What would mental health care professionals say about MGoBoard use?

i was out of work for 14 months and looking for jobs i always had mgoblog open on my computer and was constantly refreshing the site to make sure it was updated... if i'm not going to be near a computer for a day, i'm checking the site on my phone... now that i'm back to work full time on the site has gone down, but as soon as i wake up the first thing i do is get on mgoblog and the first thing i do when i get home is get on mgoblog... they always say the first step to recovery is to admit that you have a problem, but i'm not sure i want to do that yet...

would tell you that you needed to take the namebrand of whatever medication was written on their coffee cup.  You would take it, feel the same way that you did before, but report major imoprovements in your overall mood.  They would smile, nod, and proscribe it to the next patient, regardless of their symptoms.  It is a very effective treatment.

Unhealthy, borderline addict. Recommend strong, mind-altering drug(s) until end of college football season (more specifically, after Michigan's bowl game).

My God...

MGoBlog is a self-selected community of people with similar backgrounds and interests.  To draw an analogy to 19th century America, it is an ethnic neighborhood within the larger context of the internet's urban landscape.  It's a little slice of the old country in a scary new world and the culture shock of this new place (Michigan's recent struggles) requires others who speak the language and know the ways of home.  We cannot keep out the rest of the city, but we can feel safer here for a while before we have to venture out back into the occasional hellish landscape the rest of the city has to offer.

and in 2 1/2 hours 8 people have responded to this in the wee hours of the morning, I'm going to say they would enter the neighborhood of "unhealthy addiction."

I have a couple of those in my immediate family (one of whom is a 'blog reader) and we've had some light (and humorous) discussions.  (Family mental health professional, let me know if you see this post!)

its a good place to vent and relieve the stress the football teams gives us.

I type the site name in reflexively. Like when I freeze up working on a project on word or whatever, my fingers type the site name with no conscious thought. Happens a half dozen times a day or so.

Figured not having a direct link would cut down on use. Nope.

Those of us who were bottle fed need it to comfort us in bad times, and to entertain us in good times.  I just hope it doesn't sag over time!

They would say that Lexapro is not nearly strong enough for the depression in these individuals.

in most cases, those that know me best probably look down on MGoBlog as a vice that I abuse at their expense.  This week, I think they're glad I'm ranting here and not in the real worlds.

The eponymous disease named after Sir Edward Nuckinfutz, who studied the English football hooligans of the 17th century.

Only watched part of the Saturday night disaster so I did not feel as bad as previous weeks on Sunday.  Stayed away from MGoBlog on Monday and had a positive, productive day.  Returned to our favorite forum on Tuesday night and have been sucked back in to the fire GERG dialog, questions about RRod, did my own recruiting analysis of possible DC's, and had my heart skip a beat with the JT Floyd "lower leg" injury matter.  Did not sleep well last night.

Therefore to me MGoBlog has all the hallmarks of an addiction.  It does not make our life any better, can many times make us feel worse, and yet we cannot fully separate ourselves from reading the posts and sharing with our fellow suffering fans.  It also has a lot of similarity to co-dependency as we don't like what we see and feel but still come back for more.

So since MGoBlog has members with addictions and co-dependency issues, this makes us no different than most American families.  In families there is strife, differing opinions, but ultimately love and respect for the members and the family as a whole.  Therefore to be an MGoBlog member, is like being in a family, which is akin to being an American, which is still one of the best things in the world.

GO Blue and Go MGoBlog!

And I need help.

Its an addiction plain and simple.  I look on the brightside, at least its cheaper than heroin, cocaine, acid etc.

Would read our grief stricken passages and walk slowly backwards out the door knowing this patient is close to terminal with all the anguish being heaped upon us on a weekly basis.

I can't tell you how many of my mgoblog visits have ended with my girlfriend going, "So do you get to pay attention to me now?"

as I am reading this I know full well that I should be finishing up some work to email in the morning.