Posted by shar on November 13, 2003, at 16:14:35
In reply to Kristen, posted by P on November 12, 2003, at 3:24:19
This is what it's like to be a member of a forum for people with mood disorders and how vulnerable we make ourselves.
We get burned.
It may not have been Kristen's mom, probably not, imo. Or maybe it was. We don't know. We just all experience our own reactions to the news. If it's not true, we get burned.
Waxing poetic for a moment, I understand how someone might want and need attention to post such a message anonymously. It stirs things up, it creates waves and ripples. And the thing is, it doesn't matter to the creator whether those waves and ripples hurt. What matters is the attention the creator gets.
I had high hopes for gal/Kristen. Maybe she did this maybe not, maybe she is no longer with us. It is P who wants, needs, craves, longs for attentions--in any form--which is almost as sad as losing one of our own.
P puts me in mind of the kid who kicks down the sand castle. Or pushes around the geeks in school. The point is not to make friends, but to get attention--any kind of attention--and the psyche that needs that is very sad indeed.
Shar
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