Posted by myco on April 6, 2009, at 17:22:36
In reply to Re: loosening up, posted by Dr. Bob on April 6, 2009, at 16:34:16
You are correct here Bob. I encourage manic to post jokes because he enjoys it and it helps him open up and post more. We all needs ways to practice therapy...and this board should be an environment in which we can. It's a "safe place"...no one can see you. It can serve as a good starting point to learn to reinterpret what people say without having to look them in the eye...a step before real life communication?
Again...yes I agree with you. There has to a balance for sure. I am partly in the wrong absolutely...I can go overboard or overshoot...I myself am practicing being more social and open and interpreting things different etc. We are all working out our own issues. I will meet you halfway Bob. I will tone down jokes I post...I still think people should have the option (via a warning in the subject line) to open or not but like I told you earlier...I can agree to disagree. Case closed man. Thank you for being forward and cooperative on this issue.
I hope everyone will be aware that this can be an issue and make proper adjustments to neither offend or be offended as easily. We are all different in personality.
myco
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> If you want to share a joke with manic, you can send him a Babblemail and no one else will feel offended. If you post it, a subject line that alerts others to the content does help.
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> How do you decide whether someone else should loosen up or you should be more uptight? I can see that it would be nice always to be able to post freely and to have others accommodate you!
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> Bob
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