[Bleeding Angel]

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Originally Posted by disappear

I'm being nit-picky now, but I thought of one possible negative about the BPD thread. However, I don't think it's an issue at the moment, just that it has been in the past, and members have worked hard to try and find a solution within the thread. That is, that, at times in the past, there has been an issue of people coming into the thread and not offering mutual support; rather, just expecting it repeatedly. As a result, some people can fall into the role of becoming 'supporter'. I'm not saying that people always have to feel duty-bound to offer support if they're not up to it, just that, for the thread to run successfully and for people to feel safe, there needs to be some give-and-take. Like I said, though, that's an issue that members have dealt with very thoughtfully, and things seem to be running well at the moment.

Sorry if I was being a bit picky.

I have to agree i think most specific threads face that issues, i do remember for such a long time the bpd thread did sorta just become a depressed fest, where people would just post "im feeling suicidal", and the whole just asking for support. Obviously when threads turn into that its not helpful for anyone, and we managed to changed that round, but threads need to be carful of that, because i dont feel everyone posting negative things helps anyone.

And jenna i get annoyed when people do post OMG i read about bpd therefore i have it, but i do think people post the right thing by saying go to your doctor.