I often feel like I am trying to talk with my mouth sewn shut. I think that there needs to be a place for the less vulnerable people here as well as those of us who are philosophers/academics/critical thinkers.
There are places on here for professionals who want to discuss these things. I think that as informed clients we should have a place to have that conversation too. Many of us are trying too... here and there you can find a post like this but it is usually buried deep in a thread. It is often ignored by the OP and it would be inconsiderate to push it or hijack the thread. Threads that are started with this kind of thing in mind are often miss read and get lost in the jumble (ie my post on the end of therapy). I think it would be great if there was a place where the critical thinkers could find each other. Until this poll came out I didn't know there was more of "us".
Some here are really sensitive, that is where they are and I am glad PC is here to support them. Some of us though are in a different place in our healing journey and need a different kind of support.
Honestly I used to be a party crasher over in antisocial to meet some of my need for this. I got discouraged as often the posts got shut down when someone ventured in, not knowing the full conversation, not knowing that APD forum has a different "culture" and we'd get shut down. There were also some who, out of their need to fix people (who weren't asking for "fixing") would come in, bring things OT and get the thread closed or just start fights.
There are many different needs here at PC and I think that the need some of us have for critical conversation about mental health and therapy is being discounted at best.