What have you done lately...

@karoly-aczel said
naughty?

you mean glutinous?

You have to take control. Balance and use, not abuse.

to late damage done call it greed or addiction its a recovery mission now, make the most of the time I have left.

@fmf said
I think online disinhibition syndrome is interesting.

It is.
Like what alcohol does. Loosens the tongue. With the added ingredient of anonymity.

For example, I might say aloud I have a kind of affinity for everyone posting in these threads akin to love, when in reality, if we where sitting face to face, I would be inhibited to say.

Would you agree that that is a symptom of disinhibition syndrome?

@secondson said
It is.
Like what alcohol does. Loosens the tongue. With the added ingredient of anonymity.

For example, I might say aloud I have a kind of affinity for everyone posting in these threads akin to love, when in reality, if we where sitting face to face, I would be inhibited to say.

Would you agree that that is a symptom of disinhibition syndrome?

Your question presupposes that there is some mystery about what the words "inhibition" and "disinhibition" mean. For me, there isn't. The "disinhibition" that I think is relevant to this thread is the Walter Mitty/Billy Liar kind. If all the people who've assured me - online - that they were sergeants in the U.S. Marine Corps, actually were, then the U.S. Marine Corps must have over 20 million men and women on active duty.

@badradger said
to late damage done call it greed or addiction its a recovery mission now, make the most of the time I have left.

You are doing the right thing by identifying and acknowledging the truth about your condition. Support in "therapeutic sessions" with others is a powerful tool on the path of recovery. I've been there. It works.

There's an added benefit though that you will discover after you get you feet back on the ground.

@fmf said
Your question presupposes that there is some mystery about what the words "inhibition" and "disinhibition" mean. For me, there isn't. The "disinhibition" that I think is relevant to this thread is the Walter Mitty/Billy Liar kind. If all the people who've assured me - online - that they were sergeants in the U.S. Marine Corps, actually were, then the U.S. Marine Corps must have over 20 million men and women on active duty.

I see no mystery. I think you're over complicating the alleged "syndrome" by over exaggeration.

Have 20 million people tried assuring you that they were marines?

Disinhibition syndrome is a simple enough concept relevant to this forum in that posters tend to say things, and say them in a way, not consistent with how they would speak in a setting where anonymity wasn't the rule.

@secondson said
Have 20 million people tried assuring you that they were marines?

No. If you don't get the anecdote, so be it.

@secondson said
Disinhibition syndrome is a simple enough concept relevant to this forum in that posters tend to say things, and say them in a way, not consistent with how they would speak in a setting where anonymity wasn't the rule.

That aspect of it is not so interesting. Over the past ten or so years a fair few people have told me that they are going to beat me up if they meet me. That big-mouth internet-tough-guy stuff is dreary and dull and not of much interest. I am much more fascinated by - like I said - the Walter Mitty/Billy Liar-type manifestation of online disinhibition syndrome.

@fmf said
No. If you don't get the anecdote, so be it.

I got it, but I don't think you're seeing my point either.

The symptoms of "disinhibition syndrome" are varied depending on the individual, and your interests in the manifestations of it are different from mine.

@secondson said
I got it, but I don't think you're seeing my point either.

The symptoms of "disinhibition syndrome" are varied depending on the individual, and your interests in the manifestations of it are different from mine.

I don't care much about the big-mouth stuff. It's mostly boring. Even when it's exacerbated by booze, it's mostly tedious and embarrassing.

@fmf said
Over the past ten or so years a fair few people have told me that they are going to beat me up if they meet me. That big-mouth internet-tough-guy stuff is dreary and dull and not of much interest.

So it bugs you to be threatened by someone who in reality probably couldn't beat up a six year old.

Makes you want to kick their ass, right? Because deep down inside you know the they need to learn to shut their mouth.

@fmf said
That aspect of it is not so interesting. Over the past ten or so years a fair few people have told me that they are going to beat me up if they meet me. That big-mouth internet-tough-guy stuff is dreary and dull and not of much interest. I am much more fascinated by - like I said - the Walter Mitty/Billy Liar-type manifestation of online disinhibition syndrome.

Please explain what the "Walter Mitty/Billy Liar" thing is.

@secondson said
So it bugs you to be threatened by someone who in reality probably couldn't beat up a six year old.

No, it's fascinating. It doesn't "bug" me at all. I think it is one of the most - if not the most - abject ways of making a fool of oneself online or on a message board.

@secondson said
Makes you want to kick their ass, right? Because deep down inside you know the they need to learn to shut their mouth.

Speak for yourself. I don't concur with this kind of silly talk. Just say what you feel; don't try to incorporate me into what it makes you want to do.

@secondson said
Please explain what the "Walter Mitty/Billy Liar" thing is.

It's about the construction of a kind of alter ego who purports to have had all manner of experiences.

@fmf said
No, it's fascinating. It doesn't "bug" me at all. I think it is one of the most - if not the most - abject ways of making a fool of oneself online or on a message board.

You appear to be waffling. Above you said it was "mostly boring", and now you're saying it's "fascinating".

Of course only a fool makes threats in an anonymous on-line website. It's less than boring and not very fascinating at all. imo