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Greetings..
What I've gained from my experience: Wariness of the online world in all its facets. I thought when I first got online that somehow I'd stumbled into a world that was much different that the 'real' one. I got the idea that people here were different, more accepting, and nicer in every way. What an innocent!
This world is just like the one I grew up in and live in. The same people are online as are offline. This is a microcosm of reality everything here is condensed. If it is difficult for you to relate to people offline, it will be the same online. It doesn't matter if they are vampires or Star Trek enthusiasts, the same problems will come up. The biggest difference here is that the 'new kid' phenomenon can run
through its phases much faster, or more slowly.
People in the vampire 'community' are, as a group, I think, generally more emotional and more inclined to take offense than in some other areas. I am not entirely certain of this theory because those subjects I have interest in are all somewhat volatile in nature in the outside world. Since I had no offline contacts with other vampires, indeed, I did not know such existed, I was unaware I would need to tread carefully. People, there be monsters here, monsters from the ID and they are us! I have been terribly 'burned' emotionally in several vampire groups. Perhaps I am a slow learner, because I had
continued to assume for some time it was THAT group in particular, or THOSE vampires over there that were manipulative and hurtful. Groups are made of individuals. Individuals live in the world, the whole world.
All you can do in any group is hope that it will suit you, that you will grow in it and perhaps be able to be of help to others. BUT, 'caveat emptor’ applies online as well as anyplace else, and if it looks too good to be true, it is. NOBODY, no ONE
PERSON nor group of people can 'fix' your life FOR you. NOBODY has all the answers to your questions but YOU, and nobody can find YOUR truth for you. You must do it yourself. Organizations and individuals can help you with this process, yes, but to depend upon them to solve your life for you is foolish, they cannot. You must retain a certain amount of detachment and skepticism always, in all things, in all places and question, question, question no matter how badly you need to believe. We leave the womb at birth. And we can never go back. It will always be scary and dangerous out. All anyone else can do for you is show you what they do to cope, not THE one right, true way. And nobody else can protect you from the world's hurts. In doing so, they are certain to maim you worse than the harm they claim to be able to shield you from. Your monsters are your own to battle, because they lie within you.
The best you can hope for is someone to reload for you now and again, perhaps to watch your back. So don't expect any 'community' to have all the answers or a monopoly on truth. I learned this the hard way.
Peace,
Deb, Pepper, Jauhara
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