Hi everyone,
Welcome to the Forum’s new topic!
This time we are thinking about “communication” and how that is a part of your journey.
We know that talking about experiencing gambling harms can be extremely difficult and come with lots of painful emotions. However, its also really important to have support and places to discuss what’s going on to not feel alone in it. So, it can be helpful to reflect on how we are communicating with others about this.
Communicating is as much about us listening and using empathy as it is about getting our point across..
Over to you!
How has communication been a part of your journey so far?
Do you have any things you do to help you communicate better?
Is communication something you want to work on?
If you have any ideas of topics you would like to see on the Forum, please let us know below.
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All the best,
Lulu
Online Peer Support Team
Hi
On walking in to the recovery program I was a very lonely inadequate insecure inept person.
My additions were very unhealthy and due to pains in my life I lived in many fears.
The wording communication would indicate the ability to be able to articulate my feelings and emotions to other people.
Sadly because of the pains of my past I lived in so much fear it resptricted me from having healthy communications and healthy emotional intimacy with my self and with other people.
By attending the recovery meetings over tme I would open u more and live in less fear than before in my life.
By reducing my fears and my trust grew I was then able to have counselling and intteract in much deeper levels than before.
This kind of honesty help expose the hurt inner child in me.
When we talkl about communication are we really talking about having healthy intimacy with our self and with other people.
Living my life with out ny kind of fears empowers me in so many healthy ways.
My honesty indicates how little fear I have in my self.
Once I am able to heal my pains my hurt inner child is abale to come out and play in healthy ways.
My addictions and obsessions were a kind of self abuse and negect.
My addictions and obsessions were just the symptoms that I had not healed from the pains in my life.
Healing love and peace to every one.
Dave L
AKA Dave of Beckenham
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