Other Who I Am?

[Deleted member 1860]

I agree with @Justmehere. As a fellow researcher, in another field altogether, I know how important it is to gain permission to cite other people's writing and how vital it is to avoid plagiarism.

Well thanks to Anthony setting up copyrights on everything posted here, it would be against the law to take anything said here and use it elsewhere, correct?

I've thought about this a bit more, and I know that a lot of us come here to get a sufferers or a supporters view. I'm not sure how much support can be given from an outside point of view. What I mean is that we as sufferers and supporters feel that we can get support and advice from other sufferers and supporters because we all have first hand experience with PTSD on one level or another. And truth be told, advice or support that would work for a non-PTSD population oftentimes simply does not work for us. I'm not saying this to scare you away, rather to say I suggest that you read, read, and read some more so that you can get an idea of what we are dealing with.

 

[Justmehere]

This forum, the Introductions forum, is for introducing yourself to people and letting them know who you are. Your title of your post is "Who am I?" (and that would be a very bizarre title to put on a post you intended to put in the research and studies forum but only accidentally posted here.) It seems by your title post alone that you were very clearly seeking to introduce yourself here. If you meant your post for the research forum, it would be weird to also say you are looking for lifelong friends among your research participants. I think I am a little confused. Perhaps you can clarify? or start over?

I'd like to get to know you better and about what makes you interested in being friends with people with PTSD. But your status of a researcher makes your dual role here on the forums confusing. I personally don't know what to make of it.

I guess this all raises an odd question for me personally, can someone be friends with people they are also studying? I think being friends with them would affect the objectivity of the study. I think studying friends would deeply affect the friendship.

 

[InsideAWord]

This seems odd to me. A researcher wouldn't befriend test subjects. I'm not buying it.

 

[anthony]

Well thanks to Anthony setting up copyrights on everything posted here, it would be against the law to take anything said here and use it elsewhere, correct?

Correct, which is why the copyright here is done that way... to protect all members from another using their posted content for their gain, financial or otherwise. Nobody, including myself, obtain financial gain from member content, which is the aim of the legal policy, protecting us all.

 

[TimeToHeal]

Hello @Avalonjunky, might you care to respond to some of the above, very pertinent, questions??

 

[Crayon]

Not to sound too judgmental but I've finished a big study about half a year ago about heart diseases. Where I studied, it's considered highly unethical to make life-long friends with your patients. You can't mix being a doctor or investigator with a social friendship. It rocks your personal integrity as a researcher and creates an unequal friendship with the patient (who can either feel the 'lesser' part in the friendship or can feel exploited).

Also if you're conducting a study, you should post which university you're from, what department, the outline and goals of your study. Also post your status (MSc student, PhD student, BSc student etc).

I hope you respect the openness & anonymity of this forum and won't stain your personal integrity as a researcher by using responses on threads for the benefits of your thesis or paper without explicit informed consent. (FYI, people get taken away titles and degrees if informed consent forms are either absent or forged).

[Edit: typo]

 

[Crayon]

Sorry if I sounded a bit harsh. I think I got triggered. I saw someone on the TV who had a similar face to the person who hurt me. At first I saw his face but then I realized my mind was playing tricks on me, it was just someone that looked like him. I'm shaking, nauseous and I'm scared all morning long. It might have influenced the tone of my previous post. I didn't mean to sound harsh.

 

[InsideAWord]

I think this is a hoax.

 

[The Albatross]

Maybe not a hoax, maybe just misguided.

 

[billie]

Wow, first mistake stating your pseudo- permission and the "trust me" attitude to a bunch of hyper vigilant people. Sorry if I am rude, I just wanted to get that out there. What does freinds in christ mean anyway? Maybe be a bit more sensitive, a lot of trauma has been inflicted by preditors, hiding behind that belief. obvious trigger for some.

 

[The Albatross]

Not rude billie, just acknowledging the faux pas.

 

[TimeToHeal]

Thank you @billie, I thought I was the only one rather put off by that closing....

@anthony, is it possible to block this person somehow? Makes me a little uneasy....