Posted by Noa on February 25, 2000, at 15:56:30
In reply to Re: magic pill -- NOT...books adieu..(very long), posted by dj on February 25, 2000, at 12:25:12
Sorry to see you go, DJ, but I have to reply honestly about receiving your departing post. Let's begin with:
>they are not willing to tackle the core issues and stay focused and obssessing on the symptoms and NOT the cause.
DJ, I found the above to be presumptuous and insulting. How do you know this about us? This is a psychopharm bulletin board, afterall. It doesn't mean what we write here covers the entirety of our beings and what we work on in ourselves.
> since I've used multiple conventional and non-conventional.....I feel much, much better.That is good that you have found a system that helps you feel better and balanced.
> I'll leave you with some book references which I've found enlightening, from my shelves, for any who are interested in widening their perspective and perhaps putting a little poetry.literature and learning rather than pharmacy into their lives:To me, this sounds a bit grandiose and condescending, DJ.
> "Author of seventeen published books....................................................................................................interests include media and learning."
DJ, frankly, this sounds like we are all sitting at a testimonial, or perhaps you are his publicist?
> And to end I will leave you with an abridged version of Ulysses:Ok, over the top. You are coming across to me as if you feel yourself to be the great wise one on his death bed, and we, your wee bereft children, begging for pearls of your enlightened wisdom. Or perhaps the Prophet leaving his wretched, unenlightened flock in the wilderness as you ascend the holy mountain....
Your thinking comes across as grandiose and black and white. Having read your post, I feel irritated and insulted and thoroughly misunderstood.
I hate to bring up a sore subject, but remember Phillip Marx? Well, your writing is certainly more coherent, and the content focus is obviously very different, but the grandiose tone? Well.....
I guess I'll end by considering the possibility that you didn't mean to come across this way and when rereading your post you will be able to recognize how it did.
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