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1 of 1- freedmyself
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Is anyone here a Support Contact?
Hi friends,
This question is for those of you who are regulars on this forum, supporting those new to the journey.
I'm considering volunteering to be a support contact for Our Path, one of those people who calls people who have contacted Our Path and asked to have someone call them for a one on one conversation.
Is anyone here also a support contact? I'd love to hear about your experience, both positive and negative.
- Rob
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Re: Is anyone here a Support Contact?
I found the support contacts and meeting invaluable..I was in shock. The best thing was going to a meeting the lady gave me a hug... a hug after my cheating GX hadn't touched in a year and said I was garbage. It was nice to see people who were ok after TGT...that we could be ok.
Im not a contact but thinking about becoming one. Whats holding me back is not having to relive the trauma over and over.
"For we walk by faith, not by sight .." 2Corinthians 5:7
- Ellexoh_nz
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Re: Is anyone here a Support Contact?
Rob wrote:
I thought about it too Rob. But NZ is such a small country and Kiwis are less eager
to come forward and identify themselves I think. A few times I had the impression
that a member was from here but was apprehensive to contact them and maybe
scare them off. So it was a surprise when Alex (from the MOM board contacted me
and we actually met and talked.
It's a big step to 'out' your private life to a stranger
and I prefer connecting on the Forum these days.
E
KIA KAHA
- CMaree23
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Re: Is anyone here a Support Contact?
MANY years ago, I was a virtual contact for folks who wanted to remain in their relationship and make it work.
- freedmyself
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Re: Is anyone here a Support Contact?
Thanks everyone - and hopefully others will chime in, too.
CMaree - looks like you've built a whole community for MOMs - nice to see a need and help others new to their path.
Elle - I totally understand the ongoing need for anonymity. It's one of those Know Yourself questions.
Rob - I appreciate your comment about reliving your trauma, and it's making me think about my motivation. It is, of course, helping people who really, really need it. Also for me, it is a re-visiting of my early days of TGT, when I believed everything he said and clung to him for support like he hadn't been lying and gaslighting me. In reading the stories by people new to this Forum, I feel like I see my old self in those stories; different details, but the same core. It's a chance to look back at my old self with compassion. I didn't know he was gay. I couldn't have known. His coming out wrecked me, and now I'm better. And in responding to people new to TGT, there's healing for me, and gratitude for how far I've come.
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