Welcome to the Secret Confessions thread. Beyond the pure anonymity of the internet, there lies a certain level of understanding behind all the accounts here on FF. The SC account carries burden of allowing the user to give a candid, private confession with (hopefully) understanding feedback. The SC thread is for other posters to give kind and/or helpful advice, words of empathy, or a secret of their own (under the SC name or not).
This account is a group account, and EVERYONE needs to treat it respectfully. By posting under the Secret Confessor, you are pledging to refrain from hate mail, "finger-pointing", insulting and being a jerkface. By posting in the SC thread, you are pledging to keep the comments respectful. This has not yet been a problem, but it's nice to have written down "just in case".
If you would like to use the SC account for ANY reason beside posting in this thread, please PM me- even if it's under the SC name (this is not to exert authority, but to maintain order over a very accessible account).
*nods* That, exactly. Well, quieter IRL, and therefore less likely to voice disapproval, criticisms... politer, so I tend to come off as nicer. But, I like the online version more, even if it's not overly different, just more confident, less awkward or something along those lines.
This thread absolutely kills me sometimes. I hate reading these confessions, most of them are so sad and terrible. I love some people here way too much for my own good -- others, I just don't know too well, and still worry to death over them. I just... God, I wish everything got better for everyone. Sometimes reading this is so horrible, I just want to hug you all. And now you know how silly I can be over things that technically shouldn't affect me. Feel free to vote me off the island.
I'm so sorry SC. After my mom was diagnosed, it seemed like things were just stopping. But by far, by absolute far the worst part was not knowing if it had spread. If it had grown. If the surgery would work. If the chemo would work. If the radiation, the pills, would all work. And still, now, waiting to see if it's going to come back. I know exactly what you mean by waiting is the worst. It may not seem quite like it, but finding out the news, even if it's bad, is so much more concrete than the "not knowing" feeling. Once we left the stage where things were dicey (with the chemo and everything) it was like "it's not good, but at least we know now". It's a small relief, but a relief all the same. I hope things turn out okay.
Okay, so this isn't secret or a confession, but I'd like advice please if anyone can give it. I know it's a lot, but I wanted to give a sense of the situation.
So I was on Gaia before I went to Inheritance before I came here. I met a person I consider a good friend there. We were close enough that we (willingly :P ) gave the other our names, played mock e-fights, glomped each other at every meeting, and knew details of each other's lives. This person was the one who first called me "Silver" and taught me that you can have internet friends. Problem is, he entered high school. So that, among other things, made us gradually stop talking.
Recently, due to nostalgia I went back to the website and we talked for a few mintues before I was forced to log off. Now he's going to college and I'm in high school. I know we can talk every once in a while if we get in contact again, and I'm wondering if we should get back in contact. We were really close, but now we may have grown apart and I don't want to feel the seperation if we have grown apart.