I can be serious or joke. My PA always said I had a sick sense of humor. It does run in my family though, we could find something funny in the bleakest times of life. That said, I loved the road trips, recipes, jokes, reminensing, and just the laid back attitude everyone had on BT. What we couldn't think of!
I liked the seriousness also, we learned so much from each other and I do believe that has brought us to where we are today. I think of Allen, Vicc,Tallone, Claudia, Jose, Marilyn, and to many others to name. Just hooked up with one on Facebook yesterday that I didn't remember from BT.

I will say though, I don't like what I call drama or just plain fighting. In a family of ten I didn't see that. I think a person can get their point across without hurting other people. I am still from the old school where the golden rule was " Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." I'm not a control freak and don't care for being around them. We saw that at times on BT and see it here at times here. I also believe at times that comes from how much meds a person has in them. I notice some meds give a person more guts then at times is required from what I took.

As far as the suicide issue, I am sorry to hear you have dealt with it. I have known 5 people in my own life that ended theirs and I remember 5 from BT. I just have this strong feeling that there are more people with RSD that deal with it then we know of. If we can help them in some way then it is an issue that is important. I encourage Councelling all of the time to people. I just think you need someone to talk to that you can say anything you want to and know it's not going to get to someone else. I am sure some people in my life have been saved due to councelling such as my nieces and me for finding a Dr. that has stood by me like glue. I would not be here today had I not had his support and I hope others can find that in someone out there. I know we have the forum, but that is not enough in my book. I want to be able to call someone up or go see them and ***** if I need to about my life and know they can give me a different prospective on what I am thinking and get rid of the stress that it brings to me.

I'm glad your around Mike, it's good to have the help you give to everyone. People come into our lives for a reason.

Ada