Posted by wendy b. on April 11, 2003, at 8:51:51
In reply to Re: message board jags » leeran, posted by Tabitha on April 11, 2003, at 3:20:21
> I forgot to say Hello and Welcome. I don't think we ever conversed before today did we?
Tabitha & Leeran:
I also send a welcome to Leeran! You seem like a literate type, & I mean that in a GOOD way! I appreciated your messages to Andy/Mambo - you seem like a truly generous person. Thank you for that... I know it's weird to be talking to people one doesn't really "know," but we have unique problems and equally unique ways of expressing them. So many people here are such interesting writers, and their personalities shine through like laser beams! In any case, the value of this board to me has always been (even if I get mad or bored or stifled, and go away for a while), the realization that there are many people who suffer from the same things I do, particularly depression. And so here, I don't feel so alone. The other major draw for me is: I don't have to figure out every damn thing by myself, especially where the meds are concerned... The wealth of knowledge, freely given by so many people, is remarkable.
> 'Candy coated popcorn, peanuts and a prize, that's what you get in CrackerJack.' I'd forgotten about that little ditty. May there be more peanuts, and 2 prizes per box, including tiny fake tattoos.I buy boxes of Crakerjack from time to time, Tabby, especially at the movies. And I'm always disappointed, as I always was as a kid, that there aren't more peanuts. The prizes, feh, you can't eat 'em anyway, so what's the point? Although I do have a flood of memories about applying the tattoos to the tops of my hands as a 7-year-old, and scrubbing them off later when they started peeling, now that you mention it...
> The posts do get awfully revealing here. I probably say as much here as I'd put in my journal or tell my therapist. Which is a little frightening, considering it's all archived, and Google-able. When I mention to real life people that I use an online support group, I'm careful to never identify it.Me either. But most of the time I think that I'd be fine with defending whatever I've said on the board, and in a way, I'm happy to let stuff stand "as is." MOST of the time, I said...
Best to you both, and have a wonderful Friday!
Wendy
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