It hap­pens often – someone will join a patient group, and right off the bat, you notice they are very defen­sive about cer­tain sub­jects,  know-it-all argu­men­ta­tive, con­des­cen­dingly over­bea­ring, and/or paranoid.
They may quickly fly off the handle.  They might see impli­ca­tions in words that were never there. They can also be chil­dish in their reac­tions, obses­sive about cer­tain topics or peo­ple, mis­trust­ful of others, for­get­ful, com­ba­tive, and/or jittery.
Even worse,...
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