Posted by Pfinstegg on March 19, 2004, at 17:25:43
In reply to Re: thanks, posted by Dr. Bob on March 19, 2004, at 13:15:48
You're welcome! To me. this thread is a good example of a good thread! Various people, including me, got to express their true feelings, which in turn encouraged other people to express what they were really feeling. And there were strong differences of experience, opinion and feeling. If we don't have that spontaneity and realness, it can get really boring here.
It's been my experience here over the past year that, almost without exception, people do not hurt one another on these boards. They educate, trust and support one another, and self-correct if they do go over the line briefly and hurt someone. The person who has done that may need to hear reactions from others to know they have done so, but then they seem to just naturally try to understand the other person's point of view, and will often apologize. I think you can count on people with disorders of "affect regulation", which all of us here have in one form or another, to be very empathic and sensitive in this regard.
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