Apology accepted as far as I'm concerned. I don't want you to leave. I think that this could be a very positive first step for you, and now that we all have an understanding it will be okay. Now you know that we are real people with sensitive feelings too and you can start learning to give something back. I'm proud of you for accepting our rebuke and taking responsibility for your words.

Do you need a little bit more evidence that people care about you? Ian, I worried about you the whole month that you were gone and was glad to see you back. At the point when you came back I was doing really good - starting back in school and feeling confident, and people have been making comments that I look better than I ever have. Then starting when I read your posts here about how badly you were doing I have started to slip again and have spent the last couple of days questioning why I'm even trying with my studies or anything. My family is noticing that I'm starting to go downhill again. Maybe that would have happened anyway, and I don't want to make you feel responsible for any problems that I have, but at least part of it was a reaction to you and worrying about you. Just so that you know, you are part of a community and we are all affected by each other, because we care. You are part of this group and you can also choose to uplift and support people here. I think if you can learn to give back something positive that would be a wonderful thing, and I know that you can do it. I hope you will stay and give it a try.

<font color=blue>Life is filled with tragedy; if you let it overwhelm you, you cannot enjoy life's innocent pleasures. -Robert Heinlein</font color=blue>