When I first joined PC, I noticed the same thing, but TanyaGrave put it best. It will drive you crazy wondering about that kind of crap.

I have only recently began posting on forums and it can become quite addictive. I thought it kind of strange, too, at first, but now I understand why some seem to "fly" through all the forums from time to time.

There are just some days that one really has nothing to talk about or cannot put it into words what they are feeling yet still feel a need for connection. Sometimes an individual's participation can only come in the form of acknowledgement and understanding (and only needs a quick "emoticon" or "with ya" kind of answer), and I think that's cool! I find myself doing that now, too. I think it is healthy, actually. It give both members a boost. One gets acknowledgement for their pain; the other gets a certain satisfaction in knowing that they may have helped someone to feel just a little bit better, and gets them out of their own heads for awhile. Or, some might not have that much to say at all and are just around for the feeling of belonging to a community.

That is why I came here. I isolate because of my illness and the loneliness was getting to a point where I needed to do something, otherwise it would have been another trip to the hospital for me.

Although it has been a little rough for me at times (I'm just a tad dramatic), I have had to learn to adjust my "behaviours" quite a bit - how I respond to and/or write a post; the language/wording I use, etc. - in order to accommodate all the different types of personalities and illnesses here.

I think this is a GREAT WAY for me to learn how to "neutralize" (or rather, balance out) my thoughts, behaviours and speech which, hopefully, will transfer over into my "real" life. If there is one place that I can learn this fast, it is here!

There is lots of great advice and learning to be had here. I hope you take advantage of this and I hope it will, someday, help you to understand more fully, your own struggles and how to deal with them in ways you (or your therapist) may not have otherwise thought of.

I'll probably get smoked for this, but, I like all the "eccentricities" of the people here. One thing I find hard to take in the real world is all the cookie-cutter-type personalities out there - soooo boring.


Of course, now I am realizing that I am contradicting what I said earlier about what I hope to achieve on this site, but the one thing I do not want to lose is my uniqueness. I just have to find a way to mingle amongst the "normals" without creating as much havoc as I currently do because of my "uniqueness."

You're not the only one to have thought this way. Give it more time, and you will even see more interesting patterns emerge. I have, but that is how my thinking works - I tend to look for connections/patterns in things - something I never really noticed before until I came here, and did the very same thing you did - posted it! Although I knew that my diagnosis included tendencies toward this, I honestly did not "see" it as being a major issue. But I now know differently. And now, I know to look for this type of thnking, especially when it is waaaay off the beaten path, and try to adjust my ways so they are not so freakish to other people.

Man, I hope this makes sense, because I really don't feel like editing today....

Later!
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