I hear what you're saying. Ive been off the forumns for a couple of years because frankly, there came a point where I was having a hard time healing being around so much anger. Its not the fault of the community so much as my limited capacity at the time. I needed validation that there was a name for what I was experiencing. After that, I felt like I just needed to look for peace wherever I could find it. Im back on because of the way I reacted on Veterans day. I got so freaking pissed at "Happy Veterans Day!" I was like.. "WTF is HAPPY about Veterans Day?" Anyway, I had a very negative and hurtful response to VDay, and freaked out my wife. I just came off my SSRIs which were a god-send, so now Im having all these intense emotions that I need to learn to deal with.
I guess my point in the big wall of text above is that perhaps people come to this forum when it serves a need, and when it no longer serves, they leave. As for etiquette... There used to be a rule that vent posts were labeled "Venting..." or something to that effect, so you could decide before hand if that was going to be good for you to read, or if you had the capacity that day to provide a shoulder to lean on. Maybe it would help to bring that back?
I guess my point in the big wall of text above is that perhaps people come to this forum when it serves a need, and when it no longer serves, they leave. As for etiquette... There used to be a rule that vent posts were labeled "Venting..." or something to that effect, so you could decide before hand if that was going to be good for you to read, or if you had the capacity that day to provide a shoulder to lean on. Maybe it would help to bring that back?
