Why do you do this?

Iloivar · Mar 28, 2019 at 12:55 PM

Not sure this is the right ppace to post this. but what motivates you to invest a significant amount of time helping people on this site? Do you enjoy it? Moral obligation? Intellectually stimulating?

Whatever the reason is, I do find it impressive and admirable how many of the users here have countless posts which most likely have to do with trying to help fellow members.

01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Iloivar

Not sure this is the right ppace to post this. but what motivates you to invest a significant amount of time helping people on this site? Do you enjoy it? Moral obligation? Intellectually stimulating?

Whatever the reason is, I do find it impressive and admirable how many of the users here have countless posts which most likely have to do with trying to help fellow members.

Hello Iliovar. Great question. I feel a need and desire to connect with others...sometimes that feels lacking in the non-PC world. Supporting others feels good....like making a contribution.

Why did you join PC, Iliovar? Do you feel comfortable sharing?

sarahsweets · Mar 28, 2019 at 01:20 PM

I like connecting and its stimulating. I hope I help others because I like to .

mountainstream · Mar 28, 2019 at 01:27 PM

I enjoy helping and supporting people.

dannypk16 · Mar 28, 2019 at 01:30 PM

I guess I've got nothing left to do, and it kinda feels good to help other people, giving solutions and improving yourself at the same time.

Fuzzybear · Mar 28, 2019 at 02:15 PM

I’m here to learn and grow, and hopefully to support others..

Hugs to all

Mar 28, 2019 at 04:05 PM

because I suffer grately and sadly, I know what it's like not to be helped by real humans (not this site, I mean face to face)

so I guess partly because I know what it's like to be ignored and want to change that for others, partly because people help me and it's just good to help them in return, and partly to give myself some kind of purpose in life

honestly away from here I may as well not exist

this site is the only thing keeping me going

Velvet Lounger · Mar 28, 2019 at 04:32 PM

Helping others helps me. And I have wonderful friends here.

Fuzzybear · Mar 28, 2019 at 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by raging vortex

because I suffer grately and sadly, I know what it's like not to be helped by real humans (not this site, I mean face to face)

so I guess partly because I know what it's like to be ignored and want to change that for others, partly because people help me and it's just good to help them in return, and partly to give myself some kind of purpose in life

honestly away from here I may as well not exist

this site is the only thing keeping me going

((((((((( hugs )))))))))

I know what you mean about humans face to face

Hugs to all suffering

divine1966 · Mar 28, 2019 at 06:18 PM

Helping others comes natural to me. I am in a helping profession my entire adult life so it’s something I just do. When I first joined PC I neeeded help with something, and I received it in emotional support chat and in PMs with one member. Since then I have been helping others on here. I rarely post my own threads. Sometimes in Poobah forum but even that infrequent.

So I try to help others to live happier lives, sometimes I succeed and sometimes not, but I keep trying.

88Butterfly88 · Mar 28, 2019 at 07:53 PM

For me helping people makes me feel better about myself.

eskielover · Mar 28, 2019 at 10:26 PM

When I came to PC in 2004 I was a mess & was in the middle of dealing with a trauma & my mom was dying of cancer & I was in a bad long time marriage.

A few years later I left & moved across the country to a small farm I bought after my mom died. Driving a medium size moving truck 2100 miles across the US alone with my dog Leo, it was amazing to have the people I had met on PC to check in with every night when I stopped at a motel. Having that connection really helped me.

Over the last 12 years I have found great therapy & awesome friends IRL & have found peace in my life. It has been a long 12 years of healing but something that if sharing what I have learned can help others here who have helped me so much then sharing & helping others gives meaning & purpose to what I have learned by the not so good experiences I have gone through.

Taylor27 · Mar 29, 2019 at 07:45 AM

I love to help others who are hurting and to let them know they are not alone. I suffer allot and it helps me to come on here and relate to others, i feel connected to others here. I love the support that pc gives and there are so many people that understand that we all struggle and there is no comparison here.

Mopey · Mar 29, 2019 at 01:30 PM

I figured I was helping myself, not them.

Mar 29, 2019 at 01:57 PM

It's both because I wish to help others and also because helping others in some way makes me feel more engaged and part of a community. To be frank, I wish I could do more. There are so many posts I read that I want to say something, but I either don't have the mental energy for it, or I feel I'll say something stupid. But I do the best I can for now.

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sarahsweets Threadtastic Postaholic Member Since Dec 2018 Location: New Jersey Posts: 6,006 (SuperPoster!) 5 192 hugs given	Mar 28, 2019 at 01:20 PM #3 I like connecting and its stimulating. I hope I help others because I like to . __________________ "I carried a watermelon?" President of the no F's given society.
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mountainstream Magnate Member Since Apr 2008 Location: N/A Posts: 2,150 16 747 hugs given	Mar 28, 2019 at 01:27 PM #4 I enjoy helping and supporting people.
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dannypk16 Member Member Since Feb 2019 Location: Spain Posts: 44 5	Mar 28, 2019 at 01:30 PM #5 I guess I've got nothing left to do, and it kinda feels good to help other people, giving solutions and improving yourself at the same time.
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Fuzzybear Wisest Elder Ever Member Since Nov 2002 Location: Cave. Posts: 96,325 (SuperPoster!) 21 81.2k hugs given	Mar 28, 2019 at 02:15 PM #6 I’m here to learn and grow, and hopefully to support others.. Hugs to all __________________
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Velvet Lounger Grand Poohbah Member Since Jan 2019 Location: London Posts: 1,741 5 182 hugs given	Mar 28, 2019 at 04:32 PM #8 Helping others helps me. And I have wonderful friends here. __________________ When the sun shines down, and the leaves fall away, I see you there behind me, fading from the grey. You watch me now, You hold me still, I always did, I always will, Love you, love you, love you.
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88Butterfly88 Moderator Community Support Team Member Since Dec 2015 Location: New Jersey Posts: 54,190 (SuperPoster!) 8 10.5k hugs given	Mar 28, 2019 at 07:53 PM #11 For me helping people makes me feel better about myself.
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Taylor27 healing from trauma Member Since Dec 2017 Location: Alberta Posts: 30,425 (SuperPoster!) 6 24.3k hugs given	Mar 29, 2019 at 07:45 AM #13 I love to help others who are hurting and to let them know they are not alone. I suffer allot and it helps me to come on here and relate to others, i feel connected to others here. I love the support that pc gives and there are so many people that understand that we all struggle and there is no comparison here.
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Mopey Magnate Member Since Oct 2018 Location: California Posts: 2,025 5 1,520 hugs given	Mar 29, 2019 at 01:30 PM #14 I figured I was helping myself, not them.
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lizabeth406 Guest Posts: n/a	Mar 29, 2019 at 01:57 PM #15 It's both because I wish to help others and also because helping others in some way makes me feel more engaged and part of a community. To be frank, I wish I could do more. There are so many posts I read that I want to say something, but I either don't have the mental energy for it, or I feel I'll say something stupid. But I do the best I can for now.
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