Ich habe den Link kürzlich gefunden https://www.zentrumselbsthilfe.ch/ und habe gesehen, dass es viele Gruppen zu mehreren Themen gibt. Ich bin mir nicht sicher, ob es hilft, über etwas zu reden, oder ob es besser ist, nicht von Leuten umgeben zu sein, die das gleiche Problem haben.
Hat jemand eine dieser Gruppen besucht? Welche Erfahrungen haben Sie gemacht?
Anyone has experience with Selbsthilfe Gruppen?
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I was in two such groups… one was for divorced fathers and the other one for autists.
Divorced fathers:
A bunch of older men, most where openly hating their ex partner and main topic was how to make the life of the ex partner miserable with the least amount of effort…. i was there exactly once. Never again.
Not the enviroment i would call supportive… atleast not in the way i would call acceptable.
Autism:
Was more or less ok, nice people there. Not a lot of them. To get there was to much for me… financially and also timewise (Public Transport, 20.-… which is half a week of food for me since i am below the existencial minimum. And nearly one hour to get there… another to get back, usually in full buses and trains.)
How such groups can help, with perspective or to see that there are people in similar situations.
Besides that it allows to have contact to people in a similar situation. Theorethically that can help too.
(Not meant in a deprecating way towards myself… i am to autistic to make use of such things. I prefer not to compare my situation to similar ones that does not help me get out of it, pragmatically spoken.)
It depends on yourself, if you are able to take positives out of such groups. I would say, try it. Afterwards you will know a bit more about it.
It’s not exactly a Selbsthilfegruppe, but I was in a general Group Therapy.
Honestly, really good experience. Helped me a lot. We gave each other tips and collective wisdom. But even just the feeling of being heard did a lot for me. There are people who are more engaged, and others that are less engaged, and it’s all fine. You don’t have to contribute much. It’s optional. Just to show up and be there was helpful initially.
Now these are people with different problems. Most were depressed though. But since all had different lives and history, it wasn’t all the same among those with the same problems still.
I’m sure you can try it out and if you feel like you get nothing from it, leave it be. I really recommend trying though.