Re: Starting up suppor t groups

[Guest guest]

Nadine, I am not optimistic about the possibility of support groups

in Europe. It just doesn't seem to be done. The few support groups

I have heard of here in France seemed to be very dysfunctional. I

think it is a cultural problem. Maybe it isn't that way in Denmark,

good luck.

On the other hand, when I have just started talking about problems

with friends (not co-workers who could use it against me), I have had

a very good reception. They are glad to be able to talk about their

own experiences, and it seems almost everybody has a BPD somewhere in

their family.

- Dan

[Guest guest]

Dan,

I hope you're wrong, we'll see. I was part of an interesting women's

group in England. Well, the women in it were fantastic but the

therapist was a control freak...some sort of PD I'm sure. Hmm, well

that makes it dysfunctional, doesn't it? All I can do is try because

Dnaish people are even more reserved than the English and so no

personal conversations are going to be happening anytime soon.

Besides, I'm good at banging my head against walls to see what

happens. A gift from nada.

Nadine

>

> Nadine, I am not optimistic about the possibility of support

groups

> in Europe. It just doesn't seem to be done. The few support

groups

> I have heard of here in France seemed to be very dysfunctional. I

> think it is a cultural problem. Maybe it isn't that way in

Denmark,

> good luck.

>

> On the other hand, when I have just started talking about problems

> with friends (not co-workers who could use it against me), I have

had

> a very good reception. They are glad to be able to talk about

their

> own experiences, and it seems almost everybody has a BPD somewhere

in

> their family.

>

> - Dan

[Guest guest]

Jana you truly are the link queen. Nothing available at the moment,

but could possibly use it as a resource to try and start something.

Thanks.

Nadine

> Have you tried www.meetup.com?- jana

[Guest guest]

Nadine,

If you find a group or start one let me know how you did it.

Our local Baha'i Faith community had a " My Home " workshop last year,

which works like a group for couples. We learned about the crucial

importance of consultation within a couple, and it quickly became

apparent that that was lacking between me and my wife. My wife

couldn't comprehend the concept of consultation. We even tried

communicating exclusively in French for a week, to see if our

different regional versions of American English was a problem. It

didn't make any difference. I came out of the group more frustrated

than I went in.

- Dan