Reply #105: Your post is a good example of why so few people make such comments

[melody]

We stigmatize such experiences, as you have with your admonishment to me. There's no shame in these experiences. I've no reservations about sharing them -- I've said all that before here. Everyone who knows me, knows all that. I could have (and intended to do so) gone in prior to the editing period and clipped it all out with the old "self-delete" advisory because there are those people who insist upon looking down on others with difficult histories. I let my comments stand because a couple of PM's suggested I do so. I consciously decided to let them stand. If they made you feel awkward, that's your issue.