Posted by AKC on July 12, 2001, at 6:27:03
In reply to Re: Dealing with particular posters, posted by Dr. Bob on July 11, 2001, at 23:43:55
Emotionally, I am doing a lot better of late - but that doesn't mean that I am there yet - I still lack a lot of coping skills. When I found these boards a month or so ago, I thought, great, a place I could get some support and some answers. What has happened with this particular poster is that when he posts, it makes me feel "unheard" - and wonder why I even bother. You speak of wanting people to feel "free to post." When I take some time to put my thoughts out there - to post a concern or a question - I am taking a risk. This particular poster seems to answer every post in Psycho-Babble - many times with a paste from some medical site or whatever - nothing personal. And this last response - I don't know - it just came across to me like he doesn't expect me to be able to get up to my and my doctor's goal of 200 mg of the med - like he is waiting for me to fail or something and will get great pleasure from it. I know - talk about paranoid, but something about him and his style of posting - this response really upset me. And I am the one who ends up not feeling very "free to post" (even if it is just a misperception, it still is my perception).
My last two posts in Psycho-Babble have been very specific - I am really looking for people's experience, strength and hope with particular meds (good AA lingo I know). His responses are nothing like this. And these responses don't make it very freeing for me to post - it is very hard to not read a response to my own post. Trust me - I don't read his responses anymore to anyone elses posts. I quit doing that weeks ago. I just thought this would be one way to find a way I could feel comfortable to keep posting on Psycho-Babble and not be attacking of this poster.
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