Being more respectful

I have noticed that it is becoming an issue on where where people are getting offended if one person's treatment plan doesn't fit another person's.

We're entitled to our opinions. We are not entitled to attack one another because we don't all see completely eye-to-eye on all the issues. If you have an issue with someone because of their lifestyle/beliefs please PM them and keep it off the board. Also, if you're asked to stop in a thread, please stop.

It's not fair to new members, and its not fair to the community. We're here to support one another.

If you post here, please don't use this to justify your actions. tyty

I could not agree more. PC is a support site, we are all here to get support and give support.

Treatment choice is very personal. If someone is here, it usually is because they are trying.

Sorry if I went over line somewhere. I am lately wee bit oversensitive. That however is not an excuse and I will try to play fair.

I have just given up posting when certain topics come up. If I can't trust myself to be calm about it, then it's probably a bad idea for me to post!

Yeah, I agree Ani.

I realized I had to avoid posting in some because I would become too defensive. It's hard to have a discussion in that state because whatever someone else posts will most likely become offensive in some way.

I've noticed that the Borderline forum has REALLY slowed since we had this same problem.. very upsetting!

I really think it's important to put aside personal opinions and strong beliefs on this forum...as it's a support forum for people of all sorts of varieties. I don't think we should be debating and arguing with people that are on the forum for emotional support for complex mental health issues.

Thanks for this post, I think its important to always be polite and understanding in replies on the forum - not judgemental. I always try to be polite and helpful; compassionate and understanding...instead of arguing or choosing not to reply simply because the poster has a different opinion to you or whatever.

However. I think some people do the right thing when they disagree - not replying. If you have nothing nice to say, say nothing at all. In some cases you should always voice YOUR argument...but not really as much on a forum like PsychCentral.

Another thing. Just because a treatment or medication did not work for you, it doesn't mean you have to be openly over-negative regarding it. Some things work better for others, unfortunately many are biased because a treatment didn't work for them. But that doesn't mean you should advise someone not to give it a try at all - or tell them a treatment "sucks".

RB ♥

Kudos I could not agree more......we are supposed to support each other....

-Trish
"Don't curse the rain, without it things don't grow. Instead find the beauty in it."

Oh diverse personalities and communication styles. Upon reading this and several other posts it seems that bipolar forums at psychcentral is not a good fit for me. Bye!