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Originally Posted by thedoc
Assuming that what everyone is posting is either true or what they believe is true, I would have to agree with TLS that we really cannot diagnose Peacegirl or anyone else. We only have steril words on a screen, no tone of voice, no facial expression or body language, and no context that is outside the scope of the computer screen. Certainly what Peacegirl has posted casts doubts on her sanity and rationality, but as has been stated people can act convincingly when they try. Case in point the character Kelly Bundy was at the lower end of the intellictual scale, yet she was played by Christena Applegate who is in fact a relatively intelligent person. What we see on the screen of Peacegirl may be all there is and that would be troubling, but it may be just an act to get attention. Some of her replies appeared as if they could have been clever ploys to keep things going or genuine incompetence, there is no way to know for sure.
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I don't know how much more strongly I can stress that I'm not saying we can make any online diagnosis here. Any such specific diagnosis would necessarily be speculative. And of course this could all be some elaborate decade-long hoax. I don't think that is at all likely, but it's not really relevant to my point.
I'm just saying that on the assumption that this is
not a hoax, then even though no certain or accurate online diagnosis is possible, it is still reasonable for us to believe that
something like a delusional disorder could well be involved, and that whatever her actual condition involves, it is reasonable for us to believe that she would probably benefit from some kind of treatment for it. Because if she is for real, then what she is doing is definitely neither normal nor healthy.
None of this requires any online diagnosis.