Well, Dubblemonkey, for me communication is an effort to help. You may be right
about having too high expectations for people, but I do believe that everyone is
valuable as a human being and that communication is, in some measure, the willingness to share what has worked for us in our illnesses. Otherwise, IMHO, we may be just "whistling in the dark". That could be.

It's the statements like trying an intervenous injection of alcohol to receive easing of psychic pain is the type advice that is wearisome to me. I don't know
about others, but I suspect some here who have overcome alcoholism would be
very sensitive to that, as well.

Maybe I'm wrong, but life has taught me that what we do to or for others we also do to ourselves.

I will tell you that someone on another forum took such offense at my encouraging
comment as to ban me from posting on her comments. Go figure. It's all in the mindset, I guess.