Posted by mair on January 7, 2002, at 13:15:22
In reply to Re: new board? » Dr. Bob, posted by shellir on December 25, 2001, at 13:09:32
One of the problems posed by the notion of a new board is best demonstrated to me by the infrequencies of my visits to PBA. I've been mostly unaware of this thread. We can only disperse ourselves so far and it's getting increasingly difficult to keep up with 3 boards much less 4 or 5.
With regard to some of the suggestions - 1) it seems to me that most of the people on this board are somewhat treatment resistant or they wouldn't stick around as long as they do. I'm not sure what's gained by weeding out those who are not. Usually these are recent arrivals who need the kind of help and guidance that comes from those who have been around the bend, so to speak. When I am in between meds trials, I don't visit PB much, so my guess it that the vast majority of people there are either treatment resistant and looking for or in the process of trying something new, or people who are new to medications.
2) I'm not sure our lives bifurcate so neatly that the purely social and the psychotherapy related issues are distinct. I stay clear of the threads about Dr. Bob's numerous incarnations - these are pretty much the only threads that I see as solely social. For better or worse, our illnesses are so much a part of who we are that they tend to inform our social interactions too. I think there's alot of overlap, and alot of us might have trouble figuring out how to direct our posts if further delineation were required.
I've met tons of very interesting people here - I'm not sure that would be quite as easy if you further split the board.
IMHO
Mair
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