Posted by Muffled on November 21, 2007, at 14:18:33
I was thinking bout babble.
Bout good things and bad things and hard things.
One thing thats hard, is that so many of us wish to be supportive of others, but are not always able to do so. We just have too much of our own 'stuff' going on.
But what I have found, that when I can help others, that it in fact helps me just as much.
It reminds me of stuff I need to remember myownself, it brings me self esteem, it just feels good to be kind to others.
The bad thing of babble is that it does sometime unexpectedly trigger me, and I kindof go 'off' a bit, but I find I am handling these events better all the time. I think, on the whole, the babble administration has eased up on what seemed to me at one time(maybe only my perception at the time...?) to be rather despotic rule. There seems to be more gentlness/acceptance administratively here. However, should I be blocked...whatch me change my tune!!! and cuss Bob to all ends of the earth.
The other bad thing of babble is that it can get quite time consuming to the point that I am not getting things done that I should...
AND(to keep this on psych board!!!lol!) I HAVE found it to be a useful adjunct to my therapy process. My T beleives it to be a good thing too.
I have learned ALOT here. There are ALOT of very knowledgable people here.
I however take all I hear with a grain of salt, as this IS the internet....
Also, I am very careful, and beleive all should be, of revealing any personal info. I have seen it to be a problem several times in the time I have been here on babble :-(
The other fascinating thing of babble is that babblers actually have met each other IRL!!! That is SO COOL! Even the moderator(Bob) has met many babblers, and in fact babblers have supported his work that he does in actual APA conventions!!!! This is all so cool.
Guess the other thing I am a little leery of is b-mail, I do use it, but sparingly. I am of the beleif that within this community, for the most part, if there's anything I have to say, it can be said to all. That keeps it open, safe, and is imformative to others. Its just i have seen a few times of bmail troubles here as well...
The other fun and useful thing to me is chat. It can be kindof a minefield, but is a lot freer in many ways. Its been EXTREEMLY useful and effective for me as a distraction when I need it from doing other less lifegiving things....
So chat, with care, is good. But best to be careful there a bit to.
I also try to be extreemly careful, for the most part, to speak only of myself, so as to not inadvertantly divulge info about other babblers that they might not wish to be said/known/spread about etc. I think that can be a prob in b-mail as well.
I hope this comes across ok. These are things I have been thinking of as I have not been able to post alot, and yet still I get wonderful support from you guys when I do.
YOU BABBLERS are THE BEST!
Thank you.
Any body else got intersting babble stories to tell? Eg, has it been useful in T? In what way? Etc?
M
poster:Muffled
thread:796383
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