Sky, I think you're onto something... And thanks for the tissue.

I forgot something else I wanted to add above:

Some days, I'm just feeling grumpy, and nasty, and short tempered -- and it comes out in my posts. Maybe I'm just being childish when I post, maybe something's triggered an irrational place inside me, or maybe I'm just p-ed off at someone's attitude. Bottom line is that sometimes I post something that might not be particularly supportive, and it has more to do with me and my mood at the time than on what I'm responding to. My guess is that others experience a very similar phenomenon.

I'd guess a certain number of the 'shut up and go away' type posts are coming from a similar sort of place. Heck, I've posted things that later struck me as being like kicking a puppy, even though I think of myself as a Nice Person.

Man, I hope something in there makes sense. I'm gonna go get the Vick's...