[quote=HaleyTheRandom]
But see, that's the thing. I do research as I know that it is easy to offend people over the web as you are not sitting face to face and it is hard to get a point across the right way, not to mention that I have a certain level of respect for people who have gone through said things.
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As someone who's actually gone through plenty of rather nasty psychological hells himself, I actually appreciate this statement on a very [i]personal[/i] level (I was very mixed between picking "Like" or "Thank" for your post due to exactly this reason; I still don't know if I'm happy with which one I went with).

That point aside; I've already told you over PM that I think you seem quite smart, so this doesn't actually surprise me at all. Even with all of my insight I still want to learn more though; that's really the only reason I said that to you and offered my support if it was ever needed. Honestly, you'll do fine with the attitude you have as long as you always remember to work on any holes in your research.

Some of the threads I suggested to you in that previous post of mine were actually useful even to people who [i]have[/i] done a lot of research; especially the first of the three (writing mental disorders is actually very difficult for people who don't suffer from those ailments personally or have an empathetic connection to people who do; a personal and deep understanding of the mind is more important than "book smarts", so research can only take someone so far on its own - the same applies to why a lot of psychiatrists and psychologists are actually not able to help people; they don't empathize with them or truly understand their perspective and world beyond superficial education).

I've also posted my response under the assumption other people with a similar problem might come here.

[quote=HaleyTheRandom]
I have researched the topics numerous times before writing them down and even tried to explain that to said persons, even launching into a 60,000 word explanation that I did so, adding a bunch of factual information, most likely creating a wall of text that they did not even bother to read.
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Oh, yeah... I don't know what that feels like [i]at all[/i], do I? xD

Sarcasm aside... they can shove it if they won't even listen to you; they're not worth your time. That's how I view anyone who tries to look down on me or doesn't listen to what I have to say, so that's how I think you should view them as well.

[quote=HaleyTheRandom]
It just really irks the hell out of me when people assume that a person would not have respect to do such research and then continue on more or less yelling at you over the web when they won't even listen to you. 
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This happens all the time; we live in a world where people assume if you don't have a resume or a degree in some field then you can't possibly know anything about it, or that a young person can't possibly have natural wisdom and insight despite the fact that geniuses are born all the time and go completely unnoticed, in many cases even completely supressed. I'd ask you to tell me who some of these people are (assuming they're on the site), but that's entirely your call since you already know the PM door is open.

I don't think you've got anything to worry about, [@HaleyTheRandom]. I know you wouldn't have posted this up unless it was actually getting to you, so I'm giving you my honest opinion about this whole situation... Seriously; [b]"fuck 'em"[/b]!