To prefix, this group is not intended to pry from it's members, but develop a community where you feel safe to share experiences - to a level you feel comfortable. This could be to facilitate a release for you. Just to know someone has seen, heard, and recognised your position. Or, an opportunity for you to express glimmers into your history for no greater purpose than to advise others in the hope that they avoid the same outcomes, circumstances or pain. My story, is still in the discovery stage. Understanding the different factors that make me, well... me. One aspect, that personally hurt but I am grateful for till this day (because it has facilitated the environment for me to grow). Is an entry and continuation of a relationship that - to avoid comment on any other party - I was not prepared for. I was not emotionally mature enough, nor did I have the resources to contend with it appropriately. This relationship continued to a significant degree due to fear. I was giving everything I could at the time. When it finally ended, to word it bluntly, I was someone who was ill-equipped to look after my own basic needs, let alone function in society. To word it with due care - I was someone who needed help. I was alone, set back financially, stumbled in my career, unmotivated. Summarised as Surviving. It took me a while to even get my head in a space to move, let alone forward. However, once it was moving I tried my absolute best to take steps for the betterment of my life, and a year on from taking the first steps I can with confidence say; my life is better than it ever has been. I guess the moral of the story is; 1. Please - keep looking for hope, and keep trying. It does, eventually get better. 2. Key reason for why a community like this is needed, I had no guidance and if I can help just one person, even a little bit, it would be worth it.