Posted by notfred on December 24, 2006, at 13:14:34
In reply to Re: Restate - *Trigger* » Maxime, posted by Farkus on December 24, 2006, at 11:26:36
" I admit I am more upset by "threats" - especially those that that imply suicide to be the consequences of the content/action/support gotten or NOT gotten from other posters or Adm. "
I agree. It is called manipulative behavior.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manipulation
In a psychological context, manipulation means to influence a person or a group of people in such a way that the manipulator tries to get what he or she wants or makes a person believe something in a calculating, indirect and somewhat dishonest way. Like indoctrination, it is a form of psychological abuse.
For example, a manipulator will
* use arguments that the manipulator does not believe in himself
* use of false reasoning as with fallacies and paralogisms
* withhold or distort relevant information,
* provide false information (disinformation)
* "play" on the emotions (fear, hope, love...) of the person.
* physically move the person, like a puppet
I do not have a problem with people posting about
suicidal ideation. I am conserned that the frequency at which this topic comes up will cause
others to ignore all posts on this subject. I would suspect people do stop coming here when the treats of sucide increase. Moreso if there is manipulative behavior.
poster:notfred
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