Community Note - Removed Posts
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Community Note - Removed Posts
| Mon, 02-09-2004 - 4:05pm |
A few of you have emailed regarding removed posts.
| Mon, 02-09-2004 - 4:05pm |
A few of you have emailed regarding removed posts.
However, I think it's important that people are sensitive to the pain and struggles of others. The tones of several posts on the board I referred to was abusive. For a CL to tell a person suffering from Fibromyalgia and Chronic Depression that she has no "sympathy" for her is not only insensitive, it is cruel. The CL also compared her own temporary difficulties with dental pain to the poster's struggle with long-term intensive pain that she has sought treatment for from more than one doctor. Several posts recommended that the poster not indulge herself in sleep. However, many people with Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome become unemployed and bedridden for the rest of their lives. The tone towards the poster in pain and desperation was more than insensitive, it was emotionally abusive. The greatest reason for this is that she found callousness in a place that advertises itself as being supportive. Not everyone can solve their problems quickly. Most people on these boards have sought solutions for years. It took me over two years to find someone who healed my Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. I've spoken to people who have had it for 12 years or more.
I apologize for how long this post is. My point is that the posters and the CL on the board I referred to were also abusive. But they were directly abusive to someone whose vulnerability was glaring and delicate. Their responses sent her into a very understandable tailspin. People with longterm illness already feel shame and guilt. The posts I referred to in my post caused a sensitive person to go back into her suicidal depression. If that isn't abuse, then I don't know what is.
MariaC
Thanks for your input!
Thank you again for your feedback.
Best Regards,
MariaC