Posted by Dinah on March 4, 2004, at 11:02:13
In reply to Re: Self injury board? - Dr. Bob » Dinah, posted by EmmyS on March 4, 2004, at 10:53:51
That's all true, but it's also true now because there are no rules against discussing SI now on the board. What I'm not sure of is whether a separate board would allow more or less protection than currently exists.
I definitely could see where Dr. Bob would want to have strict rules, such as the faith board has. The faith board has rules that state that the posts need to be not unsupportive of faith. An SI board could state that the goal was to encourage people to fight SI urges? I don't know.
I don't think it should be a restricted topic, but I do think the impact should be confined as much as possible.
On the other hand, the same thing is true of suicide discussions on board. And Dr. Bob hasn't kept us from discussing suicide (or self injury) and I don't really think he should, since this is a mental health board, and the ideas are there. If we don't mention them, they'd be the big pink elephant that everyone was ignoring.
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