# Ever have "post anxiety"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 17, 2006, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-post-anxiety/344907 "2006-02-17T03:23:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-post-anxiety/344907/1 "2006-02-17T03:23:20Z")
I just made my 1,000th post. I had reached 999 a few days ago, and then got a little self-conscious. I don’t know that anyone else really cares, for for whatever reason it felt like I was at a milestone – kind of like when you roll over the odometer in the car. I actually started 4 or 5 posts and then decided against them, feeling (in retrospect) that they weren’t worthy of being my milestone. Then, tonight, I forgot about the milestone and just posted away. I feel free, free I tell you! So, anyway… anyone else ever experienced the same kind of thing, or am I alone in this particular messageboard-related disfunction? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-post-anxiety/344907/2 "2006-02-17T03:25:00Z")
I usually want an (x) thousandth post to be something significant. But with the number of posts I’ve made here and elsewhere, it’s not as big a deal for me as it used to be. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-post-anxiety/344907/3 "2006-02-17T03:44:38Z")
A week or two ago I noticed I was at 980 or so posts. I was thinking, oh boy, the big one thousand is almost here! Then I forgot about it. The other day I looked and I was at 1,020 or so posts. I was disappointed at having missed it but there’s always the big two thousand to look forward to. My angst stems from feeling as if I haven’t said anything significant in any of those posts. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-post-anxiety/344907/4 "2006-02-17T03:53:10Z")
No, I don’t care about X amount of posts. What bothers me lately is why do I have 2500+ posts? Do I run my mouth off? Maybe I need to shut up and quit sharing every other thought I have. ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-post-anxiety/344907/5 "2006-02-17T04:02:08Z")
The thing is, you’ll never know, looking back in a year or more, which specific post was your 1,000th or 2,000th or whichever. Things just aren’t set up that way. ---
**Author:** ![caveat\_lector](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@caveat\_lector](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveat_lector)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-post-anxiety/344907/6 "2006-02-17T04:16:01Z")
Woohooo!! Post number 5! Nope, no anxiety yet! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-post-anxiety/344907/7 "2006-02-17T04:17:43Z")
Heh, **caveat** , you better lie down. The exertion may kill you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-post-anxiety/344907/8 "2006-02-17T06:07:27Z")
Sorry, **Brainiac4** , what you’ve got here is a post-count party, if a less than enthusiastic one. Gonna [close 'er down](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=231482). > [@](#): > > Also, in this effort, we will be locking any post-count parties we run across, as we already do with other “post padding” threads.