Comments on: Not a complaint, only an observation: on speechlessness and oversharing

By: Tam

Tam — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:31:42 +0000

You’ve been around my blog enough to pretty much know the real me. If I ever introduced you to The Crazy Latvian, you could both talk about like you’ve known me for a long time. Is that oversharing? Maybe.

I think you’re a lot like me – writing is the way we process and make sense of the situation. Talking about it makes it too real… Of course, TCL will read something I wrote and then call me about it (I do the same to her). For us though, it opens a door and enables us to talk about some things we’re not comfortable with on the first pass. It’s all about the balance.

By: the tthm

the tthm — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:08:43 +0000

Gravy boat! Stay in the now!

By: Peabo

Peabo — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:12:37 +0000

Hmmm….I would argue on your oversharing. I don’t think you do. You don’t tell all, and you give a good balance of the good and the bad. If everything was hunky-dory in your world (according to your blog) I’d feel a little cheated because I’d know you’re lying. Whereas now, you give enough that I know you’re normal.

Oversharing, to me, is naked pictures, telling who did what with whom/to whom, mentioning a suicide attempt prior to the attempt….stuff like that. Stuff like the teenagers do.

By: jodiferous

jodiferous — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:46:53 +0000

“The problem is that I don’t want to talk about my loneliness or my fear, I want to write about it. ”

I’ve tried to explain this to my mother many times.

By: Jodi

Jodi — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:06:35 +0000

I think we’re all isolated and weird, just some of us accept and admit it.