Posted by alexandra_k on September 16, 2006, at 8:32:06
In reply to Re: internet, manu. of madness- anorexia {trigger}, posted by Jost on September 15, 2006, at 17:55:42
Thanks for the discussion :-)
I found it really interesting. I hadn't thought of some of those points.I have wondered about how much posting to Babble keeps me thinking of myself (my identity or identities) as mentally ill. In some sense... I identify quite strongly. I mean... I don't tell (very many) people IRL. But I tell a couple. Not my precise history... But I've met a couple people who have experience of depression and I've said I understood and we kind of... Look out for each other a little, I guess. Kind of know to take special care. Have a sort of shared sense of identity, perhaps.
I wonder how much posting here... Really thinking of myself as mentally ill... Keeps me back from moving beyond. Usually the feeling doesn't last long though and I realise that I DO have a bit of a hard time IRL sometimes. And I think mostly... Posting here helps.
Some boards I've posted at... There are a number of people with a certain theoretic orientation... Or with trauma or abuse issues... I can find that hard sometimes. I mean... Sometimes it helps me to talk about that kind of stuff. But if trauma / abuse survivor becomes part of your identity... Dammit that can be a hard one. Thinking of yourself in that way... I'm fairly sure that in my experience (I wouldn't talk for anyone else) but in my experience overly focusing on it makes the ruminations memories etc that much worse.
I don't know.
Most things are a mixed blessing, I guess.
I guess they are focused on the sites where people actively encourage each other along...
But you know... I'm sure that if we went back in time when homosexuality was considered a mental disorder... Gay support groups probably had the same rap. I don't know... Hard to say...
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