Posted by fachad on March 21, 2002, at 18:42:18
In reply to FACHAD: wow, you are AWESOME! More: » fachad, posted by Janelle on March 21, 2002, at 14:59:02
I'm really glad you appreciated the stuff I wrote. I have seen your posts for the past few days and I just perceived that you really needed some support right now.
I enjoy writing and clarifying and sharing my thoughts and experiences. So I'm really pleased that it had a positive effect on you. (And if you print out my posts, does that mean I'm a PUBLISHED writer? woohoo!)
You asked,
"Just as an example of what I mean, did you compose the "Resources" post first (before the "Perspectives" one), yet somehow get the "Perspectives" one to appear first? If so, how on earth did you do that?!"
Well, this is probably boring and off topic, but since YOU asked, I'll tell you: yes, that’s EXACTLY what I did.
The "Resources" post was written first and just flowed out as I was typing, and I was going to end it with the quote from Branden. (I really like that concept of the “Will to be Efficacious”).
Then I thought to myself, "Jesus, dude, you are really putting the "babble" in psycho-babble. If this person is having trouble just getting out of bed, how in the HELL is she going to read through one of your "War and Peace" length posts?! Maybe, if nothing else, her insomnia will be cured."
Anyway I cut and pasted the "Perspective" section into a new reply in a new browser window (I’m a computer geek, remember) and that's when I made the statement about doing three long posts rather than one that rambled forever. I knew I wanted to say a few things about "Meds" too, so I wrote that up in another reply in another window. That's when I saw the rank ordering of importance.
Resources are more fundamental than Meds, because without resources, you will not even be able to get meds! And perspective is more fundamental than resources, because if you REALLY lose your perspective, and give up, all the meds and all the resources in the world will not be able to help you. You could be surrounded by people who love you, and up to your ears in the world's best pills, and still not "get it". So these three items formed a natural hierarchy, each being necessary to derive benefit from the next, and I wanted them to be seen in that order.
So at that point it was very easy. The PSB board displays posts in the order they are submitted, so I just finished off all three posts, each in a separate window, and then clicked the submit and confirm button for "Perspective", checked to see that it had posted, then submitted "Resources" checked the board to see it there below "Perspective" and then finally submitted "Meds".
Maybe a little OCD going on there, but I liked how it turned out and I’m glad it helped. There really is a lot there; I hope you really do re-read it and that it helps you not only to feel better, but also that it suggests to you an action plan.
> Fachad,
> I don't know what to say ... wow ... I can't believe the time and effort you put in here to give me some support. I read through all your posts once and plan to re-read them several more times at least (my ability to read is severely hampered; I have difficulty focusing on long passages and get overwhelmed easily and this whole thing is foreign to me as I've always been a top-notch reader). Actually, I've just decided, duh, I should PRINT them out!
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> Fachad, I am so touched by your continuing kindness, thoughtfulness and concern. Knowing you are out there, understanding what I'm going through and feeling means a lot to me. I feel like this PB board is like a cyber support group, which is especially important to me since I can't get out much, and have yet to be able to make it to a *real life* support group (that is one of my goals eventually).
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> I'm just curious about one thing and ironically it has nothing to do with the content of your messages (the messages were so well done that I don't have any questions about them!) -- you mentioned that you "manipulated" your posts to come out in the order they did - does this mean you did not compose them in that order, but somehow managed to get them on the board that way? Just as an example of what I mean, did you compose the "Resources" post first (before the perspectives one), yet somehow get the
> "Perspectives" one to appear first? If so, how on earth did you do that?!
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> Thanks again for EVERYTHING.
> -Janelle
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