It is true that I have little stomach for being anything other than myself. Good observation. In retrospect, I regret pushing away my "baby" brother when he wanted to talk about us as a family, and I wanted to think of myself as an individual. As an example.
I did observe that you were reaching out for genuine, non-superficial human contact, but my perception was that you were asking politely. We do have the opportunity to respond to each other in a genuine way, if we want to. There may be the problem of unsolicited jerks jeering and snarling, and generally making us self-conscious, but so far that isn't a problem on this thread. I found SI to be very beneficial when I had a bad spell with rheumatoid arthritis from September, 1998 through June, 1999. I was too disabled to interact with anyone but my family and the people on SI, so it was great for me. I've met people that have enriched my inner life incredibly. I wish I could say we are all friends here. So far, at least on this thread, that seems to be true. So please don't feel self-conscious. |
