Who do you turn to?

My online friends have been my biggest source of comfort lately. Not for quite the same reasons as you, because I do feel that my online friends know me very well. In fact, they know me better than most people I meet offline, because I open up more online. My partner usually isn't willing to talk about things that upset me, at least not lately. And I would never, ever talk to my family about anything, because they have been very harmful of me in the past. So it's down to friends, either online or offline, and the online ones seem to know me better.

Hey darling, long time no speak. Hope your ok. Yeah i think it is easier to speak to someone you dont really know due to the fact it is an unbiast view and they wont judge you on the subject. Also if it is something you cannot speak to other that you see daily about it is less embarasing etc.

After all this time...im always turning myself to my sister.

God. I normally pray, converse with Him and tell him all my troubles in prayer. Some manage to slip my mind and written in the internet, lol...

I turn to my parents first. If i can't solve it myself, I post many of my problems here in mylot. I know here there are lot of friends with varied ideas who can help me a lot

I would have to agree with you. I tend to really confide in people who have absolutely no bearing on my life. Why? Because in a way I feel like I don't have to worry about them. Plus I know that they will be more than likely to give me an honest opinion based on what they see versus trying to take my feelings into consideration. Sometimes you just need the raw truth.

My mother, my grandmother, my boyfriend, or my cats, it all depends on the problem.

I turn to friends as well. Here and friends from my local A.A. club for help when I need some good advice or kind words etc. My friends at the A.A. club are the best for being there when I have a problem of any kind. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~

When I have a problem, I will first talk to my boyfriend or my mom. But sometimes I will ask some advice to people here on mylot. There is always at least one person who had lived a similar problem as you and you can received really good advice.

My best friend, and a few other friends. We're seperated by miles, but we speak on the phone and the internet all the time. Usually my best friend. 'Cause we tell eachother everything, and I think she understands me completely. Few others really do. Our biases are similiar so it doesn't really matter lol.

It depends on the type of the problem. Some problems i can share with my family but sometimes there is a special kind of problems whose nature may require someone other than your partner to understand it and help you without being judgmental. Moreover, there are problems that are too complicated to share with anyone and those are really pain.

When I have a problem or a worry I usually turn to my partner. My family and I are not very close, that is why i would probabl not go to them. I do not have many friends as well, and the REAL ones I do have, I think that if I asked them for advice they would probably not wanna hurt me in any way so they would tell me something i would "want to hear". My partner on the other hand, is also considered my bestfriend, he is there for me at all times! I would turn to him because I feel that he wnts nothing more than to see me happy, even if things are tougher then ever! He also if not afraid to tell me things even if he knows they are going to hurt me because he knows that it is whats best for me and that I will be happy once everything works out and thank him for being there for me! Yeah, I also agree that when you ask people who dont neccessarily know advice they give good ones because they dont know you personally an say things from points of view you never even looked at, which is a good thing. Then you have many options for advice and try them all until you find the one that truelly works for you. you should turn to whom you feel most comfortable with even if it is someone on here who you dont know.. i think you should keep doing what you are doing and everything will work out. Hope that helped! bet of luck!

Hello dear... Well regarding to your problem, i would advise to that if you have problems or worries, of course u can rely it to your parents or maybe to some of your thoughtful friends. But to be true to yourself,just tell it to your parents. We all know that parents knows best for us, right?

To be completely honest i believe that each person situation is different. Where my brother may be the best person for me to turn to , other people may not have that reliability with thier siblings as i do mine. I guess it just comes down to who you feel you can trust.

When i have a problem i turn to my partner and parents for advice. I would then talk to persons who are expert in this issue and see what they have to say. After anylysing their responses i finally turn to god asking him to help me take the correct decision. I firmly believe that this helps in taking the right steps to the problem.

Hi fliffy555, I turn to my husband for answers or just a shoulder to vent on...Sometimes though he has heard it all and I turn to my friends on Mylot...I agree with you that we have honest opinions about others situations because we don't know them so well..I do like to get others responses because they are objective and it gives me a different perspective on my problem...I have had a few posts on personal problems and all the responses were very valuable to me...Someone actually told me to "get a grip"..It is the past and that I needed to move on...I appreciated that response very much...