Poll - Survivor Meetings

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Re: Poll - Survivor Meetings

by TerryE » Fri Nov 03, 2023 8:05 am

in Australia Blue Knot runs workshops. Book out very fast. The workshops are great but having coffee and lunch with others is one of the major benefits. Also the workshops will let the group direct some things at times.

Re: Poll - Survivor Meetings

by Vic A » Sat Jan 18, 2020 11:21 pm

I attended one every couple of months and found it really beneficial to meet others similar to me and to share some really deep stuff that I'd never shared about the abuse to anyone I felt really open with them because they got me .The group I attended really strengthened me

Re: Poll - Survivor Meetings

by EllieLucy » Thu Dec 26, 2019 7:42 pm

Yes I would

Re: Poll - Survivor Meetings

by RyteWrite » Mon Aug 27, 2018 1:24 pm

When I first started to remember there weren't any peer led survivor groups. The internet didn't exist in the current form yet. So another survivor and I started one.

Re: Poll - Survivor Meetings

by Wildhorse » Wed Jun 13, 2018 6:59 pm

i would love to meet other survivors in real life so I would attend n see how it goes .

Re: Poll - Survivor Meetings

by Wildhorse » Wed Jun 13, 2018 4:40 pm

I would go to a survivor support group if it is well run, ie I went to some groups which were dominated by one or two individuals doing all the talking & would therefore say the groups were not well run.

Re: Poll - Survivor Meetings

by Tears of Night Sky » Sun Mar 13, 2016 6:41 am

I have always considered this a kind of support group meeting. It not might function exactly the same way, but it fills many of the same needs -- a place to express oneself, a place to be heard, a place to seek advice, a place to communicate with others in similar situations, and a place to feel completely supported. Is that really a distinction from an in-real-life group meeting?

Re: Poll - Survivor Meetings

by Rosie-the-Riveter » Sun Mar 13, 2016 6:23 am

Maybe. It would depend on the topic and on how much time it would take.

In a sense, this entire forum is an ongoing survivor meeting.

Re: Poll - Survivor Meetings

by ashridge_mack » Sun Mar 13, 2016 4:04 am

There's all kinds of focuses a group like that might have, and it would need to be clear which one it was - all the way from intensive focused feeling work (which would definitely need a highly skilled leader/therapist) through to a 'fellow travellers' social meet-up (which still might need some kind of guide?)....

Re: Poll - Survivor Meetings

by SociallyAwkward » Sat Mar 12, 2016 10:17 pm

I don't socialize well period. Takes me a bit to properly collect my thoughts together sometimes. I put maybe. only because I didn't want to give a flat no as an answer.

It could help me, but only if it were people from the forums that I go to. At least then there is a sense of familiarity and I'll actually know some of them already. It won't feel as awkward. That might be asking a bit much though. Considering everyone comes from different parts of the country ( and I am guessing some of you might be in Canada or the UK )

Re: Poll - Survivor Meetings

by whitelily » Tue Nov 27, 2012 7:30 pm

I voted that I would go, but I think there would need to be a set of ground rules for people attending that they had to agree with before joining. I think there would also be a need for some kind of recognised training for volunteers facilitating the group - ideally a therapist or counsellor. I would be interested to know how groups run in the US, if its more common for them to be organised there. Also, I imagine that quite a bit of thought might need to be given to the focus of the meetings - would they be about coping skills? or how much time would be given to people to share their personal issues? or would some meetings just be activity based in a friendly or supportive environment?

I think there is a real need for more meetings, especially where I live and I'm very interested to learn more about the idea and would consider helping out in order to start something up.

Re: Poll - Survivor Meetings

by Baby Noor » Fri Nov 09, 2012 2:25 pm

Gosh, to answer for myself which I notice I didn't do (leaving me behind again, shocking :cry: ).

If there was a professional qualified counsellor and everyone was an absolute equal maybe. Otherwise no. Like Sigma said it's all opinions and I feel safe here.
Noor
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Re: Poll - Survivor Meetings

by Pourlavie » Fri Nov 09, 2012 11:48 am



Just wanted to add my own "fourpennyworth" to this important thread.

In many ways we are already attending a survivors meeting; non physically, right here. I think everyone would agree; at least in part, the the sense of community and belonging created in this place have been/are at times invaluable, at times overwhelming (maybe a little scary). Some members are; maybe , a little more active than others, but everyone takes part.

Translating this into a physucal reallity would; obviousely, require considerable contemplation and planning, but would; I think, provide a major "next step" for those who were; personally, able to take it.

Peace & strength,

John

Re: Poll - Survivor Meetings

by Sigma » Fri Nov 09, 2012 11:23 am

Trying to put my thinking cap on here and look objectively at the situation from the different angles. I think setting up a group for surviours is great, like Havoca is. I can see why psychiatrists and the nhs are unwilling though. Funding across mental health has been slashed, you sit in front of your own psychiatrist and they shake their heads at the lack of resources they have to offer. I'm wondering also, Havoca works because we all know it's our own opinion, we offer support rather than any therapeutic approach, volunteer and non professional led.

I wonder how the dynamics would change if it was professional led by therapists. For one I suspect it would change peoples expectations, I wonder if people would expect more, an element of healing! In the same way as I do by going to therapy. Also professionals have to adhere to their own ethical guidelines - so I think it changes things quite significantly.

Is it a support group or group therapy !

Just a few ponderings - though I wish you wasn't treated the way you were, that's shocking.

Good luck x

Re: Poll - Survivor Meetings

by Baby Noor » Fri Nov 09, 2012 10:52 am

OK then my reaction would be maybe think about devising tough ground rules with input from a psychiatrist particularly about any type of touching, hand holding etc. And opportunities for people to express ANY concerns they may have freely and without fear of being shunned or disapproved of by the group. There are weaker personalities and stronger personalities and it's important to make sure they compliment each other and do not both take the unhealthiest course i.e. the strong dominate and the weak are dominated.

This is just based on what I experienced and went through.

Noor
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