. To know one is not alone is important, but to share is even more so. We give time and effort to try and help each other. Our symptoms may resonate with someone else with similar problems. (Never the same. We are all different).
Any community is just that, a getting together of folk with a like mind and a like problem. No matter how selfish and self centred a post may seem, someone is going to relate, and maybe be uplifted to know someone else is suffering in that way. So I suggest we all sit back and if even for a moment thank God that such sites as this exist, and give ourselves a pat on the back for helping each other.
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[Jonathan123]

There was an old song I remember. It began: 'Give yourself a pat on the back, a pat on the back, a pat on the back, say to yourself here's jolly good health, it's a lovely day today' It is you know. No matter how bad you may feel it's still a good day out there.

 

[MATD]

Self preservation, desperation knowing something is wrong with you and wanting to fix yourself. I think these are part of anxiety and at the same time drive us to reach out for help that we need. I wonder if it is a God given mechanism built into us. The result is the same though, it takes courage to reach out and it says a lot about the character in each of us who do. For all those with social anxiety, it’s especially noteworthy.

 

[E.B]

I came here in the beginning because of a pretty irrational rabies fear. I have found lately that most of my communication here is in the terms of trying to help others, rather then posting in fear. I've posted quite a few times that one thing this community shows is that you are not alone in your irrational worries. In the 90s we would of thought their is no way someone would have this irrational worry, when their are others who struggle with that exact same worry.

 

[ding]

I wonder how many of us realise why we are here on this site. Yes, I know, because we need help and unloading is always helpful. But underlying that there is more. Whether we realise it or not, reaching out is not just selfish, but may inspire others. To know one is not alone is important, but to share is even more so. We give time and effort to try and help each other. Our symptoms may resonate with someone else with similar problems. (Never the same. We are all different).
Any community is just that, a getting together of folk with a like mind and a like problem. No matter how selfish and self centred a post may seem, someone is going to relate, and maybe be uplifted to know someone else is suffering in that way. So I suggest we all sit back and if even for a moment thank God that such sites as this exist, and give ourselves a pat on the back for helping each other.
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I never thank God for jack ****

 

[bigjetplane23]

I can always pat someone else on their back when they did something good towards their anxiety, but never myself..

 

[Jonathan123]

I can always pat someone else on their back when they did something good towards their anxiety, but never myself..

Yes, that is a common problem in anxiety. We seem able to help others and even praise them, but when it comes to ourselves it is difficult. It's all about self worth. We tend to look upon ourselves as weak, when in fact we are much stronger than we think.
How many of the so called helpers who criticise would stand up to what anxiety does to you? 'Love thy neighbour as thyself'. It's the 'as thyself' that is just as important as loving your neighbour. Not the narcissistic kind of love, but valuing ourselves and giving ourselves praise when it's due. We come on this site to help ourselves, but in doing so we help others. That in itself is praiseworthy.