AliSarah
Venting makes you feel better...
Sep 03, 2010
... and if it doesn't, you aren't really venting...Today, I'm a bit frustrated... Over something someone else did. It happens... On these boards, we meet all kinds of people- those that are happy with their surgeries, those that aren't happy with their surgeries, and so on... And, we let those people have free access to posting as many topics as they want on the message board. But, when someone posts about how unhappy they are with their surgery, waits 5 minutes, doesn't get a reply and makes another post about how unhappy they are... and keep doing this for a half an hour complaining over and over that they didn't know what they were getting into or their dr screwed something up or they hate the food restrictions they are living under or really whatever else they need to vent over...it just starts to wear on me, and turn me into the eye rolling version of myself.
Now, I really don't like the eye rolling version of myself, she's certainly not my favorite version of myself. But, this is a message board for adults who exhibit adult behavior. They won't let you have this surgery unless you are 18 so that pretty much settles it that this is pretty much an adult environment. And, I don't know any adults in my life who throw tantrums and stomp their feet until enough people pay attention to them to satisfy their desire in that moment. To me, this person was NOT interested in "Venting". This person was throwing a tantrum and demanding we all watch it. I didn't watch my daughter have a tantrum when she was 3 and I'm certainly not going to watch some random adult I don't even know throw one now- no matter how much I might feel for her situation and wish there was some way to make it better...
To me, this was/is clearly attention seeking behavior. And, to fully blow out of proportion even fuller the tantrum, this person deactivated themself from OH, admonishing us all for being all smiley and happy no matter what bad things come into our lives whether related to our surgeries or not... And, maybe to some people, that's a bad thing... but, not to me. I'd rather look at the positive side of things. I especially prefer to tell myself that what I am going through is normal and that it WILL pass soon than to sit and wallow in my misery and let everything compound into something far worse. In the end, I think this person needs some major counseling, possibly some anti depressants, and a much smaller volume button on their microphone...
Whew!! And, see... now that I have vented about that, I feel better, and I can let it go and move on...
Huggles!!
~Sarah~
