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Originally Posted by DocJohn
I apologize that this caused you upset, and hear you when you complain about not getting as much engagement from other forums. It can be frustrating to believe your voice does not matter or is not heard. I'm here to tell you that your voice does matter, and we do hear you.
I'm afraid the explanation I'm going to provide below isn't going to help you feel any better about this action. Because while I can explain the rationale behind such decisions, it won't really address the emotional reaction different people will have to these kinds of actions.
We regularly move threads out of the "Other Mental Health Discussion" group when there are places we feel are more appropriate to put a post or thread. While we respect members overall decisions and judgments in this matter, OMHD is regularly overrun by members who feel like they should just post there, rather than in a forum more appropriate for their topic or conversation.
If people were truly 100% free to post anything they wanted, anywhere in the forums, then I guess we could just do away with the 200+ different forums and just have one big forum where anything and everything is posted. I've considered that. But I feel like it would quickly become overwhelming to too many people, so I think we're going to stick to separate forums for separate topics.
If you have further questions or concerns about this issue, we'll be happy to address them via PM.
Thanks,
DocJohn
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Great...only I was NOT writing poetry or
in any way trying to be creative...
It still does not address the fact that you scattered all those posts that had responses that factored over days...to places that now have to be searched for.....I am not going to search out 11 different threads in 11 different spots...if you are going to move them....fine....do it every day...not after people have become invested in conversations that are only in that one spot.......there were conversations going on...that were about peoples deepest wounds...that had been going on for days....and you just shunted them off to somewhere else....and now we have to find them......and their hearts were ACHING.....they just got a little kick in the gut....
Your apology and your response....the timely response was appreciated...at least I knew someone read it....the apology...I get a little stuck there...it is great when someone apologizes....yet it is followed...quickly with...it doesn't really matter....and an explanation that is along the lines of...we have a leak...I could fix it using this plastic...but no I don't like plastic so I'll just flood the whole house....that is like my apology....I am sorry for being a pain in the butt...but hey....I probably will be again.....
I need to rein in my emotions here....really it is about being heard....in life I think most of us want that...so I do appreciate your response...like with therapists you have to search for one that fits....I felt this place didn't really quite fit....yet my desire to express over rode my own mind telling me something....I had seen before where posts were moved...and it upset me for them....I just got a taste...of it for myself...and I wanted to spit that back out....so now I just have to decide....
Blessings on your endeavor to try to keep so many happy......
Just an added thought....in my therapy...one of my Doctors...would say...don't give yourself just two options...always give your self 3....then it isn't an ultimatum of either or...it is a choice....I always had trouble coming up with the 3rd option...brain injury...I could only come up with 2....still have trouble with that.....