Discussion Does knowing there are other people like you make you feel better or worse?

[wreckedbeyondrepair]

I'm honestly just very curious about the rest of your experiences with this. Has this place helped you feel more at peace with your thoughts, or more insecure about if you have any good reason to feel this way?

 

[apearl]

OP u got a tshd profile picture omg!! the new chapter was so cool

Spoiler: TSHD manga spoilers

I loved the comparison of 'hikaru' to fireworks!

:D

For me, I really like knowing people can understand me. I've been isolated most of my life, and kind of connection like that is always appreciated. There are some caveats to this though. I mostly only like it in this kind of setting because we are all anonymous and online so someone knowing you on a deeper level doesn't really have the consequences it does with a irl.

 

[glass-petal]

it's only natural to crave some from of understanding or acknowledgment from others, no one wants to feel alone after all. given how difficult it is to discuss the topic of this forum elsewhere, it's no surprise lots of people(myself included) find some comfort here.

 

[RadiantNumber]

It helps to talk someone with same mind but still it doesn't make my world better

 

[violetforever]

so much worse. all i see is suffering.

 

[darksouls]

both,
because the sasu community is friendly and supportive,
but I often have to cry because I feel sorry for the people

 

[gottacheckout]

It makes me feel better about the depression and anxiety.

There are so few that hallucinate like I do and most of them are really dysfunctional. I fight hard to be only partially dysfunctional. However someone I slip over the edge and can't do anything.

 

[Forever Sleep]

'Misery loves company'. Not that I delight in knowing other people are suffering but- it would feel terribly lonely to be without them. Because I don't tend to mix much with 'normie' optimists.