Groups in my life help me meet myself. In my family, my father died early and everything that my mother was not ready for before the birth of her children unfolded in triple size. My mother needed support, so I had to rely on myself. The first tangible support was school - the teachers noticed my successes, and the opportunity to express myself appeared. At school I was busy from morning to evening, participating in all events. It gave me a sense of being. Not all groups in my life were so accepting. The first psychological group happened at the age of 26 and it was a revolution for me: it turns out that you can be seen and accepted not only for your achievements, but also simply because I exist and I see others. Seeing others is the most important thing in the group. And how I see them. I saw them in different ways and showed them with my feedback. I worked in the school team for a long time, Oh, there is such diversity to manifest and observe! Sometimes I regret why I stayed at school for so long, but I completely satisfied my need to be taken away from all sides and listen to a lot of different things about myself) I love groups that are open even more. New people as an opportunity to again discover something else in yourself and in your idea of ​​people. Surprise is what I love to experience. Curiosity, admiration, empathy... Anger is a marker of what I do not accept in myself and in others. And anger is like a compass – where to go next, or where to leave. I began to bolderly leave groups where I was stuck in one state and bogged down. I give myself time to understand - this is definitely useful for me now - and move on. With a group or in a new direction. And what I’m trying to develop more and more in myself is to give feedback, more in the form of support: I see you like this and that’s good. Recently, a guy in one of the groups showed up in his sincere emotional outburst , but since he was a newcomer, he did not match the pace of the group. I regret that I missed the moment and did not support him at the end of the group in his breakthrough. The group is a responsibility to each other, to notice each other. That’s how it is for me) Perhaps my school background has that effect.