I'm just throwing out some feelings and thoughts that I've been having in the past 24+ hours. I addressed getting to Psych in a post called "I Remember" a couple of days ago.

I'm now addressing how I feel about what makes up this site and how it is run. I've always felt very secure here and comfortable about asking for support and giving it.I've never posted here and then worried about not receiving support from site members.. That is very important to me. But the April Fool's dust-up concerns me alot and I'm addressing the feelings that I have about that incident. I am not trying to re-open that can of worms. I am posting about my feelings 5 days later..

I was very distressed to see the posts that more or less accused Doc John of making fun of those who have been diagnosed with some form of mental illness and are taking medications for said illness. There was much ado about how offensive the joke was to the mental health poster community. I PMed one of the people who was most upset. I felt very angry about the posts. Last night I went to the board where I used to be before I came here and was stunned to see ALOT of posts concerning Psych Central. I read each one.......followed the threads all the way through and I came to a conclusion for myself. There are folks who say that this site is too restrictive and is not a democratic site. I wholeheartedly disagree with that assessment. I believe that this is a very open and supportive site and I feel, for the most part, that we're allowed to address whatever we want to address. There aren't wholesale blocks here, Doc John doesn't have to ask us, repeatedly, to be civil towards one another. I feel that I understand the rules here and follow them easily. In short, I'm extremely grateful that we have this site. And I will defend the right of administration to "administrate" in the way that they see fit. I trust the administrator and all of the moderators with my what little mental health that I have left!

Thanks to Psych Central and all of the Groholers! Pat