Mental Illness & Fantasy Online

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Last edited by Ante on 09 Nov 2005, 5:22 pm, edited 1 time in total.

This can apply to any media. Look at Television
re-enactment...since they saw it on TV, perhaps
they can do it.

Let's not put blame on the sources, but as you said
look at the indivuals and their issues!



Hmmmmm? Explain this one in more example'd
detail. The only chat-line and posting sites I am
familiar with is WrongPlanet! So please forgive
my nievity!



I have no opinion on this since this site, WrongPlanet
can also apply to your statement and I personally
have seen some scarry switches in the mental
states and writing they have done!

Hmmmm? Slight pause by Ghosthunter......!

Perhaps one needs to consider the type of sight
they are entering before posting. The ones with
co-morbid issue'd people would be, from what
you say red-flags? WrongPlanet, Bi-Polar, ect...
could easily be stereotyped using your idea
and the lack of judgement by the posting person.



Again! Posting person should read, examine
the posts past and then make a individual
decision, not a blanket judgement as this is
sounding like. Am I reading into your statements
wrong?????????



This is why people post, anonymity!



Agreed! The internet is just another form of
expressive media.





This is true, but in some cases, autism sites like
WrongPlanet are to allow the breaking of stereotypical
shells that the autistic person has built, thus their
true nature can come out! Be it bad or good.

Everyone has the right to express and be healed
through their words. The NT world just wants
them to go away and "Shut up", thus just cope.
This expression online is sometimes neccessary
to break these shells.



This fakeness is temporary for most and their shells
eventually get broke and true healing and expression
will eventually begin! Let's not put blankets on each
other, like folks in the NT world have done to the autistic
community.

Hmmmmmm? Not sure how to react to your thoughts?
Ghosthunter-Hmmmmmmm?

Very interesting topic.

I actually saw this happen in a psych forum I used to read regularly. I have no idea if it was a genuine case of DID or simply a very intense fantasy. But considering enough data to make a real diagnosis couldn't be gathered from a few forum posts, I was shocked by the response. Even practicing psychologists were hostile to the person in question. They blundered around, either oblivious or uncaring to whatever was going on with this person behind the scenes, doing things like telling her "alter" directly that he was just an unhealthy figment of her imagination. True or not - I would have expected a little more discretion from professionals.



Agreed. But it becomes a balance between the purpose of the forum, the desires of other forum members, and the needs of the "troll" in question. Not all forums are created to coddle people's issues. Without a good way to quickly tell a random a** from a mental illness, some level of discipline has to be enforced or the forum will dissolve into incoherency.

WP is one of the more open-minded forums I've been on - as it should be. But I also post on business forums where a standard of professional decency has to be maintained, so I can understand when disrespectful or off-topic posters are dealt with quickly.



Or maybe we don't take it seriously enough. The safety, the anonymity, and for some spectrum people, one of the few ways they can manage direct communication - creates a place where people feel free to talk about issues they would never dare bring up in person. And people who've covered the same territory themselves - whether abuse or suicidal thoughts or any other intense, stigmatized topic - can be brought together in communities (like WP!) where they can genuinely help.

The internet can feed a delusion ( shifters.org, anyone? ) but it can also be a tool for great good.

Agreed! There is a time and place for everything!
I do not totally agree on the part of singlemindedness
of some people though! One persons perception is
not another, and sometimes off-topic is actuall
on topic, just worded differently? Any thoughts
on this?



I have perused some other PG13 level sites where
politeness is extreme, and autism experiences cannot
be discussed with Disney PG13 politeness, or it's just
a non-functional result, thus i agree a genuine PG17
non-politeness and frankness is neccessary!

It's a good point. The forum I'm thinking of has a lot of international posters who are not very good with English. It says in the forum instructions to stay on topic, but I think people understand that mistakes in wording are actually people being on topic but not understanding the language. I've never noticed anyone being banned just for off-topic posts.

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Last edited by Ante on 09 Nov 2005, 5:26 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Very interesting.

I've done the multi login thing as an attempt to test scripts I've written before, so that could also be it.

Due to my inexperience with Yahoo chatrooms,
can you give some examples?

Sincerely,
Ghosthunter

Online is the only place I feel I can be real.
I live a fantasy life offline everyday every time I step outside my front door.

That's one reason I love the SCA! I can disappear for hours/days into another time and place... and everyone else there is just as deep into their own fantasy!

I'm lucky, I've found a couple close friends that understand about the spectrum, so I can experiment with being real in person until I've gotten myself desensitized enough to be able to handle more public exposure without meltdown.

Look on the bright side - at least your whole house is your own territory.



Ha! I love tabletop RPG's for the exact same reason. Heck, I probably learned most of my social skills from gamers and from experimenting in-game. If you screw up - you were just trying to roleplay your character. If you run into a confusing situation - well, your char has a higher charisma score than you, and should be able to get away with things you don't have the words for.

Absolutely right!


Never played RPGs.

Since I first used a chatroom at 14 - I have been agressive towards internet people. I don't know why.

I really hated the fact that they all "roleplayed" and no-one in that chat ever wanted to just talk. I don't use the internet as a fantasy life, but I do use it to escape reality.

I have two worlds, online and offline.

I have to put up a facade offline so I like to be me online.

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Last edited by Ante on 09 Nov 2005, 5:26 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Yeech! And I thought I was terrible!
Hmmmm?