what better way to share your knowledge about si than through personal experience? sometimes i answer posts by talking about what i've learned from this book or that, or from a psych class, or my T. but honestly, i prefer to be able to help people from a more personal experiential place most of the time, if i can. part of what this forum is about is support. support others involves relating to them, and sharing your own experiences as well as hearing about theirs, right? besides, i think if this person was looking for something other than personal experience, she could've consulted a book. she asked this question in the si forum for a reason: because she wanted the viewpoints of those who si. that's my take.

i think everyone's responses were appropriate. no need to judge anyone elses, nor question your own!

Angela (SC)

-comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable-