Shred and Blondguy, awesome awesome posts. Love reading it, love being part of it, love the support.
I think it is interesting where we do not acknowledge our own strength and I think Paul has nailed it by saying that our low self esteem plays the major part. I mean, I always recognise and tell people how much courage they have, how far they have come and how good they are doing but i never tell myself that. Strange how it works. I used to think that I was the only one who did that....how wrong i was!!
Heights, yep scared as! Did a course a few years back (pre PTSD diagnoses) where I abseiled down a 350 ft cliff. Took me ages to actually get going but with the support and encouragement of my colleagues, got down and was the greatest feeling.
I with 5,179 posts and seen the calibre of posting that you do Paul, you have helped many many people climb their own mental health mountains and in my book, you get equal credit for that. It is up to the people who have seen darkness and now see light to help those that are in the darkness, see the light again. You, my friend, have guided a heap of people back into the light. You climb mountains more than you know.
Shred, you have a massively awesome way with words. Your value to this forum is huge and i thank you for being here and helping out so many people and like Paul, you are shedding light on so many peoples darkness. Awesome.
Mark.
