Posted by Caslon540 on February 20, 2005, at 13:04:25
It sucks when you find it easiest to connect with people on the internet, and find boards like these helpful, but are restricted to providing only vague details about stuff you'd like to talk to about, for fear of being "found out" by family members that control your life (and then suffering the consequences). For instance, I have a family member that will sometimes email me posts from message boards (that he or she doesn't even know if I know exist) saying, "This sounds like you. Did you write this?" Luckily he or she has never identified any posts I have actually made on any message boards.
When I say "found out," I'm not talking about revealing personal information like names, addresses, employers, etc. or anything that could get someone in trouble legally; I'm talking about ME revealing types of feelings/problems I have that family members do not allow (like anything characteristic of mental illness). I hate having to be so vague here. Ugh I give up for now; this post is feeling pointless due to the level of ambiguity required to protect what control I have over my own life.
poster:Caslon540
thread:460829
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