Posted by Dr. Bob on December 6, 2013, at 1:49:26
In reply to Re: why one should have to learn this » Dinah, posted by Partlycloudy on December 5, 2013, at 14:40:09
> I suppose I stick around even now for lingering affection for that place and that moderator, despite my disappointment.
I'm glad you're still around. I feel affection for you, too.
> > sometimes it's not other people, it's life. Has anyone here not had to deal with sh*t?
>
> Yes, and so I do.> Apparently this has changed from a place with a moderator who did not tolerate sh*t being thrown at others to a place with a therapist-in-chief who sees his mission as teaching people to shield themselves against sh*t being thrown *on his own website*.
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> Dinah> Same here. It's tied in to that feeling of safety, which has long gone.
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> PCI can think of a few different ways to be safe:
1. Find a place where there isn't any sh*t.
2. Find someone to shield you. That was the old model here, and I'm still open to a Refuge board:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20130702/msgs/1046456.html
but there hasn't been much interest.
3. Learn to shield yourself. My idea isn't actually for me to teach posters. It's for posters to teach each other:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20130903/msgs/1055165.html
Bob
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