I realize that this is a mental health support site. I love giving support and have received some of the best support ever on PC.

However, I also enjoy having initelligent debates and conversations, and expressing my opinions on this site. (Such as my recent one on ECT in the psychotherapy forum). A lot of times when this occurs, there comes a reminder that the debate or conversation or whatever, really isn't answering the OP's question and that we should get back to the originial topic. Sometimes I find this disappointing, as I love to state my opinion and learn from others-- especially when enough people have already posted so that the OP's question/concern was answered.

So, I have a question concerning debates, opinions, and non-support conversations-- Should they have designated threads, stating that this is not a support thread? For example, if I pick up on something that is in a thread about ECT that I would like to talk about, should I start my own 'debate' or 'discussion' thread on it? Should there be a separate forum for such? Or is it just not appropriate at all?

It is just that there are so many amazing, intelligent people on this site. I really enjoy learning from others, and hope they can learn from me as well. Sometimes I get disappointed when a good conversation or debate has to get shut down.