I'm really glad you posted this Paolo. I hope you don't mind if I bring over something you've said in another thread, relating to TheFraj :
Think of it this way - if seeing you on television or hearing you on the radio (and that goes for everyone else in the Eunuchs BBC video too!) causes even ONE person to NOT harm themselves, to NOT do something stupid, or even prevents them from stepping out in front of a speeding bus, then it has all been worth it.
I'm putting it here too because I think it's such an important point you've made.
I think TheFraj and Z both represented their situations (and their communities) extremely well and, hopefully, enlightened some people and gave great confidence to others.
In the This Morning interview TheFraj made the point that there were thousands of members here but also many thousands of others who read the boards but don't feel confident enough to register. An excellent point.
I know I'm coming from a slightly different perspective but I can honestly relate to your comments regarding stopping someone doing harm to themselves or even worse.
That terrible lonely road when you feel like you are the only one travelling it, that possibly dangerous route of either self-medication or self-surgery, the almost total lack of reliable information, that belief that NO-ONE else out there is going through what you are.
It isn't true of course, many of us are going down similar roads, not the same but definitely similar, and sometimes I think we're our own worst enemies because it's so hard to come out and be open about it thus the cycle of ignorance continues as does the cycle of secrecy and shame.
Seeing people such as Roger and Z definitely gives me encouragement and hope and I'm absolutely sure there are many, many people who've read about the documentary on here, seen the This Morning interview etc. without ever daring to register. All those people will now feel less isolated.
No-one can represent EVERYONE in ANY community but Roger and Z have done the most important thing of all ... they've brought it out into the open, made it something that doesn't have to be hidden in a corner and probably made many people feel much less alone.
I congratulate anyone for being brave enough to do that.
