Beour Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Hi everyone, I've mostly been lurking the boards and thought it was time I got involved. I've been listening to FDR on and off since last year and now more regularly for the past few months. I was introduced by my brother, who I sadly no longer have contact with after we had a falling out. I come from Ireland and have been living a couple of meters under sea level since September 2010. I really love living here, especially in such a beautiful and energetic city like Amsterdam. FDR has helped me tremendously, especially in combination with therapy, which I started February last year. I'm currently discussing the process of DeFOOing with my psychologist and thought about posting this issue on the Self Knowledge board. I come from a very abusive family (I have an ACE score of 7) and I suffered from Dysthymia and General Anxiety Disorder since I was child. I've gotten better thanks to CBT, therapy and FDR - I have better control over my thinking process but I still need a lot of work and a lot of self discovery/knowledge needs to be done. I mostly listen to Stefan's podcasts about self knowledge, relationships, DeFOOing, childhood trauma etc. I sometimes listen to other topics but for now self knowledge is my main interest. I don't really have many friends but mostly acquaintances. I would love to make deep, emotional connections with people who I can truly call friends. To be honest, if I was to bring up my childhood trauma, I think most of my "friends" would get pretty awkward and I don't think my self-esteem would take that reaction very well. Yeah, I know, I know, it would be very selfish and egotistical of them to do so just to avoid a moment of discomfort, but I'm still working on having more courage and confidence I'm really honoured to be part of FDR but I have to be very honest about how nervous I feel writing all of this, so please be gentle Dog tax: This is my dog Pablo. He's kind of majestic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruben Zandstra Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Just want to say Hi, TF! Welcome and nice to see another dutch member on the boards. Pablo's facial expression is certainly one of royal bereavedness btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tservitive Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Hey TF, welcome to the board. Love the pug! What's his/her name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beour Posted March 14, 2015 Author Share Posted March 14, 2015 Just want to say Hi, TF! Welcome and nice to see another dutch member on the boards. Pablo's facial expression is certainly one of royal bereavedness btw Thanks Ruben! It's nice to know that there are Dutch people involved in FDR. It makes me all the more comfortable living here as an expat Hey TF, welcome to the board. Love the pug! What's his/her name? Thank you, Tservitive! His name is Pablo. I've no affiliation with the Spanish language or Spain, I just thought that it fitted him well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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