If Susan's Never Existed....

[King Malachite]

Then I would be really sad.  Good thing it does exists!

That's all. 

How about yall?  If Susan's never existed......

[Devlyn]

.....I wouldn't have been able to meet you! Hugs, Devlyn

[King Malachite]

.....I wouldn't have been able to meet you! Hugs, Devlyn

 

[Michelle G]

I am very very happy I ran across this wonderful place

there are other forums, but you all just make me feel "at home" here!

[xxUltraModLadyxx]

it would suck, because this site was pretty instrumental in my transition.

[Constance]

it would suck, because this site was pretty instrumental in my transition.

This.

I checked my profile before posting this. I registered here on 3 March 2008, they day after I finished reading Luna by Julie Anne Peters. That book got me started thinking about gender identity, which led me to this site, which have been not only "instrumental in my transition," but just a great site to visit for various reasons.

Thank you, Susan!

[Ayden]

I would have kept the feels of being all alone. The other forums I checked felt too impersonal, but Susan's felt like a nice little virtual room I could cozy up in and not feel so odd. I have never liked forums, but I feel comfortable and happy here. I am also happy to report that I have not self-harmed since I joined, and I think Susan's has been instrumental in that since it was always my gender issues that caused me to act out.

Thank you so much, Susan.

I would have committed suicide back in autumn.  Sure glad I didn't.

*hug* I know the feeling.

[Constance]

I would have committed suicide back in autumn.  Sure glad I didn't.

I'm glad you didn't, too.

[Ayden]

I'm glad you didn't, too.

^This. Your posts make my day.

[Michelle G]

I would have committed suicide back in autumn.  Sure glad I didn't.

So glad you are here as well!

I think a lot of us here have been in that same dark place

[Constance]

^This. Your posts make my day.

Thanks, Ayden.

It was last summer, for me. I was seriously suicidal in May and June. This place, as well as a couple of therapists, a Zen priest, and an old friend pulled me through.

[King Malachite]

I would have kept the feels of being all alone. The other forums I checked felt too impersonal, but Susan's felt like a nice little virtual room I could cozy up in and not feel so odd. I have never liked forums, but I feel comfortable and happy here. I am also happy to report that I have not self-harmed since I joined, and I think Susan's has been instrumental in that since it was always my gender issues that caused me to act out.

Thank you so much, Susan.

*hug* I know the feeling.

I know the feeling as well.  At first I tried to delude myself that I didn't need support from forums or anything so I mostly soaked up my time on Yahoo Answers in the LBGT section to compensate for the lonlines but once I realized that the people there could only be of so much help to me because a lot of them weren't transgender and didn't understand my problems I felt the need to jump ship.  If this site didn't exist then I would still be on there asking pointless questions just so I could feel some companionship.

[Amazon D]

Most of the trans sites cover specific nitches but here it covers everybody.. i like that..

[Ayden]

Thanks, Ayden.

It was last summer, for me. I was seriously suicidal in May and June. This place, as well as a couple of therapists, a Zen priest, and an old friend pulled me through.

I'm glad people were there for you. You're a lovely lady.

[Constance]

Thanks again, Ayden.

After all of the support I've gained from this site, I want to be there for others if I can.

[MarcyThomas7268]

I would not feel as connected to others in this situation.

[Bexi]

I would not feel as connected to others in this situation.

Agree, also others seem so nice and down-to-earth

[Felix]

I spent two weeks gone when the site was having problems, and didn't realize until then how important Susan's is to me. There are a lot of good people here.

[Sephirah]

Hard to say. There are points in a person's life where a single event makes it branch off down one of two possible paths. This site is responsible for a good number of those events. If it never existed... things would have been different. Whether that's different in a good way or a bad way... I don't know.

I've met some truly wonderful people here, for which I'm thankful, and some which have tried my patience to its very limits, for which I'm also thankful. On balance... it's my belief that everything happens for a reason. So yeah I'm glad things turned out the way they did and that this site exists, along with all of you folks.

[pretty]

Hmm, well I wouldn't browse Susan's then.

Idk, I mostly browse here when I am procrastinating other things, but I can't honestly say it has had much of an overall effect on my life. I wanted to transition long before happening on Susan's