Posted by Dinah on June 29, 2004, at 15:41:41
In reply to Indirect messages are as hurtful to me., posted by shadows721 on June 29, 2004, at 11:22:17
I agree with you entirely. However, I fear we've hit a brick wall here and pounding our heads on it further will only hurt *us*. At least I have found that true in the past when Dr. Bob has decided on a viewpoint.
I don't understand this one *at all*, and I can only imagine that it is a result of some professional blindness (as a most charitable conclusion) on Dr. Bob's part. Perhaps he's so used to sitting around with other professionals and discussing clients impersonally that he isn't able to grasp the difference between a clinical discussion among peers and the same discussion among non-professionals on a site that *we* at least feel is primarily for support. Or perhaps Dr. Bob's view of Babble is a bit different from ours, and the supportive nature of Psychological Babble is a bit different than his vision of what it should be. Maybe he envisions it more along the lines of the medication board? And doesn't understand the difference between medication and chemical compositions and side effects and the therapy board and relationships and philosophy.
All of which is just speculation as I try to make Dr. Bob's stance palatable enough for me to be able to continue to post.
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