Leaving??

no way! Just get rid of the negative people, and focus on you. Stay away from the message boards! Don't leave because of others!

Noooo!!!
Stay! Just ignore the negativity...don't let others affect you. xx

dont let the buggers scare away a nice person. Ignore them. WE all like to voice our opinions but some dont know when and where to taper it off at. That one person who you do or will inspire will miss you! :flowerforyou:

Why not just log your food and exercise and stay away from the forums

Awwww... Don't forget to ask for a refund before you go Seriously if you were leaving you would have left without posting a here on the boards. This is your little cry for help. Do you need a hug this morning? :flowerforyou:

I have to say that I never really see negativity. Maybe I just choose to overlook it, but what i do see is overwhelming support. If there are some unsupportive, negative people thrown in the mix, then you just have to ignore them. This is a great place to be, and it would be a shame to let someone elses negativity chase you away.

Love your name. My 20 month old daughters name is Ellie and we call her Ellie Bellie all the time!

Stay away from the message boards!

You are on the message boards! Which leads me to my next point.
You get what you make out of it. You posted this in the fun and games section so I don't know how serious you are about it, however people sometimes complain about their school, their neighborhood, their state, etc. but in our disgust, and many times it's justified, we fail to see that we are part of the forest.
Remember this quote "be the change you wish to see in the world".
Now if you find a site where only positive people comment please come back and update us, I'd like to go there too.

im sorry to hear that x

I went through that about 8 months ago and did actually leave, because some guy made a negative comment about one of my posts. Obviously I came back and realized that everybody has a right to their opinion. I also decided that I had a right to post what I believe in and if anybody wants to take my advice...great, if not, that's fine too. You will find that when somebody with an entirely different opinion than you is going to try and beat you down and make you feel like you know nothing. This is a place to help others become aware of the options that are out there. You can choose which route you want to take. My rule is don't try to tell someone what to do, just give suggestions.
I stayed away from the forums for quite a while, but post from time to time. Don't let others steer you from an awesome tool that can help you.

Just DUMP the Meanies!!!! There are some amazing warm POSITIVE people "here!"

You get what you make out of it.

I agree! I don't like the negativity, so I stay away from it, as I'm sure, do most people. The success stories section is a great antidote to some of the other stuff!

however people sometimes complain about their school, their neighborhood, their state, etc. but in our disgust, and many times it's justified, we fail to see that we are part of the forest.

In some cases, this may be the only chance people have to voice their opinion/frustration/despair etc. In other cases, people are just bloody-minded and think it's acceptable or fun to be nasty to others. It happens on fora - it happens in the pub - it happens in the office. It's human nature. There are nice people and there are nasty ones. I firmly believe that the former are in the majority!

Remember this quote "be the change you wish to see in the world".

Also...."If you are not part of the solution, then you are part of the problem", which is the same thing, really. I find that while some people moan about an awful lot of things, they never consider that they can effect change. And let's be honest here, some people just like whingeing!

To the OP - I'm truly sorry that you have depression and that you feel that some people here make life difficult for you but in all honesty, if you can't cope with it on a largely anonymous internet forum, how on earth do you expect to deal with it in real life? None of us can hide away from the world, so we have to learn to live in it, no matter how painful it might be at times.

You have a choice - you can choose to run away and not resolve anything, or you can choose to take control and make this the day you say that the actions and words of other people are *not* going to stop you living your life and doing what *you* want to do. Aren't you worth making a stand for? I believe you are. I believe we all are! :flowerforyou:

Besides, the 'good guys' here far outweigh the 'baddies'! :bigsmile:

In a sense, I understand, but I still don't think it's a great decision.

Yes, there can be a hell of a lot of negativity around here. It was bugging me as well, and since I'm on a serious down swing with my depression at the moment, it was REALLY getting to me.

I stopped reading the boards for a bit and for a couple of days I couldn't even read my newsthread and there aren't negative people on there, but I just could not do it.

But this place has been too good to me, and the problem isn't harshness of other people. It was my choice to read and take in what they were saying. So, like with my food choices, I'm working on making better choices.