Posted by misterB on August 14, 2000, at 1:37:45
In reply to Response to MrB, posted by shar on August 13, 2000, at 23:02:39
shar, I don't know if you just don't like me or what, but I am not lashing out at you. I am reflecting who I am as a person, because I have found that to be useful to others. I posted in this thread because I trust the people who started it. Please respect my effort.
The fact that I might be in the minority among people who post here does not diminish me as a person, or a community member, nor does it abrogate my responsibility to reflect my perspective.
I am working on an old 386 because it is cheap and disposable. It apparently does not allow me to post more than few paragraphs at a time, so I can't quote in full every post to which I reply. The text of the post to which I replied is but a mouse-click away. No deception intended on my part.
There has been plenty of theoretical information about the flaws of DSM nomenclature published by people more qualified than me. What i have tried to say in various posts is that I do not subscribe to the nomenclature. The nomenclature is theoretical, and can only be discussed as a theoretical description of subjective, yet biologically rooted feelings. My rejection of the nomenclature does not imply I don't share the experience. To imply otherwise rather demeams my experience.I have not said I do not endure many of the same conditions as others here. I have infrequently described my often dark feelings. My coping style does not include frequent emphasis of my feelings, but rather involves ambivilant acceptance of my feelings.
I expect support for my style, and find some of that here, along with some thinly-veiled abuse directed at me.
My primary purpose here is not disruption, yet any culture that precludes disruption precludes growth. I don't come here to hurt people. I get hurt here. I feel it is abusive of you to presume to explain my motivation rather than asking and trying to understand my explanation of my motive. I feel annoyed with your reply to my post in this thread, but that does not mean you annoy me. I own my annoyance toward you, and support th
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