((pegs))
Thank you. I do feel your presence...

This is going to be awkward and perhaps may be deleted, but I'm going to share it anyway.

A few days ago I was reading a reply and checked the profile of the poster.
The only information shown was they were here for themselves and the words for school/research. I'm not naive enough to think there are not others who are likely doing the same thing...
PC is a huge community with a diverse "population." I understand this, and I accept that there are people who read only/people who are in fact doing research/some variable of those two things.

Perhaps I was tired or well, whatever, but it disturbed me.
I've no qualms about participating in controlled studies; I've done it before. Therein lies my problem, I think.
By joining and posting, I was giving consent for anyone/everyone to use anything I've shared...not that I'm any more special or different than anyone here. Simply because I posted gave someone the right to glean information...
I hope I'm making sense.
There is no expectation of privacy on the Internet, and I know it.

Why I was triggered by it is not a question with an answer.
I'm getting grounded and focused, and apparently I needed to do it again.
Maybe it was a way to shake off any complacency and "renew" my safety net.

Thank you again.
Cap