i'm sorry you feel distressed about your post being moved.

it certainly wasn't anything against you. you didn't do anything wrong.

all of us are here when ever you need us.

((((((hugs)))))

[TrailRunner14]

Originally Posted by mc2ed

I write a post...expressing my feelings...or what is running through my mind...because my words...expressed....aren't what...ugly enough...splattered with terminology regulated to abbreviations in capitol letters...some one says beautiful....you have moved my words to the CREATIVE CORNER....I am regulated to the poetry section....I have my doubts about this place...it curtails and labels and sticks you in a box...now someone I don't even know...puts me...in their label....as the creative corner....it is not poetry...it is my life.!!!!!!!!..
I have gone from a spot where 100 people are engaged...to the creative corner...where there are 16 people engaged...

This is so wrong to me....it is incredibly dismissive...of who I am as a person ....and the choices I made...about where I wished to speak...and how I wished to interact....and it is a falsehood in representing of me.....I was not writing to be creative....I have had so much taken from me....and to come to a place where I stupidly thought I could find refuge to be who ever I wished to be...I get put in the corner...a little pat on the head....you belong here...you don't get to choose......

You people are supposed to be the mental health experts....I am saddened by your lack of understanding...most people here have mental issues...just what do you think your actions add....in any beneficial way....they chose to go to a specific spot...their reasons matter...if this place is for us....not you...yet you apparently feel the need to exert control down to the smallest infraction....I wrote in the wrong spot for you???!!!!?????...

You moved 11 posts just on the first page of that forum....so anyone engaging on that page...reading and responding to multiples of those posts...have to go back and find where you felt they should be moved to...and then go to that spot...back and forth and around and around....you just eliminated the ease of those connections already formed...when someone was in need....people were offering support to each other...and now they have to go find them...because they were in the wrong spot for you..........my opinion....I find this actually harmful...on a lot of levels....I would say I am sure you are aware of that by now...but then....again....I shouldn't assume now should I.........

Thank you so much for sharing the truth of your feelings. I myself have experienced this same "control" and dismissive feeling. To be totally honest, it feels very violating to my trust of who I wanted to share what was on my mind.

I have not started a new thread since that happened and a part of me feels too afraid of doing the wrong thing or being tossed into a group of people of don't know me or what I have shared before.

What you said is very validating for me. I would like to say "thank you" again.

Trail

[TrailRunner14]

Another thought.

If someone had messaged me and explained why they thought my thread should be moved to another location, I could have (maybe) chose to just delete it, if it was not ok to leave it where it was.

Maybe it's not understood why people put things where they feel safe in sharing.

Just wanted to say that.

[TrailRunner14]

Originally Posted by yagr

I understand your frustration. In fact, it keeps me in PM most of the time any more.

I understand that the mods have a reason for moving our posts. Often though, I don't feel that they realize that I have a reason for putting it where I did. I'm sure that many posters do not put much thought into where they place their posts, but I am not them.

Many times the only thing giving me the courage to share at all is because I know that TrailRunner, Luce, ruh roh, and others that I trust, frequent the subforum I am posting on and I know that they will have my back if someone starts in on me. A parallel example might be someone who is afraid to go out to a club alone at night but not if they have a group of their friends with them. So, I make sure the post I make has something to do with the subforum I'm in - even if it's not a perfect fit, and get rid of those secrets that are making me sick.

When my post gets moved, I go in and delete it if possible, edit it down to a couple of periods if it is not, ask to have it removed if neither of those things work, and in all cases, stop posting till my courage builds up again.

Thank you friend. I agree with your words and thoughts.

I pray that someone is listening.

[jacky8807]

i don't usually post in here. But I have to say....I have noticed a lot of posts being moved...like waaay more than usual and most of the time they are moved to a place that dosen't make sense or is unhelpful.
I feel restraint should be used when moving posts
just my 2 cents

[DocJohn]

We move pretty much the same number of posts every month; we have reports tracking these things, so I can say that with some confidence.

We mostly move things out of Other Mental Health because people are not reading the "Read me first" post sticky in that forum and are posting there anyway -- even when there's a topical forum for their post. Nearly all of the posts we move fit better in one of the topical forums for the subject the member posted about, and that's why they are moved.

Since the question has been asked and answered, we're going to go ahead and close this thread. You can PM me directly if you have any further feedback or concerns about our moving threads out of Other Mental Health. Thank you!

DocJohn