I capitalize for emphasis, because I don't know how to italicize or bold things on this board. That's your evidence of me being emotional? C'mon...

You really sound like you're taking the emotional thing personally and it comes across as whining.

Precisely the point.

Also, you should look above the box you're typing your replies in if you want to learn about formatting.

Notice the symbols on the far left once you hit reply. You'll see a B for Bold, an I for Italics, a Quotation mark symbol for quotations and a Chain link symbol for links.

Exercising caution is being fearful?

Fear keeps one focused on the past and/or worried about the future.

Tell me how your concerns are not based on fear.

Or better yet, I'll let you tell us how they are indeed based on fear-

No, it means I perhaps have reason to be suspicious of medical treatments from bad experiences I've had in the past. It means I'm using some wisdom instead of acting impulsively. I've had to do my own research to diagnose my own issues because I have had a long string of incompetent doctors, who either don't know what they're doing, force me through expensive tests, or just want to push me out the door with a prescription. I have gone years suffering, until I educated myself and became my own advocate. That's how it is for people with autoimmune conditions. They all report the same experiences as mine with doctors. I could write a book, believe me.

In other words, your bad experiences (focused on the past) coupled with concern about what will happen to others if they also have to learn the lessons you had to learn the hard way (worried about the future) come from a place of fear.

Again, you've rejected outright facts when they don't directly address these concerns, and that is why you come across as overly emotional.

Have you ever heard the adage, when you point one finger, three are pointing back?

What are you afraid of? I've got a thick skin and have no use for passive aggressiveness.

I capitalize for emphasis, because I don't know how to italicize or bold things on this board. That's your evidence of me being emotional? C'mon...

You really sound like you're taking the emotional thing personally and it comes across as whining.

Precisely the point.

Also, you should look above the box you're typing in to the far left if you want to learn about formatting. You'll see a B for Bold, an I for Italics, a Quotation mark symbol for quotations and a Chain link symbol for links.

Exercising caution is being fearful?

Fear keeps one focused on the past and/or worried about the future.

Tell me how your concerns are not based on fear.

Or better yet, I'll let you tell us how they are indeed based on fear-

No, it means I perhaps have reason to be suspicious of medical treatments from bad experiences I've had in the past. It means I'm using some wisdom instead of acting impulsively. I've had to do my own research to diagnose my own issues because I have had a long string of incompetent doctors, who either don't know what they're doing, force me through expensive tests, or just want to push me out the door with a prescription. I have gone years suffering, until I educated myself and became my own advocate. That's how it is for people with autoimmune conditions. They all report the same experiences as mine with doctors. I could write a book, believe me.

In other words, your bad experiences (focused on the past) coupled with concern about what will happen to others if they also have to learn the lessons you had to learn the hard way (worried about the future) come from a place of fear.

Again, you've rejected outright facts when they don't directly address these concerns, and that is why you come across as overly emotional.

Have you ever heard the adage, when you point one finger, three are pointing back?

What are you afraid of? I've got a thick skin and have no use for passive aggressiveness.

I capitalize for emphasis, because I don't know how to italicize or bold things on this board. That's your evidence of me being emotional? C'mon...

You really sound like you're taking the emotional thing personally and it comes across as whining.

Precisely the point.

Also, you should look above the box you're typing in to the far left if you want to learn about formatting. You'll see a B for Bold, an I for Italics, a Quotation mark symbol for quotations and a Chain link symbol for links.

Exercising caution is being fearful?

Fear keeps one focused on the past and/or worried about the future.

Tell me how your concerns are not based on your personal experiences (things that happened in the past) and about the consequences of what may happen to somebody else if they have to learn the lessons you learned the hard way (worried about the future).

Or better yet, I'll let you tell us how they are-

No, it means I perhaps have reason to be suspicious of medical treatments from bad experiences I've had in the past. It means I'm using some wisdom instead of acting impulsively. I've had to do my own research to diagnose my own issues because I have had a long string of incompetent doctors, who either don't know what they're doing, force me through expensive tests, or just want to push me out the door with a prescription. I have gone years suffering, until I educated myself and became my own advocate. That's how it is for people with autoimmune conditions. They all report the same experiences as mine with doctors. I could write a book, believe me.

Your focus on the bad things that happened to you and your worries about what will happen to other people if they also learn the lessons you think are so important the hard way is the emotion behind your statements.

Again, you've rejected outright facts when they don't directly address these concerns.

Have you ever heard the adage, when you point one finger, three are pointing back?

What are you afraid of? I've got a thick skin and have no use for passive aggressiveness.