Posted by capricorn on October 16, 2006, at 23:13:00
In reply to Blocks, hurt, and sociopaths, posted by notfred on October 6, 2006, at 0:51:35
> > Some people might not feel hurt by a block because:
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> > - They were ready for a Babble break
> > - They wanted to be blocked (to do more IRL). I guess this is related to the first point.
> > - They think they deserved the block.
> > - They knew they were going to be blocked for what they said, but they posted it anyway.
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> Some people are mostly providers of information and support. They may have developed support systems and friendships IRL. They do not stand to loose much if blocked, one could say Babble is the one that looses if they are blocked. (Cam, Lar)
> Support comes in many forms & does not mean always agreeing, de facto, with what others say. The wise man does not surround himself only with people who agree with him all them time.
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> Some may feel strongly that some truths must be said and accept the consequences of their actions.
> We do not call whisle blowers sociopaths. Nor is it fair to call anyone a sociopath because they do not have the same emotional reactions as others.
> It is ironic that this happens on a MI board. Where else is there a great variety of different
> feelings and emotional responses ?
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> Sociopath is a very hurtful word and it seems ironic to see it used to describe others in the context of describing how you feel others actions have hurt you and the hurt you feel.
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>I have an emotional dyregulation problem.I also tend to post a lot of useful information to a number of forums.Unfortunately from time to time i lose the plot big time. It's part of my symptom profile. It's funny how some symptoms are more acceptable than others even though none of us get to choose the symptoms we have.
You never get to see someone blocked or banned from a forum(not specifically Babble)for being depressed and yet depression is no more or less a valid symptom than emotional volatility.Much is rightly made about dicrimination and mental illness but it is beyond an reasonable intellectual debate that a form of apartheid occurs when it comes to the tolerance shown to some symptoms/behaviours of mental illness over others.
It is one reason i have an ambivalent view of all mental health forums. It's in my altruistic nature to try and help but i am very wary of mh forums because of the invariably negative response i receive when ironically i need the most support because i am struggling the most with the kind of things that make me mentally ill.
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