caligatia Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 Back when I was first diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, I joined an online mailing list dedicated to people with the illness. The moderator quickly proved to be a problem. She's extremely anti-psychiatry and anti-meds. She's very aggressive about it, too. If someone posts that they're having trouble with their meds, she jumps on them, saying "meds don't work and you're better off without them." If someone suggests an alternative med, she accuses them of trying to play doctor (when really all they said was "Drug Y worked better for me personally than Drug X, so you might want to ask your doctor about it.") I asked her very politely to stop treating badly those of us who disagree with her. She accused me of attacking her personally and trying to get the list to gang up on her. (Did I mention that she's very paranoid, and appears to need the meds she hates so much?) I just quit the list. It's supposed to be an online support group. Instead, it's the moderator's soapbox. I posted that I'm starting a NAMI support group, and she immediately started posting all these anti-NAMI articles and saying that NAMI treats consumers badly, etc. etc. And I'm sick of it. Every time I try to share with the group, this woman insults me and attacks me. All because I like my medication. Sigh. I just needed to rant. Thanks for listening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grousemouse Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 good luck with starting a group. it sounds like you'll be a lot better mod than her. she doesn't sound like a person who should be in charge of a group if her perspective is so strongly polarised. grouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caligatia Posted October 18, 2005 Author Share Posted October 18, 2005 good luck with starting a group. it sounds like you'll be a lot better mod than her. she doesn't sound like a person who should be in charge of a group if her perspective is so strongly polarised. Well, the group I'm starting is of the offline variety. I don't think I could handle doing that PLUS running an online group. I agree with you about the listmod, though. I don't know how the other list members put up with it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scatty Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 How horrible! I agree she needs something to stabilize her. Congrats on starting your own support group, I hope it works out well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilie Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 I've been through that before. And the bad thing about it was that she had no idea her behaviors were inappropriate. I have a yahoo group but don't contribute much. Plus I have a problem with the way its written I have attention problems and can't read all the way down. lilie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
withing Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 Good luck with your NAMI group. NAMI is great. You were right to leave that other group, it probably wasn't helping anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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