Getting that feeling again....

... that no one "gets it". Or, I suppose, that no one gets me. I'm currently engaged in an undesired flame war in 2 threads at the same time in one forum on another site and all because, from my point of view, responders are not understanding my posts.

It is either that, or they are not being read carefully enough. I suspect the latter, however, in one particular case, I reiterated my questions in much simpler terms at least twice and they seemed to respond only with more useless info. If you're comfy with computer lingo check out:
http://forums.scotsnewsletter.com/in...howtopic=15109
and then tell me, is it just me?

Because if I am right, and people just can't be bothered to read my posts carefully enough to respond to them effectively, then what's the point? OTOH It's been happening a lot lately and it really has me wondering if I've started round the bend, so to speak.

But that's only an example. I feel as though there's no sense discussing anything because no one gets it anyway.

Normally, I don't have this attitude (I don't think.) But right now I feel almost everything I say is a waste of my breath.

At this point, I feel that I should fess up that I'm pretty much knee deep in a hypomanic period. All the more reason why I am not sure who is actually not understanding. My judgement is out of whack. But I have always found that my linguistic skills are at their height at this point, so I doubt my logic is flawed in that thread, for example.

Incidentally, another odd thing that's happened is that I was talking with my father the other day on the phone, (for background, I'm 40, he's 75,) and he says to me, "You're getting strange, kid." I honestly don't really know what that means, coming from him.

Your thoughts, kind folk?

i have found that A LOT of people don't "get" us. and i'm sorry that you're going through the difficulties on the other site. have you considered just leaving them to their own devices? hopefully, you're comfortable here and i know we have a lot of supportive people on this site. i'm available...PM me if you need to.

i am now going to read the posts........but, i'm not up on computer "lingo"...so i might not understand all of it...but i'll sure try. xoxoxo pat

well, i read the thread. sounds to me as if there are two or three "computer nerds" there that exist everywhere. at least that's been my experience when i've needed 'puter help. i'd just ignore them and find another site......that's my take. i certainly didn't see anything that you did off-key. you asked some questions and some people got off topic. but...i still think that is normal among computer geeks..especially the male ones....:-) female viewpoint.

hi, i didn't read the other postings but i do know about hypomania! and i also know that my linguistic skills are a string point for me as well. i don't think the isssue is what those others have said as much as your reaction to them. you need to wait until the mania has passed and your in a stable place to see if you really care what they have said. when i'm hypo or the flip side depressed - sometimes i think that the energy and intellegence i put in my writing is better than it actually is. my view is distorted i guess. although i will admit that i do believe that my writing on a bad day is still better than most others on their best day! hang in there and wait it out. as far as your dad - does he know and understand about your bipolar? and aren't we all a little strange anyway.

I appreciate your replies, thank you. However, they do not contain what I was hoping for. I think that's my fault, tho. I don't think I really made that very clear. What I was wondering is this: is my logic sound, and these people just not paying attention, or am I the one who is off in left field?