Posted by ghost on May 13, 2004, at 10:47:05
In reply to Thank you Open Babblers for your support I saw CB, posted by bell_75 on May 13, 2004, at 8:31:56
you know, i've never had anyone do that (i don't think), but i don't think i'd mind if they had. (mind you, i guess it'd be different if i were in the circumstance, but i'm just guessing right now). i like questions. they improve my self-esteem for the most part in that i figure people wouldn't ask if they didn't want to know the answer (barring that stupid small talk question, "how are you?" of course!).
on the other hand, in one of the groups i attended in the hospital, one of the social workers asked a woman flat-out what her diagnosis was-- and i didn't think that was any of our businesses, and the question *was* a bit more of a curiosity thing (due to the nature of something the patient said) rather than to help the patient deal with the problem. in that respect, i kind of think that was out-of-bounds, but i'm not sure if it's just me being overly sensitive and private or not.
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