Posted by zazenduckie on January 24, 2007, at 16:39:13
In reply to what about blocks resulting in PTSD...possible? » zazenduckie, posted by zenhussy on January 24, 2007, at 13:35:20
I think so.
Don't people say Babble saved their lives and was a lifeline , a family etc? The loss of a safe haven and a community would be pretty traumatic I think. I think many people effected by Katrina could testify to the devastating effect of loss of community.
Perhaps complex PTSD since blocking is usually a series of events rather than a single event. As well as blocks of an individual it would be terribly stressful to see others blocked. I think Bob underestimates this factor. Witnessing trauma causes PTSD as well as experiencing personally. And the helplessness...the absolute helplessness to control the blocking. How many years of archives of people protesting the loss of people they cared about and to what effect? All the power belongs to Bob. And he asks people to trust him rather than giving them power to influence the rules.
I don't understand the rules. I know some people say they do. But some don't. Those who don't are in an impossible situation when Bob overrides their own knowledge of what their post is meant to say. They are powerless even to define the meaning of their own posts.
There is no way to influence whether or not a poster is blocked. It is not predictable. Sometimes people are blocked sometimes they aren't-for exactly the same action.
Complex PTSD features a tendency towards re-victimisation and people do return year after year some of them even after very painful experiences here...and every time the block is longer and so presumably the trauma is even more severe. Maybe it is this more than an internet addiction.
I don't know. This is just speculation. I know you know a lot more than I do about PTSD. What do you think?
Experiencing trauma, the loss of friends , family, community, witnessing the trauma of others, being powerless to control what is happening....yep sounds like PTSD to me.
> how does that affect the person's Internet addiction? whether or not they had PTSD before the addiction or after? or do you think it matters when?
I really don't know. I guess if the addiction was a way to cope with the PTSD it would get worse after the block. On the other side I guess someone with a preexisting addiction might be more likely to become involved enough in Babble to develop a relationship that would result in trauma if it was disrupted.Thanks for taking me seriously and answering my post!
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