Comments on: Lurker? Guilty As Charged http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2008/07/24/lurker-guilty-as-charged/ A blog about mental health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:55:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: David http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2008/07/24/lurker-guilty-as-charged/comment-page-1/#comment-3419 David Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:12:10 +0000 http://trouble.pwblogs.com/2008/07/24/lurker-guilty-as-charged/#comment-3419 Gee Liz, that kind of surprises me that you wouldn't confide. You seem very open about your illness and that is what keeps me coming back to this site. I have to say I'm pretty much a lurker at the other web sites I visit but those are more news/political sites like Huffington and Crooks and Liars. I always seem to have something to say but dont see much point when I'm going to be giving the 8,945th response. ANyway, after years of having a fear of revealing too much of anything about myself, I find it cathartic to just say, "what the hell, here's my story". Ordinarily, I might hope for a response from you but I think it's possible you're lurking around your own web site. Anyway, being in the company of people who might understand you even a little is a good thing even if you remain lurking in the shadows. Dave Gee Liz, that kind of surprises me that you wouldn’t confide. You seem very open about your illness and that is what keeps me coming back to this site. I have to say I’m pretty much a lurker at the other web sites I visit but those are more news/political sites like Huffington and Crooks and Liars. I always seem to have something to say but dont see much point when I’m going to be giving the 8,945th response. ANyway, after years of having a fear of revealing too much of anything about myself, I find it cathartic to just say, “what the hell, here’s my story”. Ordinarily, I might hope for a response from you but I think it’s possible you’re lurking around your own web site. Anyway, being in the company of people who might understand you even a little is a good thing even if you remain lurking in the shadows. Dave

]]> By: Stormgazer http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2008/07/24/lurker-guilty-as-charged/comment-page-1/#comment-3418 Stormgazer Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:52:27 +0000 http://trouble.pwblogs.com/2008/07/24/lurker-guilty-as-charged/#comment-3418 So, if I understand this correctly, non-social types gain the same benefits from support groups as the social types, minus the benefits to be had by actual socialization? Am I the only one who sees this as a no-brainer? It's like doing a study to determine that people who don't socialize at parties still get to hear all the music and eat tortilla chips, and can have just as good a time as the social types if they're left alone. I just don't see the purpose of this study. So, if I understand this correctly, non-social types gain the same benefits from support groups as the social types, minus the benefits to be had by actual socialization?

Am I the only one who sees this as a no-brainer? It’s like doing a study to determine that people who don’t socialize at parties still get to hear all the music and eat tortilla chips, and can have just as good a time as the social types if they’re left alone. I just don’t see the purpose of this study.

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