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Posted by javableue on May 14, 2006, at 8:48:08
I posted a thread yesterday (I think) and it occured to me how long it's been since I posted here. I've been reading, just haven't had anything to say (or that I dared say) for the longest time. I find this happens a lot, here and on the few other boards I post at. It isn't that I don't want to be involved, I just can't figure out how to do so consistently.
Any input?
jb
Posted by ClearSkies on May 14, 2006, at 9:24:13
In reply to Consistency, posted by javableue on May 14, 2006, at 8:48:08
I go through spells where I compose posts and just can't put them up there. Like, who wants to read any of my whimpers, when others have much more significant events going on?
Also I have reluctance in replying to some posts where my input won't really contribute anything except support. I'd rather have something helpful to say, especially when someone is looking for understanding.I just struggle through when I get like this. Sometimes it helps me just to write and write, even if I don't post. Eventually I get my nerve back and venture out there.
ClearSkies
Posted by Phillipa on May 14, 2006, at 12:55:34
In reply to Re: Consistency » javableue, posted by ClearSkies on May 14, 2006, at 9:24:13
Guess we're all different well we knew that anyway. Even If I know nothing about the subject I like to post at least to let someone know I have read about their problem and try to offer support. Love Phillipa
Posted by Deneb on May 14, 2006, at 16:09:34
In reply to Consistency, posted by javableue on May 14, 2006, at 8:48:08
Sometimes I read a post and then get back to it at a later time to post a reply. I let myself think about the post a while before I reply.
I think it's okay not to post all the time. I also think it's okay to post whatever is on your mind...even if it's silly or makes sense only to you. I find those posts very interesting. I like how you just posted about not being able to post all the time.
Deneb*
Posted by javableue on May 14, 2006, at 22:00:33
In reply to Re: Consistency » javableue, posted by ClearSkies on May 14, 2006, at 9:24:13
>I go through spells where I compose posts and just can't put them up there. Like, who wants to read any of my whimpers, when others have much more significant events going on?
Also I have reluctance in replying to some posts where my input won't really contribute anything except support. I'd rather have something helpful to say, especially when someone is looking for understanding.This happens a lot... or if I want to offer support, I daren't because I might not know the other poster all that feel and fear being intrusive... it becomes a vicious cycle at that point.
>I just struggle through when I get like this. Sometimes it helps me just to write and write, even if I don't post. Eventually I get my nerve back and venture out there.
I try that too. Makes me nervous sometimes, because on a board where I posted for a good five years, I always tended to stumble badly on my first post-break posts and elicit negative attention... not the best encouragement there! I can't imagine anything of that nature (at least to any serious degree) happening at Babble, but it still makes me gunshy about the whole thing.
jb
Posted by javableue on May 14, 2006, at 22:07:43
In reply to Re: Consistency » ClearSkies, posted by Phillipa on May 14, 2006, at 12:55:34
I do like that in theory but am far too much of a chickenwuss. I have a good deal of admiration for those who can.
jb
Posted by javableue on May 14, 2006, at 22:24:05
In reply to Re: Consistency » javableue, posted by Deneb on May 14, 2006, at 16:09:34
>I find those posts very interesting. I like how you just posted about not being able to post all the time.
It seems to be a trend lately. I started a recent therapy session with "Well, Dr. B, I don't know what to say to you today." (Okay, so I don't really call my therapist Dr. B... but I might if I addressed him as anything at all. It seems like the perfect balance between Dr. Lastname and Firstname.) Reminds me of sleep-deprived days in my Creative Writing class where, during our quick writes, I would generally spend half the time on how I didn't know what to write.
jb
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