Sabrina, I know you never expected your simple question to turn into an outlet for people to express not just that simple technical aspect of ignore but also what is felt about it.

And that is what can happen in any thread. Any thread can take on a life of its own and sometimes be an outlet for a kind of therapy or an opportunity for different members to express more than just a yes or no type of answer. So in a way your simple question grew into a thread where members could see opinions about not only the simple answer, but what ignore means to different people and how they view it and some of the deeper questions that someone might have other than a yes or no.

So it is not just about what it is, it is also about how it feels to different people. And for anyone coming here it expresses different reasons someone may put them on ignore.

ECHOES had a honest good answer for a reason ignore is used. And someone else could read that and say to themselves, yes, that would probably help me too because I am being triggered and some things I just can't see. And she also added that in her healing process she was finally able to lift the ignores.

It is not really a debate Sabrina. It is just an opportunity to see and understand how and why it can be utlized and what it might mean when someone like you sends a PM and you find out you are on ignore. It is not telling you how to feel Sabrina and it is not saying how you personally feel about it. And you don't even have to actually express how you feel about it. But it does give you the option to think more about how different members here use and feel about it.

So, you ended up with the answer to a simple question and so, so, much more.

Open Eyes