Bear with me, I'm really trying to find your initial meaning here... in the use of "psychotic break" that you are "taking" does this mean you are returning to hospital? (as your reference to having done so in the past alludes to) Is it that you are on the edge of a bad place, and need to break away from it all, including psych central?

I do understand your frustration with the "site" and your trying to figure out why so many members act as though it were... real? What happens here, imo, is not "just" virtual... it's a little studied phenomena. For many, it's family, it's "owned" or at least "possessed" by members, and is something to keep safe from harm and fear.

I know you're new (yet don't wish to be denigrated for that) and indeed there is no fault for being new. Any reference I make to that effect is because those of us who have been in this realm a long time realize that these bumps - or burbs - in the life of psychcentral are customary and expected. It doesn't make them enjoyable, but knowing this too shall pass, helps limit the temporary frustration.

feel better.