Valentina

Roger that, @Christinamo7

My younger sister and I, for instance, both wls patients with same gene pool......yet reaction to stuff is way different. She is hyper-sensitive to what folks say. Tender hearted and gets hurt all the time. She says I'm a callous arse...lol. I get it, though, I truly do. We are all hard-wired different and then we receive different programing, too, along the way.

An internet board can make it a tough to decipher poster's intent or true meaning sometimes. I've read posts before and been, "Wut ?" then went back again and read a totally different meaning.....and walked away not knowing which was the intended one. So much easier to understand in person....can read the body language and all, too.

One big factor here on BP, though, is that most of us let our guard down and relax a bit with the belief we are among like-minded friends.....fellow patients who share our struggles. Then it makes it much more harsh when one of those fellow pards throws a jab or two at us.....unexpected.....more painful when it comes from someone you thought would be an ally.

Exactly!! Hurtful, snarky comments from someone who is thought to be, if not a friend, at least some one with some empathy cuts deep and not soon, if ever forgotten. No one know how "fragile" a poster is when asking a question that has been asked 200 times before. My wish is for a veteran to either answer the question with a wee bit of empathy , and leave the wise cracks for the Veteran's forum, and just not answer at all.

Thank you for your thoughts and all of your support.

Prayers going up for you, Friend.