Do you keep PC a secret?

googley · May 20, 2010 at 03:47 PM

I told my current T that I had an online support group, but not that it was PC or any other details. Someone suggested something once about a problem I was having and it was very insightful and wanted to share it with T. But wanted her to know that I personally was not that insightful

. But I haven't told anyone else. I live alone so I don't share my computer with anyone. When I am at school I am very careful and only use PC when I am logged in (not on the general computers) because the computer system is programed to wipe everything after you log out for security. It is mostly that since I do write about people in my life, I wouldn't want them knowing about it. That would be bad.

May 20, 2010 at 05:38 PM

i'm private about it but not secretive. my mom knows, my T knew and i was going to tell my good friend from the old forum i used to post on (not psychology-oriented) but then i've posted some embarrassing things concerning him so i decided not too.

i definitely got weirded out when things from one thread in the psychotherapy forum ended up (even while altered) in an article on the ny times website. even anonymously and with details changed, i don't want things i say ending up on a major newspaper site. i took most info off my profile after that.

geez · May 20, 2010 at 10:41 PM

The only person who knows I've been to this site is my T. I mentioned it to her and sometimes I wonder if she's on here.

My husband and everyone else I know has no idea. When my husband is nearby I close the window and also delete browser history so he doesn't know i'm on this site. There are things I talk about that I would like to share with him but for now it's a bit confusing for me know. T along with this site is helping me out tons.

A very big thank you everyone!

AAAAA · May 20, 2010 at 11:13 PM

Shortly after I joined the site I was singing its praises to many friends and family. Then I was going through a rough period, some of the issues that I thought I’d dealt with years ago reared their ugly head. It occurred to me that I had not shared many of the difficult things from my childhood with these friends, nor did I ever intend to so I thought I’d better start keeping my big mouth shut. Now I just say “the site I go to online.”

My husband knows exactly where I go, he even has an account here (AAAAB) but he’s only logged on a handful of times.

I’m not trying to hide anything, I just want to be brutally honest with what I’m feeling at the time. My perspective may be wrong, I like the ability to vent and get feed back and not have to apologize later. Or worse yet, hurt someone’s feelings because one of us is having a bad day.

If I was open about the site, I think I’d be much more guarded here.

May 21, 2010 at 09:42 AM

I wrote before that I have told others to come here; and that I don't keep it a secret.

More fool I!!!

A couple of weeks ago, this person I knew (a fanatic about some things--scarey)
followed me on here, using a name that was obvious to me.

She embarrassed me terrribly, and used my real name in a post...

I pm'ed her and told her I knew it was her---haven't seen her since.

I think I'll start keeping it a secret from here on out.......theo

notz · May 21, 2010 at 10:55 AM

Spouse and p-doc know. No way in the world would I tell anyone else. I enjoy my anonymity here and feel grateful for the ability to say whatever I need to say.

I'm very protective of any personal information. I have an active volunteer life and it's politically charged. I would be frightened if someone were to connect me to this site. They would use it against me and consequently harm my cause.

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