I try to be a good person, I really do, but it doesn’t seem to be working very well. In case you’re unaware, all of that time from middle school and through high school during which I was supposed to learn and grow, I spent being ill, trying to keep up with a mind that betrayed me. I’m trying to catch up, but it’s slow going. I don’t know where the line is between helping and nagging. I do know that many people here don’t like me because they think I’m some self righteous kiss ass who goes around flagging people for random sh it. I would like to say that that’s not true. I don’t think I’m above anyone in a non-delusional sense (I do tend to have grandiose delusions over other types), and I rarely use the flag option because I’d rather have a conversation about it than just get the post removed and the poster possibly suspended. All I want is to help and keep everyone as healthy and safe as possible, and that’s what I’ve been trying to do, but if you have a better way then please tell me. I will never apologize for trying to help, but I’m sorry that I come across as unapproachable or as a prick.
I think you’re amazing mate
Schizophrenia makes you your own worse enemy! Never have a problem with you and don’t see any issues. It’s a different sort of board. I get paranoid sometimes and chase shadows. It’s the nature of the beast.
I wouldn’t worry about the rest. Do what you do and be confident in your abilities and taste. I flag a few peeps and I’ve never thought anything bad about you. I do read quite a lot!
Your the opposite of a prick. I’d say your a hug! Keep sane and look forward to your contributions!
Your posts are often helpful. I go to threads of people needing help and you’ve already said what needed to be said, leaving me with nothing to add to the discussion.
I agree with this sentiment. This should be made into a bumper sticker! 
Nope not a prick, you’re rich with knowledge and you help people in the best way you think possible by how you understand schizophrenia. You are original, and there’s no changing who you are and you don’t have to. Feel comfortable with yourself, and don’t judge yourself so harsh, girl.
You’re awesome @Sardonic 
I think it’s good to have a young, fresh point of view on here. And that’s you.
I have no problem with you. You seem intelligent enough and caring enough. You’re always going to have critics, that’s the way it goes. But just continue being yourself, you probably have a lot of people on here who like you that you don’t know about. Good luck.
That should be the last of your concern. Really, this place is toxic in case you didn’t notice and most of people here are serios problematic and aren’t worth reading or listening to.
You’re good, @Sardonic. I think these are just self-deprecating thoughts, and if they’re not, it really doesn’t matter what a bunch of people you’ve never met think about you based on a very limited and biased presentation of who you are.
I like you @Sardonic, you have opinions and you shouldn’t change them because of negativity from your own brain.
Our brains are our worse enemies. They trick us into believing things about ourselves and even others that are false
@Sardonic
What happened?
You already know I think you are one amazing young woman. You have a lot on your plate yet reach out to help others. I really care about you, and have even shared my life (fb pics and posts) with you. You’re going to keep maturing into a strong woman. Just remember totake breaks from trying to save the world before you burn out.
@Sardonic ,if it means something I like you and didn’t notice anything wrong with your posts.Everybody dislikes someone,but I think it’s because of illness.You were supportive to me when I needed it.
It’s a lot, not just here, but in my family life too. I’m just tired of being lied on and accused of things that I didn’t do.
Earlier today, for instance, we were talking about sugar intake and I was explaining that I really don’t eat as much sugar as people act like I do. Then, my little brother tried to “rat me out,” saying that he saw me make several oatmeal raisin cookies and eat them myself with a smug ass look on his face, while my other little brother agreed. Of course, once I reminded them that I’m moderately allergic to raisins and dried fruit in general, they were all of a sudden “joking around,” and I was told that I was just taking things too seriously.
Someone on here decided they were going to attack me for my “obvious” flagging of people I don’t like, never mind the fact that I very rarely flag people as is, and that 4 or 5 of my grand total of a whopping 9 flags are from 2 threads where there was some misinformation shared, and one from a long since deleted thread where I flagged a mod as a joke from within the thread. So from my 15 months on this forum, I’ve flagged someone over their posts 4 times, at most. Ask any mod. Please correct me if I’m wrong.
Just stuff like that, all the time, every fu cking day. I’m so fu cking tired of it, you know?
note: Before anyone decides that my lifelong allergy to raisins is psychosomatic, know that I had an allergic reaction to a dressing on kale salad that contained a little bit of raisin sauce, and I couldn’t have known that because my mom made it while I was at school, so I never even saw the dressing.
You are a good person, even if you don’t believe it yet.
One day you will.
Why do you flag people?
Because sometimes people say things just to trigger others.
Someone made a thread celebrating their sobriety and then comes along a sporadic drinker posting links to drinking songs.
Another person started a thread to talk about Captain Beefheart’s mustache, which Om believes is entangled in his brain neurons.
Someone else went onto a thread about someone’s paranoia and advised them not to write it off as just a symptom.
This last one may have been partially influenced by my own paranoia. A new member (guy had been here for 2 days) was trying to get people to talk to him on WhatsApp. I didn’t flag it at first, but it quickly became clear that this person had no intention of participating in the public forum and just wanted to speak to people in an area in which they could not be protected. I don’t know why, and while it’s possible that their intentions were innocent, it’s also possible that they were not.
I understand. So why are you worried about what people think of you?
Flagging is encouraged to help mods find posts that are breaking rules or can be dangerous. I flag suicidal pos ts with a note “needs the suicide information” sometimes. Wheb peopleare flat out trolling or encouraging delusions then you are in the right to flag. Ifpeoplehave a pro blem with that, oh well. They can’t see ifyouflag or notso don’t worry about it. People who break rules or troll always whine when caught. Some like to use their illness as an excuse to be an as!shat. Tough.
I’ve been flagged and had posts deleted. I don’t whine about it. Because I know when I’ve been an as!s.