Re^5: A New Respect

He suggested that they might talk with a nuetral third party and because you have negative preconcieved notions of what that means you got all this? I might be strechting it a bit but i think he was probably hoping that a third party unrelated to this incident might be able to give some clarity and help that no text responce to the OP could possibly provide specificlay because they lack the emotional clues to tell the OP that we are sincere and not satiric.

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Eric Hodges

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Re^6: A New Respect by Anonymous Monk on Mar 13, 2006 at 05:48 UTC
You are misstating the facts. He suggested that OP see a mental health worker, which is an indirect way of insulting someone. There was not an iota of compassion or concern in that comment, despite the teary-eyed pleadings to the contrary. If he were suggesting a third party, there was no reason why it had to be a mental health worker. Any uninvolved person - friend, co-worker, coach, etc. (as I commented previously) would have done. Turn it around for a moment. Let's say you posted something, and someone suggested you see a mental health worker. Would you not feel that this person was being insulting? Would you believe for a moment that he or she was only trying to help you, by saying you're unstable, or stressed, or whatever? I certainly wouldn't.	[reply]

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Re^6: A New Respect
by Anonymous Monk on Mar 13, 2006 at 05:48 UTC

You are misstating the facts. He suggested that OP see a mental health worker, which is an indirect way of insulting someone. There was not an iota of compassion or concern in that comment, despite the teary-eyed pleadings to the contrary.

If he were suggesting a third party, there was no reason why it had to be a mental health worker. Any uninvolved person - friend, co-worker, coach, etc. (as I commented previously) would have done.

Turn it around for a moment. Let's say you posted something, and someone suggested you see a mental health worker. Would you not feel that this person was being insulting? Would you believe for a moment that he or she was only trying to help you, by saying you're unstable, or stressed, or whatever? I certainly wouldn't.

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