Dear T,
I understand what you are saying. People allow us to be depressed on-line but not many of the other things that comes with various mental disorders -- like angry, irritated, confused, jumpy,........

But it is not only true of my on-line experience. In real life (so to speak) people can deal with me when I depressed, but when I am in one of my wild moods they get defensive or try to get away from me. You are right to point this out.


The worst thing about on-line MI forums is that we are self-segregated usually. Usually the forum is made up of other people with mental illness, not like in my other word where the ratio is skewed to those with dx'd mental illness being in the minority.
The on-line communities should be more accepting.


How do you think that people can be more helpful to people on-line when they get in a mood that is not commonlly acceptable to other people?

Mari