Posted by mair on June 17, 2001, at 22:03:25
In reply to Re: figure out which posts were mine, posted by Dr. Bob on June 15, 2001, at 0:23:53
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> "Even if it were your friend or your therapist?"
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> Maybe it would be okay for my therapist. I've started to talk to her more about this board recently and she hasn't suggested to me like she did last year, that this is an unhealthy place for me to be.My friends and spouse are a different story. Like some here have suggested, I don't think friends really want to be burdened by someone else's depression, and reading about the worst we can think or be would place a burden on them. I also think my husband couldn't handle it. It's this feeling I have that if he only knew how truly awful I can be, he'd be scared away. Obviously, too, I wouldn't want my teenage children perusing the internet to find out that their mother can be quite suicidal at times. I think this site allows us the freedom to display our depression at its worst; in its least manageable form. The people on this board understand that and understand that it's not all that you are - nothing you tell them is going to be something they haven't heard or felt before. I don't think you can reveal yourself to people who are close to you in quite the same way.
Mair
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