Personality problems

@GardenGerty (157665)
United States
April 22, 2007 10:46am CST
Several of us have been mourning the deceptiveness of a former myLot member who was a friend to many of us. He left, saying he was having surgery on a brain tumor, but it looks as if he used it for convenience. I would like to propose that there is a more involved explanation. Remembering what I know from some of my health involved studies, I checked it out. A symptom of certain types of brain tumors is that there are personality changes, that are often totally contradictory to who the person really is. Brain stem tumors are some that cause this. I will choose to believe that our friend was not necessarily a dirty rotten scoundrel, who fooled hundreds of us, but was acting out of his illness, and developed this alternative style of functioning. I do not expect this discussion to get much response, it just seemed like a good place to express my "Pollyanna" point of view about a friend who cheated.
6 people like this
10 responses
• Canada
22 Apr 07
See, this is the danger of the internet. People can say whatever they like and get away with it, because the people who are befriended will never know any difference. My personal experience is that people lie to get a bit of attention, but then they make friends with others online and emotions get involved. Once emotions are involved, it gets harder and harder to actually tell the truth, and the lies just keep on coming. Finally when the lies get too much to bear, they make up one last one as to why they won't be around any more. I too am not one to go pointing the finger at anyone, and I don't know who it is that you're referring to, but I would like to state that not everyone who says they have an illness of some sort, actually do. In my experience, most of them are liars through and through.
@kathy77 (7486)
• Australia
22 Apr 07
Oh that is not good that you had a friend that used deception in regards to his so called health problems, how could someone be so deceptive and make his friends feel sorry for him thinking that he was having a brain tumour when he did not. That is dreadful as their are other people that do have this dreadful brain tumours my sister had one and I do not think that this is the right thing in life to be deceptive to your friends.
• United States
24 Apr 07
I don't know who this person was. Sometimes, when writing, the true meaning is not coming across correctly. Maybe he was joking to leave, not really having one. On the other hand, it may be as you said. In any event, he is the one that must go though the lie, or the truth. If it was true, I pray he will be better.
• United States
22 Apr 07
I know that I did not know him personally but we did exchange PMs and I really admired his "off the wall" discussions and I kind of thought of him as my mentor as he was one the very first friends I made here on myLot. I was devastated by spaticseagull's discussion. I quit myLot for the rest of the day after responding to it. I am very glad you have made this posting because I really want to believe what you say could be true. I hope so, thank you Gerty.
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@yanjiaren (9031)
22 Apr 07
What did this guy do and why did he cheat? I prefer to have my Mylot friend's love and a good reputation. You cannot buy honour with money and in Greek we have a saying honour has no price and blessed is he who has it.. just got me thinking of a new discussion lol.. I hope the rest of us little Mylot friends here can conpensate for your loss. I hope we can make up for it.. Hugs, yanji
@charms88 (7538)
• Philippines
22 Apr 07
Oh my friend, I understand what you mean. I'm not sure but I read somewhere about a member with this same condition. He has his account at mylot deleted completely. Whatever his true reason, we have nothing to do with it anymore. I just don't understand why this guy need to go to all the trouble to talk about his "brain tumor." For what? I'm sorry but I'm not very updated with mylot lately. I must have missed this discussion.
@raijin (10345)
• Philippines
23 Apr 07
I think I know who you're pertaining to, and that person, whatever he's done here with us, good or bad, will always have my respect for all the contributions he have made here. As I could recall, I remember I PM'd you and ask of his absence. If he was the one you really are talking about here. I won't say anything bad or be unfair for him, because I didn't saw that on him while he was here with us. He's one of the greatest writer and contributor here, a very entertaining and thought-provoking poster. Who offers help and assistance to each and everyone of us, always shares his strong views and colorful insights about every issue or discussion we have here. I treat that guy a good friend, and though he left without letting us know the reason, I can't just understand why someone or somebody would call a great man a cheat. Maybe they are jumping to some conclusions here, which I find unfair for our friend, because he cannot anymore defend himself in those accusations that are being pointed at him..
• Malaysia
23 Apr 07
what do you mean? are you meaning that there's a mylot member that actually cheated in his current health condition? claiming that he's having brain tumor? oh my god.. why would a person want to do such things.. it's like he's cursing himself.. i think he don't believe the fact that what goes around comes around.. and it's not good to tell a lie about yourself..i know he must have wanted more earnings and respect from other members.. but this is certainly not the way.. we have to be sincere in making friends.. and not through sympathy or whatsoever...although we know we can't complain on such members.. but i do remind whoever doing it that there's always karma.. it's either you believe in it or not =)
@oldiebut (859)
• Canada
23 Apr 07
I hate to be the cynic, no, that's wrong, I love being the cynic, but was this person your "friend"? Real friendship involves a lot more than hitting an approve/deny button on a web page. A lot of people here trade a few lines of text with someone and decide that makes them friends. I find this notion silly. They may be pseudo pen pals, acquaintances or someone who simply replied to a few of your posts. My personal view is that I don't have any friends here, I have the odd person who will engage in discussion, nothing more than that. My friends are the folks I go out with, go to ball games with, celebrate occasions with, and actually experience life with.
@adongare (16)
• India
23 Apr 07
hi....actually personality matters alot .your first impresssion is the last impression.if u have the googd personality then it will built your confidence as confidence increses everyhting will happen