I intend to start a VIDEO CHAT GROUP for people with Fibromyalgia. New topics each week. *Support group.
Who is interested in joining? What kind of commitment would you have to such a group- meeting every week? once a month?
Hi, Ty, good idea, thanks for the suggestion!
In August
@Laura79 asked something similar
here, as a theatre project centering on the question "How Are You?" We are now meeting roughly every two weeks for 4 or 5 sessions, and I've done a one-to-one with her too.
My wife encourages this, because she feels there's a much better sense of relationship with "real people". We haven't got a "real people" support group in our town I could go to at the moment, and I can't do anything after 7pm anyway, or further away, as I can't travel far.
As opposed to me she doesn't understand the sense of forums, just realized that if I didn't have all of them I'd be chewing her ear off
all afternoon & evening.
Now. I absolutely agree with all the above. But let's dig deeper.
Good idea to try to meet fears that might be there.... but...
Do any of us make progress with anything by doing nothing about it?
May I suggest that your fear of a group chat is something you have to FACE in order to deal with it. But there is a bigger shield here for insecurities.
You might enjoy the option of that shield... but consider the benefits of being truly vulnerable.
This strangely & unnecessarily makes it sound like a social phobia confrontation exercise.
I think that's one of the things that's made
@cookiebaker feel you're going to far, and applying a little pressure in the process.
Aren't these people in these chats the type of people you would want to be grouped with if you had to do a group meeting?
One of the good things about the "How Are You?" project is the topic goes much deeper, and everyone there wants to do exactly that - reflect how we communicate, how our relationships are. That is something which is possible here, but a bit off topic.
Try to imagine all of us, laughing and crying at the same time. Cursing and celebrating our pains. lol. Seems therapeutic.
Well, that makes it sound like you're aiming at "Freudian" catharsis, almost like a sweat lodge - very controversial in theory and practice.... I can imagine it very clearly, as I know similar situations, and for me it would be traumatic rather than therapeutic if it were really done in such an elated over the top fashion. I much prefer to share emotions here, because I can come round to someone laughing or crying at at time when I am stable enough myself. Generally though, this is only a small part of why I'm here. Laughing, crying, cursing and celebrating I do on my own, with my wife, my family and friends - including friends here via private messaging.
Don't get me wrong. This is too. This is a form of journaling.
"Journaling"'d be what I do in my daily online "JayCS's fibro blog" elsewhere, tracking and analyzing my symptoms, triggers and treatments. But even that also contains quite a bit of my general thoughts, my research etc.
What I do here mainly is share everyone's and my ideas, working on understanding, preventing, treating and coping by listening to others and comparing with my own experiences. And this focus here would be distracted with too much information about others.
A bit strange flying in, trying to (more than) coax us into another format and at the same time greatly misunderstanding our format...
. Always good to listen first.
OK, bottom line is: If you don't mean it like you've said it, I
would be interested...
However as you seem to be on the other side of the globe from me you'd probably want to meet outside the 8 day hours that would be possible for me.
Laura's "How Are You?" project is in the UK, and is around midday here, which suits me fine.
