Posted by Dr. Bob on March 14, 2001, at 3:10:44
In reply to What DOES one do?, posted by Shar on March 12, 2001, at 22:12:54
> I was quite surprised that you, Dr. Bob, chose to reprimand the post that was "sarcastic." Jeeze, is the original post ok because it is "friendly" (ie, just trying to help) even given what it says?
Being friendly and trying to help I do think make a big difference...
> If you substitute race or sex for depression in that post, we would have people up in arms!
Hmm:
> > I believe that sex is a composite of unaddressed feelings... Exercise. Clean the house. Brush your teeth. Move do not give in to sex. 4. Pray and ask the God of your understanding toremove the fear, the anger, the resentment. Believe it or not God will remove sex...
:-)
> It seems to me the "sarcastic" response was funny and a worthy/appropriate response to the post. Did you, Dr. Bob, expect people here who are struggling with trying to drag themselves out of bed and fight the paralyzing depths of despair to Ignore the original post, Embrace It, Feel bad that they are such losers, Get Angry or what? The fairly modest sarcasm in the response you pointed to seems really mild to me, and in comparison, not worthy of a reprimand, and someone (maybe the moderator here?) needs to help the author understand a bit more about the stultifying impact of depression plus its chemical bases.
I understand what you're saying. But still. The main idea here is support and education, not being funny or even giving people what they deserve. Ignoring the post would've been fine. Getting angry, OK, but not *posting* something sarcastic; some just leads to more. Helping the author to understand, *that* would've been a nice response. :-)
Bob
PS: Now I feel I over-reacted myself in my above post to you, but you did post what you did, so I guess I'll let my response stand. But I do appreciate this second, more measured post.
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