Well, I’m not the only person who struggles with anxiety, much less mental illness in general, so while your advice may not apply to me it probably applies to someone else. Focusing all of the discussion of mental illness on the one mentally ill person who started the discussion is… well, not exactly what I started the discussion FOR. So, any advice you have is totally welcome and appreciated.
I guess that disclaimer was a bit of a cached reaction, since the main forum where I talk about mental illness issues is Tumblr, and I need to explain that I know I’m not omnecient on Tumblr, and can’t prescribe treatments better than the people it would effect, just suggest ideas.
I did catch the extra disclaimer that you are not to use cognitave therapy on other people without their consent or knowledge, because in lw I expect you already know that and I won’t get status from pointing out that people have, like, agency and stuff. You can’t just do things to people. Wow. So much friendship for hitting such a low bar of decency. All the applause lights. Ramble ramble ramble.
I sometimes think that LWers actually underestimate the help that individuals suggesting ideas can be. More than once, a friend has said something that made me think, “holy crap, I’ve approached this not just from the wrong angle, but the wrong freaking plane.” I also have noticed that suggestions without disclaimers tend to get downvoted here, so I suspect the cached reaction is a good cached reaction.
Well, I’m not the only person who struggles with anxiety, much less mental illness in general, so while your advice may not apply to me it probably applies to someone else. Focusing all of the discussion of mental illness on the one mentally ill person who started the discussion is… well, not exactly what I started the discussion FOR. So, any advice you have is totally welcome and appreciated.
I guess that disclaimer was a bit of a cached reaction, since the main forum where I talk about mental illness issues is Tumblr, and I need to explain that I know I’m not omnecient on Tumblr, and can’t prescribe treatments better than the people it would effect, just suggest ideas.
I did catch the extra disclaimer that you are not to use cognitave therapy on other people without their consent or knowledge, because in lw I expect you already know that and I won’t get status from pointing out that people have, like, agency and stuff. You can’t just do things to people. Wow. So much friendship for hitting such a low bar of decency. All the applause lights. Ramble ramble ramble.
I sometimes think that LWers actually underestimate the help that individuals suggesting ideas can be. More than once, a friend has said something that made me think, “holy crap, I’ve approached this not just from the wrong angle, but the wrong freaking plane.” I also have noticed that suggestions without disclaimers tend to get downvoted here, so I suspect the cached reaction is a good cached reaction.
Also, thanks for the giggle.