Venting

[jay]

A couple of days ago, I looked at a graph, had a half-hour of angst over some implications, vented in an LJ entry, shook it off and went on to work, focussed on other things. I nearly disabled comments... instead, spent most of my energy over the past two days replying to comments and working out the aftereffects with various partners.

A meta-level comment: I periodically see something that I perceive as negatively reflecting on myself, become depressed, and then rebound. The "down" period is usually minutes-to-hours... I don't generally sit alone at home bashing myself. And I know that I'm not worthless, or completely without some virtues... whatever I may feel when I'm in one of those self-critical periods.

Posting during those periods, however, has led to unnecessary drama on several occasions (either here or on alt.poly) over the past five years. I think I should begin disabling comments when I'm venting at myself...

Comments

[geekchick]

Besides, I didn't see Brian say anything about how he hated his life and regretted every single aspect of it or anything even remotely something I, personally, would consider as hurtful or dangerous as was being interpreted. Hypersensitivity abounds, evidently.

One should also keep in mind that reactions might be influenced by context and background information which may not be readily apparent to others. It may look like hypersensitivity without that context, sure, but that doesn't necessarily mean that it is.

[patgreene.livejournal.com]

What she said. In spades.