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[pengke.livejournal.com]

I’m sure everyone has read someone’s post on this community or read a comment that made you stop and think, “I don’t believe you.” If you haven’t, either you don’t read the threads very closely or you work very hard not to think critically about anything you read here, because there have been some very outrageous claims made here over the years. (But that’s an entirely different discussion.) I want to know what people think when they come across one of these statements that they just can’t believe.

Do you:

A) Think the person is lying.
B) Think the person is knowingly role playing
C) Think the person believes that they are multiple but is probably unintentionally role playing or some other form of imagination
D) Think the system is lying about the experiences
E) Think the system is knowingly or unintentionally role playing the experiences
F) Think the system is adhering to the community’s cultural norms/trying to fit in
G) Think the system probably honestly believes their claims even though another explanation seems more logical to you
H) Think the system probably started out making things up but has since convinced themselves that their claims are true
I) Worry that you might be making things up too or that someone else might think you are
J) Think something else entirely – please share

Also, do your thoughts change depending on why you can’t believe the statement? For example, is there a difference between someone claiming to do/be something that you think is impossible and someone contradicting themselves or claiming that something happened in real life that could not have happened?

Comments

[kangetsuhime.livejournal.com]

It is only natural for someone, like us, to yeah be outright offended. Both of us were in the opinions of ourselves, our doctors, and people who know us, *more* skewed in our views, opinions, and how we reacted to 'weird' experiences, BEFORE we started receiving treatment. Our close friends who know us, and the medications we are on at certain times, know and will point out to us if a reaction we give is likely to be caused by the medication we're on, or any of our problems. We ourselves look closely at the symptom lists and keep an eye out for *any* sign that there's an effect, whether good or bad. If somebody is being a responsible adult about their problems and treatments, then we assume until signified otherwise, that they take the same level of responsibility.


We are cynical about drugs, do not take these comments as blind faith. A friend suggested seroquel to help with when my anxiety is at its worst, and we already are on edge, will be looking up symptom lists, etc. But... Prozac? Seriously? Long term medical 'care' for say, mild depression? We will never get how you can compare such thing to people who are stoned, and no amount of articles can change that. Unless somebody has a severe and bad reaction to the drug, that comparison is just, off the wall, it really is.


I'm not sure whether we're more put out by your opinion or by the fact that it's you that holds it. We will however try to be more brief in future replies when/if they happen.