Posted by Dr. Bob on July 3, 2014, at 1:43:44
Hi, everyone,
I'm hearing a few common themes:
* Not feeling validated or wanted. Feeling like a pariah, or like dog poop. Feeling judged and rejected. Feeling alone.
* Preferring self-censorship to conflict.
On the one hand, everyone doesn't have to eat at the same table. I'd just like no one to have to eat alone. OTOH, everyone seems to qualify for the doesn't-feel-validated table.
Bob
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> I don't feel validated or wanted on this board.
>
> I really feel I don't fit in with the culture of this board. I would rather censor myself than insult anyone else or cause a misunderstanding.> See ya elsewhere.
> I became the pariah of my peers. When I would ask to join a table to eat with them, they'd agree. Then one by one, they'd leave, until I was alone. Every meal. ... I felt like Typhoid Mary
>
> I feel like dog poop that I have put both shoes into. And I wear them every day.
>
> PC> church voted me out of membership with my name up on a big screen,, followed by the words, "Conduct Unbecoming a Child of God."
>
> sassyfrancesca> I read this post as saying I was responding in a way that was not respectful to my therapist, which seemed to be a negative judgement on me.
> I am clearly a horrible, selfish, self centered person.
> Clearly I was uncivil to Lou
>
> However, I have explained my intent and my regret before, and it is clearly not sufficient to atone for my poor behavior.
>
> Therefore, I am blocking myself from Babble for one year.
>
> Dinaha brilliant and reticent Web mastermind -- The New York Times
backpedals well -- PartlyCloudy
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