Thursday, August 20, 2009

Comment about a previous post

I've been meaning to make a comment about a blog I posted on 6/22. Oddly enough, people became rather worried about me after reading it, and I guess it's my own fault since I didn't word things clearly enough. So, just for the record - No, I'm not depressed! People seem to have misunderstood what I meant by "happy people," but notice how it's in quotation marks? You see, I've noticed that with most of the blogs I read, people have nothing but absolutely fabulous things to talk about. Their kid did something super cute , or they're excited about an upcoming event, or they're just putting a positive spin on something that upset them. Now, I'm all about trying to be positive or talking about something funny my kid did, but I also talk about real, every day life. Meaning, I talk about the bad and the good.

I've noticed people seem to be scared to talk about the difficulties they're having. No one talks about their financial troubles or health problems. No one mentions if they've had a really bad day and they're really cranky. No one says hardly anything negative in a blog and the question I pose is, Why? I mean, if all a person did was talk about negative things, I'd be worried about them. But can't the same be said if the opposite were true? If a person only posted positive things, wouldn't anyone be concerned whether or not they were in denial about something or if they were keeping their worries and feelings bottled up? Everyone has bad days, so why don't people feel comfortable talking about them? Anyway, that's what I meant by "happy people," the people who only talk about great things and never talk about anything bad. Maybe I'm the only one that's bothered by this. Oh well.
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  1. My theory in this matter is that their are two kinds of people, some people get better by talking about the hard stuff. Some people get better by not talking about it...Some people talk it out, some people just like to accentuate the positive. Wait, a third type, which is me. I have a hard time feeling motivated to write when things are not going well.

    Also, perhaps people arn't comfortable sharing their difficulties or trials in a public forum, such as a blog. I know that the closer I am to someone the more likley I am to answer the "How are you?" question, that everyone uses as a greeting these days, with the truth, or at least, the more detailed about the truth I will be.
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  2. Someone must have said something to you about it, Margie, huh? Here's how I see it (in case anyone cares)- I pretty much only talk about the good stuff on my blog because I feel like that's what people are going there to see. In person I'll be a little more up front with you, because it's more... personal, I guess. Plus, I go back and look at my blog posts from time to time, and I'd rather just remember the good stuff.
    Now, I'm not saying you should only post positively, because not everything in life is positive. I say good for you for posting sincerely; what you feel and think at that time whether it's good or bad. I think you have a lot of good you post about too. It's your blog- say what you want. I'm still reading it, I'm still interested, I still like you and your family, and I'm not the only one. So there.
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