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Threadtastic Postaholic
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#1
I try really hard to give advice or support and I know that I can be direct or blunt. Its the ignore function thats getting to me. I just realized that I am on someone's ignore list and I liked her and thought she liked me. It drives me mad that I cant apologize or make things right. I do not have anyone on my ignore list her or at another forum I use because I believe there is value in what most people say. And I think I may be on a person's ignore list at the other place but its only alerted me once. How can I stop taking this so personal. I am not like this in real life. I try to be accountable and I have no issues acknowledging if I hurt someone's feelings or need to make amends. I am starting to think I may be a terrible person and just am too dumb to get it. I am not trying to fish for compliments here, I am seriously asking if I give off a "terrible person" vibe and just not know it?
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I'm going to be honest with you here. People do crap that is just hurtful without reason or remorse. It's hard to not take those things personally - I know because I am dealing with a lot of that myself lately in the wake of my last episode in which almost ALL of my support system just up and left and just didn't care.
It taught me a valuable lesson. It taught me that the world is unforgiving, so WE must make the world a better place for ourselves. You know what I mean? What I am saying is my new attitude is I am going to be selfish. I am going to look out for me #1 and put myself above all others and I honestly think you should do the same. You think you're blunt and too honest? Own it! If that girl blocked you, you have to let it go cause you can't control her actions, and I know for me that's the hardest part. I think because we are behind a screen its TOO easy to just "click" and block and not have to explain yourself to anyone. It all part of the accepted "ghosting" now. You are doing great - especially if you don't block anyone because you value what people say, I appreciate that a lot. And, if you want a friend I am just a message away! __________________ Tales of Love, Motivation, and An Interesting Journey - Please Subscribe to my Website on WordPress: Inspired Odyssey's Path to Wellness and Love |
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I must admit I was shocked by this feature as well, SarahSweets. The first time it happened to me I was appalled. I went to reply to a post from someone I'd posted back and forth with, and I was abruptly told this person had put me on their "ignore" list. I was deeply hurt. I had tried my best to respond to the person's posts and had no idea why they would do that to me.
It happened to me again the other day, and once again I had no idea why. All I can say to you is that I don't take this kind of thing lightly, and I will not forget who those people are or the message they were sending to me, for no reason I was aware of. I will certainly never try to contact or communicate with those people again. It would be beyond me why they even allow this type of thing on this forum, which is supposed to be supportive, except that I suppose they are supporting the right of each individual member to choose whom they wish to interact with. Anyway, I certainly relate to your feelings here. And by the way, I hope you are recovering well from your surgery! I know it probably seems like forever. ![]() |
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heres an example if you were out walking and you saw a green car that got hit by a blue car. then the next day while you are out walking a blue car passes you. the driver and car didnt do anything to you, but suddenly you are having a panic attack because you are remembering that accident you witnessed the day before. it was no ones fault just an accident but the colors blue and green cause you to have a panic attach every time you see one. what do you do... ? most people avoid or make is so that they dont have to be around those colors until they are in a place where those colors dont bother them any more. they ignore it, they take a different route on their walk they do everything they can to not get that panic attack even if it means looking down while they walk instead of seeing the colors blue and green. the online ignore feature is like that. its not about you and whether you are a good person or not. its about that other persons triggers. the ignore feature is a self care feature that allows others to control their self and their own triggers. there are many times when I come online and I may have a handful of people on ignore and other days only those that asked to be there and still other times lots of people. its not about the people, its about my own triggers. today that trigger may be a color seen in someones post or tomorrow it may be a legless animal seen in someones post, or it may be that I just dont want to see that topic every time I am reading... my point is its not you, the ignore feature is nether a punishment nor says whether someone is good or bad, its just about that persons own triggers and that they are taking good self care of them selves. |
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#5
Yes some people purpously need to do this to make themselves feel better as they don't feel good as you do about just about anything you could think of!!!
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#6
You're NOT an horrible person, sarahsweets!
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It’s not personal and could be done for number of reasons, same way we are selective who we talk to irl, we could be selective online.
Ignore feature could prevent people from PMing you some strange things or prevent you from seeing their posts if you find them nonsensical. I am pretty sure I am on some people’s ignore lists, I’ve no idea and they have their rights not to see my posts. Doesn’t make them bad people not wanting to read what I have to say. I don’t think I am that important Sure everyone has value but you don’t talk to everyone irl so it’s only expected that someone wouldn’t want to talk to you on here or you’d want to stay away from someone. It’s not something you did, it’s just people have rights not to read your posts |
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I would say, you just didnt know The Rules when you first got here? And some of your earlier responses were kinda harsh. I started out the same way, and some of mine still are too pointed. I hurt peoples feelings and they will never trust me again. Hopefully this post of yours will show people that you are desirous and worthy of a second chance.
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Hey Sarahsweets, I don't think you're a bad person either... but I'm also someone who gets hurt easily by bluntness (sorry!).
I hope you can take AmandaLouise's explanation to heart, I think she did a really great job explaining! I *do* use the ignore list, so it surprises me that so many people are so against it. For me, there are a couple people that just... routinely... end up posting in ways destabilize me. Sometimes, it's people that I can't read without wanting to argue with them, which wouldn't be helpful for me or the other people on the forum and sometimes it's stuff that just feels hurtful, even if it's not meant that way, because of my own stuff. I tend to be all over the place emotionally, and highly reactive to stuff. So, being able to filter out posts from people that routinely trigger me in that way is super helpful. I've *never* put someone on ignore out of spite or to purposefully upset them or convey a message to them ![]() As an example of what I mean... this is not from the forums, but when I was researching who to do neurofeedback with, one of the people that I contacted was sort of sarcastic to me in response to my questions. His response literally ruined my day - I had felt fine before, and I just crashed, became very depressed, and ended up in bed crying. It's definitely very much an "over reaction" - in the sense of being not proportional to what was said - but that's where I'm at emotionally and what my brain does right now! This is really difficult to deal with, it feels like little things from the world can just be *devasting* at times, even when they're clearly not ill-intentioned. Thus, the "ignore" function feels a bit like a life-saver to me. I know this doesn't really explain what happened with the person that you had been chatting with, but hopefully it gives some insight. *hugs* |
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Who cares? I just wish it would show before I write a nice, comforting post that takes like 40 minutes to write, than BEEP, sorry you can't post it, you're blocked.
Also I have someone on ignore because I was TOLD TO. That person got sorta mad I think and blocked me back. Of course I couldn't explain that it wasn't my choice. I know I'm a nice person but here I keep people at arms length because no one should get any ideas of befriending me. Forced niceness is kind of hard. I can't tell it from the real thing. I don't wanna be fooled, yannow? __________________ ![]() |
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#11
I just wanted to let you all know that I am working on replies to specific posts and I thank you all so much so far..
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Thank you so much.
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As usual @MickeyCheeky you are super kind to me.
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Sarahsweets, You're OK in my "book."
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You’re not awful. You’re not all bad or all good. I always get the sense from your posts that you are motivated by a sincere desire to connect with others and be supportive.
I’m with you in that I recently was quite harsh and judgmental in a comment on a thread. I’m usually not like that. There were some negative things the OP did that triggered me to let him have it. I’m likely blocked too. The only couple of times I’ve ever blocked anyone here was because I felt those people were really taking jabs at me, unnecessarily so. I was triggered one time by this person’s comment to a very deep depressive and dangerous episode. This IS a psych site. So, blocking was for my own safety to avoid harm. __________________ "And don't say it hasn't been a little slice of heaven, 'cause it hasn't!" . About Me--T |
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PS I also have used block.., but not to hurt anyone. Respect to all in this thread. Nobody in this thread is an awful person.
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Thanks for posting this thread. ![]() I empathize with you and I can guarantee that a lot of fellow users can as well! It is hard not to take blocking personally, but there are MANY people on Psych Central with a vast array of particular issues: each with its own set of triggers. While we can do everything possible to sensor and cator to the majority of users - we cannot possibly cator to all of them. What may help one - may trigger another. It's not that we want to intentionally trigger others - it is that we can inadvertently do it even if we spent countless hours carefully combing over what we write. I have found this to be the case many times and I know it has nothing to do with me, it has more to do with them. Coming to terms with this can take time, but rest in knowing that this is common, especially online. Trauma is delicate and extremely complex - no amount of understanding can possibly allow us the insight necessary to impress and cator to everyone's uniqueness at all times. It makes sense that you are offended by this, especially when you want to help others and even more-so if you are sensitive. Clearly rejection is a trigger of yours and I am sorry that you are experiencing this. It is a trigger of mine as well. Perhaps this is an opportunity to explore this particular trigger of yours and work on it. If you need closure with the user who blocked you - feel free to write about it on the forums and ask for support like you have done in this thread. I think it is an important topic and your emotions are valid. Be sure to be gentle with yourself and explore any guilt or shame that you may be feeling. Use the negative emotion as fuel to continue helping others! ![]() I hope this helps. Thanks, HD7970ghz __________________ "stand for those who are forgotten - sacrifice for those who forget" "roller coasters not only go up and down - they also go in circles" "the point of therapy - is to get out of therapy" "don't put all your eggs - in one basket" "promote pleasure - prevent pain" "with change - comes loss" Last edited by HD7970GHZ; Apr 10, 2019 at 10:45 PM.. |
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Thanks HD, I also have recently been blocked by someone who is very prolific and I had no idea what if anything I did “wrong”...
I think I’ll delete my other post I made here in this thread. Quote:
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