> I just read something someone wrote here and I feel their sadness and pain. I'm usually too caught up in myself to notice what others are feeling. I realized something. People pretend. People can pretend to be well, but they are often screaming with pain inside. This is very different from how I express myself online, but I do the same thing in real life. Some people do this even while online. They are in a corner all by themselves, not speaking of their pain. No one noticing. Suffering in silence.

> Me, I'm an open book online. Secrets? What secrets? I write what I feel when I feel it, with little to no regard for others at times. I have the exact opposite problem.

> I've discovered that the "happy" person I may be posting to may actually be miserable inside. When I'm happy I tend to forget that others are still suffering. I assume that everyone else is just as happy as I am.

> I have to remember that people here have problems. Most people here are not happy. That is why they are here in the first place. I don't know why I never really noticed that.

> I can read people writing that such and such a medication isn't working for them, but what I don't realize is that what they are saying is that they are still in terrible psychic pain. Most of the time I don't realize that people are suffering. I don't notice it unless they blatantly state it. I have to learn to think outside of myself. I hope I'm doing that.

> I bet Dr. Bob sees the suffering within people. Maybe that's why we never see Dr. Bob really happy. I bet Dr. Bob isn't self absorbed.

> I have to learn to be more sensitive and not so self absorbed.

I think it is a good thing to be aware of others suffering.
Sounds like he was trying to give you a gift...
So you would internalise the fact that he doesn't hate you...
So you would be in a better place to...

It is good to give as well as to receive

It is nice to answer other peoples threads and help them feel better

Rather asking people in pain to...

What do you want us to say?