Good evening to you Ivor! (Noswaith dda, Sir Secombe!)
Please, do not allow this thread to make 'ANY OF US' scared off of posting here and sharing our experiences, just use it to be be "forewarned"!
You Ivor, truly ARE a great member of this community - as are so many others, and I take on board what you have said... But what you have posted here in the past with a great wealth of input, has been of much help to others - even if you do not realize this is what you are doing when you post and share your comments and experiences with the community, but it' s the only way a community of this kind can work; and all of us must help each other by doing this also...
I believe this goes for us all - everyone of us(This is not aimed at you Ivor - not at all my friend, you may have good reasons to feel as you do and that sharing your experience on here could harm you, though I hope this is not the case - but I totally understand and respect it.), and to think I was the one that asked to have this thread placed here in the first place, but not placed here so as to scare people off from posting, it was just to educate people that certain things have changed a LOT since this wonderful place started back in 2015, and it is still, in my mind, THE BEST PLACE to exchange and share ones experiences of medicine, health, well-being, friendship and "who-from+where-to's", among many other things...
However, I totally get the point you are making; it's kinda like being between a rock and a hard place - especially so from a professional perspective, i.e. if you have a job that is heavily scrutinized, or are in a responsible position within society or the community and/or maybe you are more "under the spotlight", than most others.
Just remember that health needs personally affect us all in different ways as a people - and there is NO shame in that at all, it's a fact of life. No matter where you come from or where you find yourself in your life right now, the personal challenge of your well-being and health are foremost on your list of personal endeavor's in life, even if it's to protect those most preciously dear to you, and be it a mental or physical issue... even both!
But if we do not say to "hell with them", and share our experiences amongst ourselves, then how can we evolve as humane people, and help each other at times of real life need?
Especially so, when our governments have left some of us out to dry, or have just shut the door back in our face completely?!
However, I understand that there is still a certain stigma involved in being a "part of this game" - and I understand why a person would hesitate or shy away from getting involved in such a publicized way of such issues...
In the end - We all have to watch out for each other, otherwise who's left in the world that will give a damn about us when we are the ones that find ourselves that person that is down on the floor with no-where. and no-one to go too...Along with any kind of care, compassion or empathy for one another...
We are all in the same boat - so take a stand, if your life lets you that is...You are doing NO WRONG by giving a damn about fellow family, just be forewarned of the knock on effects is all...
Also, please just be careful WHAT you post - the words you use within them, we don't need the "Wrong Type" of attention. not even for the "Right Kind", of reasons...
Let us be Family, and Kind...
Please, do not allow this thread to make 'ANY OF US' scared off of posting here and sharing our experiences, just use it to be be "forewarned"!
You Ivor, truly ARE a great member of this community - as are so many others, and I take on board what you have said... But what you have posted here in the past with a great wealth of input, has been of much help to others - even if you do not realize this is what you are doing when you post and share your comments and experiences with the community, but it' s the only way a community of this kind can work; and all of us must help each other by doing this also...
I believe this goes for us all - everyone of us(This is not aimed at you Ivor - not at all my friend, you may have good reasons to feel as you do and that sharing your experience on here could harm you, though I hope this is not the case - but I totally understand and respect it.), and to think I was the one that asked to have this thread placed here in the first place, but not placed here so as to scare people off from posting, it was just to educate people that certain things have changed a LOT since this wonderful place started back in 2015, and it is still, in my mind, THE BEST PLACE to exchange and share ones experiences of medicine, health, well-being, friendship and "who-from+where-to's", among many other things...
However, I totally get the point you are making; it's kinda like being between a rock and a hard place - especially so from a professional perspective, i.e. if you have a job that is heavily scrutinized, or are in a responsible position within society or the community and/or maybe you are more "under the spotlight", than most others.
Just remember that health needs personally affect us all in different ways as a people - and there is NO shame in that at all, it's a fact of life. No matter where you come from or where you find yourself in your life right now, the personal challenge of your well-being and health are foremost on your list of personal endeavor's in life, even if it's to protect those most preciously dear to you, and be it a mental or physical issue... even both!
But if we do not say to "hell with them", and share our experiences amongst ourselves, then how can we evolve as humane people, and help each other at times of real life need?
Especially so, when our governments have left some of us out to dry, or have just shut the door back in our face completely?!
However, I understand that there is still a certain stigma involved in being a "part of this game" - and I understand why a person would hesitate or shy away from getting involved in such a publicized way of such issues...
In the end - We all have to watch out for each other, otherwise who's left in the world that will give a damn about us when we are the ones that find ourselves that person that is down on the floor with no-where. and no-one to go too...Along with any kind of care, compassion or empathy for one another...
We are all in the same boat - so take a stand, if your life lets you that is...You are doing NO WRONG by giving a damn about fellow family, just be forewarned of the knock on effects is all...
Also, please just be careful WHAT you post - the words you use within them, we don't need the "Wrong Type" of attention. not even for the "Right Kind", of reasons...
Let us be Family, and Kind...
Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path...
And leave a trail... of Love, Laughter and Understanding.