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Epiphany....

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... I was reading something somewhere on this site and came to the realization that for many people on DS there is little on the outside.

I always wondered why people were so easily offended or were concerned that they were being offensive on this site, and now I think I get it.

For many this site is the end all be all, this is where you have your friends and where you find solace and comfort and peace, and for many they have no other place that they find these much needed essentials.

I felt guilty of having a life outside of this site when I realized this...

Sadly, because of this I now feel a sense of detachment even from the friends I have on this site.

All this, to say that I feel detached from the world, but because I have friends and a life aside from this site I now feel detached from here as well.

This is not meant to be offensive in any way, as a matter of fact the ability to feel a part of something has always eluded me, and I wonder if I am the only one who has noticed this...
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fuck. i just thought my attachment to this site was another one of my fucking wierdnesses.

it's because i have no other life.
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I find this place to be an amazing way to get to know people going through the same thing.

I have an outside life. problem is none of the people I know understand what it is like. so when I want to discuss things like BP and meds It is like I am talking to a brick wall.

so i come here to socialize with my peers
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Poison, I think that is healthy... But what about those that have only one side of that...
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Interesting thought. I am sure this site means alot more to some and not so much to others. I think all of us want a bit more control over our environment and want some stability here... which is constant yet unstable. All should be greatful for what we have here...

Kenny is dead
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i think that elusive feeling is quite common, and that we are all just overly sensitive sometimes. we can also be total assholes, and thats why we need to ask sometimes if we offend, like i asked you yesterday. i hate pissing people off, and yet i'm good at it!!:) hugs to you mrtim!!!!!!
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you bastards
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Dear Mr. Tim,
I don't think that people don't have friends outside this site I just think that b/c it is annonymous, osmetimes things are said that we wouldn't say to pwople face to face. It's just a way to vent. Some just have more hostility than others whether they are right or wrong.
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that was a response to more's comment about Kenny
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You may be very wrong in this assumption. Some ppl on here get things out where they are unable or don't feel safe enough to do outside of here. I hear alot of problems of ppl here pissed off at the outside world so I think your wrong on this at least generalizing.
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I havnt spoken much to my friends on here,or in the real outside world friends,where does that leave me,more fucked than #1
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#7


I don't agree with what I have been reading. Some people don't have friends outside of this site.
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i have friends outside of this site, and family... etc..

but i am strangely attached to my DS friends...
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lindel, I'm not generalizing at all. I'm basing this on things that I have read here more than once. I don't think everyone is this way...
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I have friends outside of here, I just hide it from them, this is where I can be myself and not scare anybody away like I did my family and friends I have in the past. I am going through an EXTREMELY rough time in my life and sitting on here has kept me from actually trying to kill myself!
No kitty, MY POT PIE! lol
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By the way this is the longest post I have ever posted on this site. Do I get a promotion or something...
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