Migraines, Blogging, Attitudes

Migraines or not, I like peace and tranquility in my life. I tend to be somewhat Zen about things, believing in a higher power and in Karma. What I send out into the universe will be returned to me.

When I started this blog dedicated to the truth about Migraine disease, I knew there would be times when it messed with my peace and tranquility. Times when I’d take a lot of heat for what I said here. I decided I could do it, that I just wouldn’t take things personally. But, because I’ve seen other people sorely abused by the people who become angry with them, I also made a decision. A decision that I would write this blog under a nom de plume, a pen name. I don’t want people emailing me at my personal email address, searching the internet for my home address or phone number, fussing at me on a personal level. A couple of bloggers I asked about this thought it was a great way to keep things from getting too personal. So, although the information on the “about” page is correct, nobody knows my true name.

You may wonder why I’m telling you this now. I’m telling you now because I also want to say a few things about what I blog and how people respond. My goal is to talk about treatments and theories I see online and am concerned about, not the people behind them. To post about writings that are truthful and correct or are mistaken, incorrect, or just old science. But, people take things very personally sometimes, and they lash out at people who write something they don’t like. Because I get so many spammers trying to post comments to this blog, all comments have to be approved by me before they’re published. People who want to comments don’t have to share my thinking or agree with me, but they do have to exercise common courtesy. Nasty comments are not approved; they are deleted along  with the spam.

The internet has been great for us. It’s been an explosion of information available, far more than ever before. On the other hand, it has its drawbacks. I’m glad I decided to write under a nom de plums, but dislike the reasons I feel I need to. For all the personal information available, the internet is still very impersonal in a way. People will write things to other people that they’d probably never say to someone’s face. They’ll express anger at a level that would probably considered assault and have people calling the police were they to express it in person.

In the end, this is my blog, and I’ll post or not post comments as I see fit. If you understand that, great! If you don’t understand it or don’t like it, please go read someone else’s blog and just skip mine.

Best,
Arabella ♥