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Originally Posted by Inedible
People you never knew existed are used to seeing you on a regular basis and they would wonder where you went. This goes double for being online. The more you participate online, the more likely it is that thousands or tens of thousands of people are watching you. That doesn't even begin to address family and friends. Even people who don't like you - and we all have them - still count on seeing you on a regular basis. It is your life, but all those people think that you are a part of their life and they would feel your absence.
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.....so insightful.....
......i think about this every night before i sleep. because i know peoples online presence isnt forever. and i dread when i will never be able to talk to them again. it saddens me deeply. you are right though. i remember a couple of forums where i said i was going to leave and i did - the people were saddened...and i got posts from people that never talked to me.
i was comparing forum life to real life for a couple of nights now....
thinking...
the parallels of them.
the relationships built and the background you know of the regular people that come around...
...and then you stick around long enough and you wonder in your mind about how they are outside of the forum topics.
forums become a special kind of intimacy on many different levels.....
it can come across also as a round table dicussion or on more casual topics it can come across as a meeting point equivalent to a school homeroom or a coffee shop discussion...
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Originally Posted by Inedible
And there are many ways of addressing chronic pain, you know. Unfortunately most people end up having to do a lot of the research themselves, because their doctors are too busy. They do this research and many end up joining discussion and support groups online where they can tell you what worked for them and what was a waste of time. It isn't just you and your local library, all by yourself, anymore. When you do manage to overcome it, you're still around to offer support to people going through the same thing.
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i find a lot of times psychiatrists arent too welcoming to patients researching help for themselves...unfortunately.