@Sasher
Hi Sasher! 😊 ❤️ Thank you for your forum post, for noticing the efforts of 2 very strong leaders here in our community and for reaching out on their behalf to nominate them to receive such a gift! 🎁
This is so very beautiful for me to witness. Thank you for taking a humanistic approach to being here on the platform, for knowing in your heart that listeners are human beings too, with a heart, a pulse, a soul and feelings that exist behind the screen.
I could not agree with you more. My thoughts are that even if we as listeners thought we may not need therapy when first coming here, if we work hard, dig down deep in an effort to help others and remain here for years.....well, hmmm...some of us could get quite a few emotional bumps and bruises along the way in our journey and quest to be of service to others.
Being a strong leader and helping others, having certain interactions, being treated in negative ways because of behavioral problems of others can really take a toll on us. As time goes on, the bad actors and disrupters many times are found out and are asked to leave. I have complete faith in administration and they are not foolish people. They will figure things out eventually and with that, things do take time to do so.
Either way, the way people treat us can change us as human beings over time and especially if we experience layer after layer of negative treatment.
I imagine therapy, spending time with a trained and licensed clinician could be good for any one and my understanding is that even therapists receive therapy of their own before becoming licensed as well as all through out their career. No shame in seeking help and support. I too have recently considered the possibility of reaching out for a month of therapy just to tease some things apart, decompress and in a fully uncensored way in relation to my journey as a volunteer. Gosh, who wouldn't benefit from a nice recharge? 😊
Sasher, thanks again for being such an amazing teammate, looking out for others, being so incredibly thoughtful and kind. ❤️
*high fives* 😊 and *hugs* ❤️