Psyclick thread commentary + rant alert
A few weeks back a rather harassed IAPT worker started a thread about some of the difficulties she had faced at work. The remnants can be found here:
http://forum.psyclick.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=14285
Due to the lack of help available she reached out for assistance, only to be told by some of the oldies "no can do, go seek supervision" (in varying degrees of politeness), the absence of which was presumably the reason she posted in the first place. Can see this part from both sides, but I am slightly siding with the underdog original poster.
Then people started talking about confidentiality and if she was not careful she could be busted. I am quite a confidentiality freak (get other people to upload stuff for me, multiple anonymous email boxes, proxy servers and anonymising like there is no tommorow) so I would take this as excellent advice and probably take stuff down at that point. The original poster (OP) refuses, and then the thread goes all quiet.
Soon after the poster doesn't just remove the info, but deletes everything on the entire post. Now it may be a late reconsideration of advice, but in my experience of other forums, this is a bad thing. Its the internet version of having the secret police kick down your door, bundle you into a van and you wake up in a bare jail cell tied to a chair. Not good. Then some other posters make some speculative posts about, and then it all goes silent.
So what? Well, if you actually think about it someone tried to get help, and was effectively silenced because someone who didn't like it found out- possibly someone who wasn't helping the OP in the first place? Of course it could be that the situation was resolved, but seeing as the poster didn't just say "Situation resolved, thanks for everything guys" and then never posted again, I am not sure if this is the case. Regardless, it left me feeling quite uncomfortable and uneasy. No one mentioned anything, no one stuck up at this point and said this reflects badly on the OPs management not the OP.
Or maybe people didn't notice. Its application time and everyone is concentrating on other things. Or maybe they were too British and sensitive to address it? It left me feeling quite sad regardless.
The Cabin In The Woods
3 weeks ago
7 comments:
1. for someone who has supposedly 'moved on' from the whole clinpsy thing, you seem to spend an inordinate amount of time perusing these forums... and then bring your staggeringly simplistic criticisms to them.
2. some of those posters were genuinely trying to help the individual in question (inc your BFF Spatch) - the situation was serious, and advising her to contact a union was good advice. Luckily no-one on there felt compelled to go beyond their own boundaries of competence/knowledge - I'm not sure what you expect them to do?
Lol, rantitty rant rant! You do seem to be obsessed with scouring these sites though.....
maybe, but in this instance I just thought RLJ was being a stupid, bitter-arsed bitch
Initial anonymous poster: Maybe a bit of an extreme reaction to somebody expressing their views, be they in your eyes simplistic or not. Really not fair to call someone a bitch for expressing what was essentially an empathic view. This reaction shows you up as a bit nasty really. If RLJ offends you so much, maybe you shouldn't read her blog, or maybe you could find another less offensive outlet for your pent up frustrations.
(Not original anon, but still anon...) Agreed, but if someone's going to broadcast their opinions on a blog, then people can do whatever they want with/to them - all bets are off - otherwise, they should stick em on a forum where there's moderation and all that jazz. RLJ does make some funny observations about stuff, but most of the time she does remind me of some of the worst kinds of APs (i.e. stuck-up & haughty and a bit ner ne ne ner nerrrr)... but that's just my opinion and you/she can do what they like with/to it ;-) xx
While I disagree with RLJ over this issue (and she knows it), I am struggling to find what is "bitch-tastic" about this specific post. The only thing I would criticise is the possibility that some unfortunate may have lost their job or been disciplined over this and it may be insensitive to commentate upon. But its still supportive to them even in that case.
Also does this also mean the original poster requesting help was equally a "bitter arsed bitch"? Or just RLJ for sympathising with it?
"Anonymous said...
maybe, but in this instance I just thought RLJ was being a stupid, bitter-arsed bitch."
Wow how pathetic are you! You seem more of the "bitter-arsed bitch" here. If RLJ bothers you THAT much then i'd suggest you stop reading her blog. Its not nice calling someone a bitch, especially when it is so undeserved.
Im new to this clinical psychology world and I really hope I dont have to come across such nasty people such as yourself on the way.
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