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But I don't answer questions everywhere, I look for those "CORE" questions. And if I see a disorder I don't really understand I don't just pound away. I might see a core question in that individual and make an attempt, but I cannot really advise on something I don't understand so I don't go into those forums, but I may take a peek to read and consider how those individuals feel and look at things. Because I have come to know that I learn things in the most unexpected places.

Well, Open Eyes, I do just the same as you do. I don't try to answer questions that are outside my personal realm, with which I don't have personal experience. And, like you, I do go around peeking just to learn things. I suppose many of us do the same.

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And even when I try to make an attempt to ask a question and I put a personal struggle out there, I have to be honest, I don't get an answer.And it is not just an inability of PC members. I presented the same question to my therapist and all he did was say I was in a sad position and it is sad that most of my life I have actually been a lonely person dealing with the issues of others that were just forced in my way.

It's a shame that you can't or don't get answers to questions that are meaningful to you. Are you sure you can't reword your questions so as to help people who could possibly give you an answer?

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And I think that is really why I give op's strong answers rather than just say, oh thats too bad. I know I try to give what I needed and wanted to hear. I never had the luxury of giving up, I had to run for the first half of my life and learn how to fight back for the latter part of my life, to this day. The one thing I do know is that I spent a good part of my life observing others just to survive.

Yes, I guess most of us give what we would like to receive. And for lots of us, that means giving what you call a "strong" answer, an answer that contains part of our own experience rather than just a pat on the head.

Thank you, Open Eyes, I hope that in the future you get the answers you want. Take care.