Posted by shar on August 13, 2000, at 15:04:11
In reply to I could have told you Vincent..., posted by misterb on August 13, 2000, at 3:29:49
"I could have told you, Vincent, this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you."
>...........Beautiful song. One of my all time favorites. I admire your taste.
isn't ersatz concern, expressed as "get some help" another way of stigmatizing people? Isn't that just a rather sophisticated rendition of the insult "sicko"?
>...........On a message board designed for support and suggestions for people who post when they are having difficulties and/or reaching out? On a message board wherein people who respond may talk about their own depression, bi-polar, anxiety, meds, nightmares, daymares, therapy, emotional paralysis, obsessive-compulsive disorder, etc? No.
Is it okay (aka "civil") to stigmatize people who endure...depression if the person...is one who declines to accept the...diagnoses and medical description of those conditions?>..........I tried to simplify this sentence in order to understand it, but couldn't get there. The statement seems to assume that people on a mental health board who openly discuss their state of mind are stigmatizing someone for not feeling good?
> What if there really is something to be sad about for a long, long time?>..............I am sure there are an infinite number of things to be sad about for a long, long time.
Such as the direction of our culture, and the destruction of the environment?
>............Those could certainly be.
like constant artificial stimulation of the RAS?
>...........dkwrasi
what if these were real expressions of my legitimate feelings and concerns, and not just some effort to gain attention for psuedonymic character?
>...............I don't recall a lot of statements from you that announce your feelings and concerns (like, I feel completely sad and concerned about the direction of our culture). You already know what responses you will get from this board if you express genuine pain. People will try to help you, people will sympathize with your pain, people will give parallel examples, people will suggest you get help, people will give you advice, share similar experiences, etc. If that isn't what you want.....you probably need to say what you do want in response to your real expressions. If you don't want people to respond, you might consider saying so, because the point of this forum is to respond to posts in a supportive and helpful manner.
This world was probably never meant for one as sincere, concerned, intense and iconoclasitic as me.>..........probably true for you and the other 90 million sincere, concerned, intense, iconoclastic people who endure.
This is my party and I'll die if I want to, die if I want to.
>..........As you know, on this board people get very concerned when others talk about suicide. If you want no response, you are probably out of luck, as you know. You will probably end up getting what you say you don't want, caring sentiments from people who don't want you to die. That must be the ultimate annoyance.>.......By the way, I encourage you not to take your own life.
Shar
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