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Originally Posted by Voyager72
Thanks for the laundry list of possibilities. It will help me sleep better. 
Seriously though, it's somewhat like Deja Vu, except that it's not like "I've been here before", but rather "I AM where I've been before". Again, I KNOW the reality of where I am and what date it is, etc., but it doesn't FEEL that way. Whatever the dynamic is, it brings me into a good state, free of all my usual depressive self-talk and negativity. It is shortlived, though and seem's to pass readily. |
glad you had a sense of humor about the "laundry list". I include the list because when I dont the poster replies back to me asking for a list because they didnt want a diagnosis but did want some ideas of what their problem is.
trying to balance the sites rule of not making a diagnosis but helping the poster by giving an idea of what symptoms can be is a tricky thing sometimes. I get all kinds of feedback from the members about my posts...we cant talk about the pm's because doing that is against the rules but just on the boards the feedback has included...
clicking on the thanks button.
telling me thanks
telling me they like that I included ideas for them to look into
you word it this way and this person thinks you are diagnosing them.
you word it that way and this person thinks you are telling the poster they have to be the way you are
you word it this other way this person thinks you are being rude, offensive, too blunt, .....
you word it that way and someone believes you are telling them they dont have something.
you word it this way and ....
the list is endless of positive and negative feedback I have received.
so what I do is remain on moderation so that the moderators can help me when needed and we word my posts in a way that best helps the community of members as a collective whole.
since a majority of the feedback I receive is in favor of my including a "Laundry list" of sorts I include it and include wording my posts to show this list applies to me, the treatment providers in my location and those I work with.
I also include the wording of some kind or another that says to find out what the poster has they need to contact their own treatment providers. I do that because my posts are not meant to be taken as a diagnosis for or against what the poser may have.. only a persons own treatment providers can make a diagnosis not me, here online.
which brings me to another idea for the laundry list.. sometimes when this has happened to me ...reliving a past event, past time... my treatment providers have called it having flashbacks.