Posted by Nikkit2 on June 14, 2005, at 4:20:53
In reply to Re: other peer support sites, posted by Dr. Bob on June 14, 2005, at 3:29:13
Now, I'm not saying the other boards run better, I'm just giving this alternate view point.
Maybe its because the other boards are generally based around the Therapeutic Community Model, and are used by people who are familiar with that. And also, the people there are there in order to heal themseves, in order to fight towards being well. I think the majority of people here are doing that, but I also believe there are a number who aren't striving towards that goal. Its much more about support than education - eg, the advice that is given here, alot of the time wouldn't be allowed on the boards I am talking about (eg, someone couldn't say drug x is better than y though they could say "I got better results from drug x than y.. though, some of the TC's involved you have to be entirely medication free)
maybe, because these other boards do have fairly strict guidelines (one example, if you have the urge to self harm you may write about it, but if you DO self harm and write about it, you get a 24 hour block from the site) people know exactly what the boundries are.. where as here, s you have shown a certain amount of flexbility and leniacy over the years, people feel more able to question you - though maybe they don't realise the pain they cause to other posters.
Plus, another aspect I'd not though about, in about 75% of the boards, the posters do actually know the doctors involved in real time, so maybe that makes it harder to rebel against them.
Also, finally, at the other boards it much easier to simply get rid of trouble makers that cause pain to others regularly. After a number of warnings, the group, as a whole, can vote the distruptive member out.
But, ofcourse, they are much smaller groups.
Nikki
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