Helping Eachother a Must Read Thread

[Chris D]

Hi All,

This is for anyone and everyone suffering or have been though a mental illness and whatever else people have gone through in the past.

I thought of this last night while trying to get to sleep and in my head it sounded good,inspirational and encouraging to help others in similar positions. I will try to remember it as best i can.

Here i go: We have all been through bad periods in our own personal lives as we grow older, wiser and have a better understanding of life. Here we all are, so many people with so many different illnesses and so many different things that has happened to all of us in our lives. Together at Beyond Blue on this forum we come together to band as one. We stand side by side with eachother walking with eachother picking eachother up off the lush green paddock ground when we are feeling down, we will not leave anyone behind. Any obstacle that we come across we will band together as one and know it down as we all keep marching forward across this paddock towards the ray of light that we are all hgeading in the same direction for.

To all going through a rough time at the moment, i say this: YOU ARE NOT ALONE, YOU NEVER HAVE BEEN AND NEVER WILL BE. TOGETHER WE BAND AS ONE, TOGETHER ON ONE CAN BRING US DOWN, TOGETHER WE WILL KNOCK DOWN ANY OBSTACLE WE COME ACROSS, WE WILL NOT LEAVE ANYONE BEHIND. TOGETHER WE STAND SIDE BY SIDE WITH EACHOTHER.

To all members: STAND TALL, STAY STRONG AND BE DEFIANT TOGETHER WE WILL OVERCOME ALL OF OUR SUFFERING that has brought us all here to Beyond Blue.

To Beyond Blue i say THANKYOU.

I hope this msg inspires everyone to overcome their own personal challenges in their own lives.

Kind Regards

Chris

[Jo3]

Oh Chris,

You are truly amazing.  I've read your messages and you've had your share of pain.

But reading this, OMG, I am so inspired by what you wrote.  I'm crying, just thinking that before I joined BB I thought I had no friends but now I know I have so so many.

By banding together on here we are all here to support and help each one of us.

I will print this out and keep it in my wallet for my "bad" days. Sort of like today, i will keep reading this over and over again so I know that I have the support from you and others.

Thank you so much Chris for an inspiring message.

Jo xx

[Jos]

Hi Chris,

Beautifully written and truly inspiring, THANKYOU...

Keep your light burning so that others may follow...

Jos 🙂

[vip]

A great write up Chris 100% with you well done x

[Chris D]

Hi All,

You know to have the responses i have had so far is very kind of you all. Today i was feeling down & so when i was  feeling like that i came back on the computer and went straight to this thread and read Jo's reply. Then coming back tonight to have a couple more is even better.

Getting back to myself feeling down to read the comments from everyone including my own lifted me up, it gave me a boost.

To you all that have responded so far and to the many more that have read it and still have not responded i say thankyou.

I'm getting the responses that this thread was intended for.

THANKYOU.

Remember STAND TALL, BE DEFIANT AND BE STRONG

TOGETHER WE UNITE AS ONE AND WILL WIN EACH OF OUR OWN PERSONAL BATTLES

Kind Regards

Chris

[Jo3]

Hi Chris,

I've had a pretty down day today, feeling like I'm in a dark spot.  But I have just re-read your message from this morning and you have lifted me up again. You have pulled me out of my dark spot.

Thank you Chris, so much.

Your friend Jo

[Jos]

Hi Chris,

Ditto, remember that tomorrow is a new day, don't feel down feel enlightened, you have the no how to stay focused.

Jos 🙂

[Mbuna]

Chris,

Great post. I find sharing my experiences helps me deal with my demons. Listening to others and how they deal with their issues is also very helpful to me. I read posts on this forum for months before i actually signed up and started contributing. You are right. People may not always find the answers on here but it is a safe place where we can all post without the fear of judgement. Stick with it.

Cheers

[geoff]

dear Chris, when you first came onto this site you were definitely in a bad way, so yes we all band together to start your journey again, and you have responded and started to walk again and then be able to participate, and to be able to do this requires great strength, and that's exactly what you have.

Without having this site you and all the other people would be in dire straights, so fortunately here we are helping each other.

Great post Chris. Geoff.

[Neil_1]

Chris

I just wanted to weigh in with my congratulations to you on such an uplifting and powerfully worded post.

Neil