What a social experiment this forum can be – – sometimes I wonder if we are guinea pigs to see how ADD people will interact with each other. I have loved the respectful debates, and the warm acceptance of people struggling on all different levels from basic functionality to dealing with the corporate work world. When negativity has shown up here it has been tough because we are all entitled to our feelings but not everyone’s mind is a “safe neighborhood.” A forum is no substitute for therapy, and having ones needs go unadressed will make some people lash out. I have thought about saying something about what people should or shouldn’t be focusing on (hyperfocusing on?), yet I stopped and thought, who am I to say what’s right or wrong for someone else… But to see the people whose words I look forward to reading, that keep me hopeful, disappearing from our beloved forum, is so sad and disappointing. I suppose we can only vote by not writing on threads that contain negativity so they will drop out of sight, and reviving the ones that contain gems about issues that new members are asking about by adding new comments to those. Too Fat, thank you so much for having the courage to come back and be real about what’s going on. I love how you have adapted to ADD and your experiences and point of view are like a breath of fresh air to me – in a lifetime of saying, “oh yes I can!” and having to believe in myself when nobody else would, it is priceless to be able to hear from other people with your kind of resilient attitude. I hope we’ll see our friends posting again, and I hope you won’t give up on this forum – others are reading your posts and laughing with their spouse too – hang in there, we need you 
It’s nice to see you in the magic mirror today I feel my mood lifiting like I’m walking on those romper stomper thingies!
Re: Alienation and Hurtful Commentsmunchkin2011-09-29T04:27:19+00:00