This site (forum) is public, free for millions of strangers some with bad intentions to read our personal posts.
I’m not symptomatic, I just want to remain safe and maintain some more privacy.
I do realize that maintaining privacy is difficult to do on a public forum.
Maybe if I change my screen name, avatar, tagline and keep my personal info private this will help.
Yeah maybe it’s some healthy and normal paranoia settling in
I think as long as you don’t give your true name or address its fine. I used to be paranoid about it too.
My friend I’m taking a break from was really upset that I wouldn’t give her my username for this site. So yeah, a little amount of paranoia is normal. But you don’t share where you live or your real name so I don’t think you need to change everything. I think you’re safe.
I think about that fairly often. The conclusion I came to is that I can never find a specific scenario where people could do me significant harm from seeing what I do on the internet, but some caution is always good.
Worst thing I ever got were those scammer emails lol
I understand completely.
I get paranoid here as well, due to my penchant for oversharing. Sometimes I wish we could delete our own threads, because I regret posting certain things. I am not going to bother a moderator every time I get second thoughts.
But like yesterday, when I shared so much about the stress of my husband’s health struggles, I was almost immediately sorry. I don’t think anyone will find out my real name and where I live, but I have said things like he goes to a teaching hospital that narrow down where I could be.
My ex-husband found me on a weight loss website back in 2011, and he was obviously not over my divorcing him in 2002. His whole page was about how I betrayed him, and he had joined all my groups and posted things that I would recognize, and he used his own photo.
He doesn’t know I have schizoaffective diagnosed now, but I often do think I need to stop doing things other than replying to other peoples’ topics.
For what it’s worth, I think you’re safe and you don’t need to change your username and tagline. But, I did it recently as well, after I rejoined as Shmookitty57. I made it Miss Mickey briefly but then I thought people didn’t know who I was anymore so I got my name back. I get the conundrum you have.
As long as you stay, I will be happy. I love reading and responding to your posts. 
Aww thanks a lot @anon28552576
I enjoy reading your posts as well! 
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