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and just think.. it would never of existed if i never came to this forum so i'm sorry that i tried to help in a chaotic way

I don't do the whole private chat thing unless someone PM's me. I have no interest in 'connecting' with anyone.

I'd personally rather see people chat in the public chat more often, instead of sending private messages to each other. You may as well be chatting somewhere else if all you're going to do is PM each other.

I'm not sure I fully agree with that. 

Yes, open dialogue is valuable and in many cases highly productive. 

At the same time, it's also not always serious. I, for one,  have been struggling lately with issues pertaining to my Ptsd from conditions I'm experiencing in real life right now. There are a couple of supportive people I've spoken with in PM that are in the space to talk about it, but the general chat seems to mostly be for fooling around, fun silliness, and group bonding. This is also important.

Both of these are important. I need the intimacy of the one on one conversation to help me work through what's going on, and I need the silly banter with everyone (minus the whole retard in the room thing, but he's easy enough to ignore when I'm bored of fucking with him) to lighten my spirits and figure out who I connect with best. 

I don't know if everyone/anyone else feels this way, but at least for myself; I sort of prefer the separation. After my experience I've always had a hard time with large groups, and easily get overwhelmed. 

I understand that as people pair off in PM newer people or people left un paired find themselves left in the drift with no one to talk to.  However, 

 I think the long term discussion forum can help them while they're  waiting to determine who they might like to talk to/where to start.  It also helps kill time while waiting. 

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Fair enough.

Maybe SW isn't the best forum for you to be bringing these issues too, though. PTSD is a bastard of an illness.

I actually really like talking to most of the people on here. They're (excepting dex) smart, funny, and experienced and in the absence of honesty at least very interesting to talk to. 

I'm not big on the touchy feely shit, and I work through my issues in a way that I don't see done in the mainstream psychobullshit industry.