Posted by NikkiT2 on January 30, 2001, at 12:17:03
In reply to Re: The article - power differential, posted by anna78 on January 30, 2001, at 11:53:13
I think you have confused the issue entirely here. Since when has Dr Bob acted as therapist to *any* of us. Infact, I've never seen him post advice on medical issues to anyone.
He is simply a doctor, who having noticed that a medium such as this can be helpful, he has provided US with an area WE can use.
If YOU don't like it, no one makes you post. It is NOT therapy, in that you're told to return each week / month. here it is an open space, like a park wall, that you can visit and leave messages if you wish. If you don't wish to, it really doesn't matter, as no one is expecting you, or will notice if you haven't. Dr Bob does not invite people to come here, we all just stumble upon it in our own little ways.
It is known here that Dr Bob would use this for his own uses, eg writing papers, as it virtually says so. I am not the most intelligent person in thw world, but the phrase ". Submitting a message gives me permission to use it as I wish" makes me think that he might write papers or something about stuff here.
Your points would be perfectly valid if this were a private place in the great big mall known the the "net", if it were passworded for example, and the only people posting were people invited to use it a group therapy kind of a way. But it isn't. Anyone with access to a pc can come here and read what they want, post what they want, and use it in any way they want to. How mnay of us may not have actualy mental health problems, but just get a kick out of posting an dtrying to get a reaction?? How many of us might ust get a kick out of igving people advice - whether true or not... You don't know this, because of the sort of medium it is.
OK, so you were upset that Dr Bob deigned to write an article without personally informing you. Thats life I'm afraid. I'm pretty sure this site has been reviewed in magazines the world over and we've not been told about it. I know other sites I visit have been, and I've always felt quite proud that I am associated with a site like that.
And yes, I owe Dr Bob alot really. Without this site I would never have found some wonderful people I now have as friends, whom I love and care about,and whom (I think!!) love me and care about me. Call me a suck up if you wish, but I am fed up of people thinking Dr Bob owes THEM something, when in fact, he is providing US with a service.
I could say alot more, but it would certainly get me banned.
Nikki
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