Psycho-Babble Administration Thread 718865

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How can you » ClearSkies

Posted by tensor on January 3, 2007, at 10:25:50

In reply to Please be civil » mindevolution, posted by ClearSkies on January 3, 2007, at 9:28:41

>> the only cure for MENTAL illness is mental therapy. mental illness in in the mind not the brain, otherwise it would be called a disease like alzeihmer's or parkinsons.

>Please respect the views of others even if you think they're wrong. Please don’t post anything that could lead others to feel accused or put down.

What's uncivil with mindevolution's post?

 

Re: How can you » tensor

Posted by ClearSkies on January 3, 2007, at 10:39:32

In reply to How can you » ClearSkies, posted by tensor on January 3, 2007, at 9:44:53

> >> the only cure for MENTAL illness is mental therapy. mental illness in in the mind not the brain, otherwise it would be called a disease like alzeihmer's or parkinsons.
>
> >Please respect the views of others even if you think they're wrong. Please don’t post anything that could lead others to feel accused or put down.
>
> What's uncivil with mindevolution's post?

Sometimes it is more suitable to use I-statements to express an opinion. From the FAQ:

http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/faq.html#help-enforce

"It's fine to give others feedback as long as it's constructive. It tends to be more constructive if you put things in terms of what the other person might do better rather than what they did "wrong". And it tends to be more conducive to harmony to talk about how you feel than what someone else did, for example, to use an I-statement like "I feel put down by what you said" instead of a you-statement like "you're so arrogant". But don't just word the latter as the former, as in "I feel Dr. Bob has gone overboard". :-)"

ClearSkies, acting as deputy for Dr Bob

 

Re: What's uncivil

Posted by Dr. Bob on January 4, 2007, at 3:35:39

In reply to How can you » ClearSkies, posted by tensor on January 3, 2007, at 9:44:53

> > > the only cure for MENTAL illness is mental therapy.
>
> > Please respect the views of others even if you think they're wrong.
>
> What's uncivil with mindevolution's post?

Another way to look at it is, others here have other views about what can help with mental illness and it's not respectful of them to imply they're wrong.

Bob


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