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Sep 19, 2010, 04:30 PM
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Member Since: Aug 2009
Location: Fringes of the bell-shaped curve
Posts: 779
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   Hello, PTK. I'm so sorry to hear about all that you are dealing with at present, and I know that you must be absolutely emotionally raw right now. But, I'm glad to see that so many of our other PC Family members are here to support you, and to provide whatever comfort and consolation that they can.
I know you haven't been here long, PTK, so I hope you and other newcomers to PC will find these comments helpful. Just as all PC members, PTK, you are perfectly free to start your own threads to express your feelings and seek support from and dialogue with other members relevant to your issues and the topics that you wish to discuss. However, it is not consistent with PC Forums policies to attempt to adversely influence some members' perception of and behavior towards other members.
Responses to other members' threads should be addressed to the thread-starter, not other responders, and relevant to the topic designated by that thread-starter. When you change the focus and intent of a person's thread in your response and subsequently engage in dialogues directly with other responders in that person's thread, you are in essence taking over the thread and making it about your situation and the topics you/they wish to discuss; this is known as “hijacking the thread.
Also, it is not consistent with PC Forums policies to quote out of context and without the author's permission any statement made by another member in another thread or anywhere else.
I think it would be beneficial at this point for everyone to take a deep breath and step back a bit. The exchanges in this thread and those in a related thread started by another member are only serving to create animosity among members and to divide members into armed camps. This is not consistent with the intent of the PC Forums which is to provide a safe haven for everyone to discuss their various issues with empathetic others, and to receive positive support from others in dealing with those issues.
We all are susceptible to being triggered by others and capable of triggering others, so we must do our best to be mutually-respectful, considerate, and patient in our dealings with one another.
Please take very gentle care of yourself, PTK, and make sure you are getting the appropriate support you need both here at PC and in your daily life – and that goes for everyone here, as well. lynn09
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"I walked a mile with Pleasure; she chattered all the way, But left me none the wiser for all she had to say. I walked a mile with Sorrow and ne'er a word said she; But oh, the things I learned from her when Sorrow walked with me!"
(Robert Browning Hamilton; "Along The Road")
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