Posted by fires on February 21, 2005, at 22:47:29
In reply to Re: Civility or censorship? I'm surprised » AuntieMel, posted by alexandra_k on February 21, 2005, at 16:10:04
> > Alexandra - I would have thought you and fires would hit it off - and I'm not being sarcastic.....
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> Actually I dare say that fires and myself got off to an exceptionally bad start. He quoted the DSM crieria for Borderline Personality Disorder and said 'In my opinion it would be hard to trust or communicate with someone who exhibits such severe symptoms as these' or something similar.
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> As someone who has been diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder it seems that fires would find it very hard to trust or communicate with me. That was his preconception at the start of the conversation, and perhaps you can see why the conversation progressively deteriorated.
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> And now that I know he expresses what he considers 'facts' as 'opinions' in an attempt to avoid blockings I am all the more indignant.
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> But compassion, empathy, kindness, and faith in others intentions are not matters of logic. I hope that I never let logic get in the way of those things. I have little tolerance for people who do.
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> > But the general consensus is that the psychology board is for support only and no debate is allowed.
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> ??? I have seen some debate on the psychology board. Worthwhile debate. I don't think that it is all that appropriate to post things to the effect that recovered memories are ALWAYS therapist induced, or that therapy is ALWAYS a sham, however.
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> Whether it be taken to be *fact* or mere *opinion* it is extremely invalidating of others experiences. It does not take them into account at all. If one wants to question these things then I don't see that that is necessarily a problem - but one should be very careful to do it in a SUPPORTIVE and COMPASSIONATE way.
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> Something that is beyond logic.
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>You didn't mention that at the time I was on the receiving end of numerous rhetorical questions from "MPD" patient(s) whom I still believe were posting using multiple "handles". "
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