And another thought about some people who post on forums like this and are not trolls:

There are some people who will post repeatedly on a specific topic, and then ignore all of the responses that many of us see as the most useful. Rather like that brilliant tarot card reading. They're not trolls, and they're not necessarily just posting for the attention -- many of them have another issue, often that whole "I'll ignore anyone who doesn't support that I'm blameless and everyone else has to change" thing, but sometimes it's as simple as compulsive perseverating (if that's not redundant) That sort of perseveration can come from organic brain damage, certain types of anxiety disorders, OCD like problems, etc. It doesn't mean that the person in question is faking anything, and it certainly ain't on accounta they're trying to upset anyone, it's just another one of the problems that can bring people to mental health forums in the first place.

And a last thought, which may be my last for the day: giving the advice or support is our choice, and it has to be done knowing that we may be sending it into a vacuum. If we aren't comfortable with that, or need some kind of proof that someone is going to follow our advice, maybe this ain't the right place for us? I know that I've offered up a lot of advice over the years on a couple of different boards, only to have the same person ask again and again for help wiht the same problems. Ignoring me, of course. It's frustrating, and it's rather maddening, but it's also par for the course. Sometimes I can ignore it, sometimes it's really under my skin -- but I have no control over how my advice is used, you know?

Sorry for the rambling. I habe a code.