Posted by SLS on January 9, 2014, at 13:58:52
In reply to Re: Nice things to say about other people., posted by SLS on January 9, 2014, at 3:41:55
Dr. Robert Hsiung, AKA Dr. Bob, is mostly altruistic and caring. He is generous with his time and resources to provide the world-wide-web with a site dedicated to the mutual support and education of people who suffer from mental illness.
Dr. Bob is patient, tolerant, and resilient. He has demonstrated a dedication to his bounteous mission, even when he is pelted by a steady stream of odious and vulgar posted messages. It is an interesting phenomenon that Dr. Bob should attract such vitriolic treatment. It would make for a good psychosocial study.
Dr. Bob offers an opportunity to learn civil communication. While his presentations are not always perfect, I find that he provides enough examples to learn from. When some individuals elect to apply the doctor's suggestions, others can learn from them. It seems that people learn aspects of communication by witnessing the communicative behaviors of others. Improving my ability to communicate civilly with others has been one of the most important lessons I have learned on Psycho-Babble. I found that working to express myself more civilly required that I inspect what aspects of my psyche yielded uncivil communication in the first place. I was motivated to improve myself, so I focused on these aspects to resolve them. I feel healthier.
Most fascinatingly, I became a better person with a more balanced psyche as a direct result of learning and practicing civil communication under Dr. Bob's guidance. I became a more civil person only after I began to learn civil communication. Civil communication led to a more civil mind rather than the reverse. Pretty cool.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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