How sporting of him. Do you think he (or you) will be posting a response to the OP?
Well *jeeeez *splatterpunk, I did post a response to the OP that some believed to have been from him as me (or me as him - it’s not important) and there was a bit of history lesson and some humour junking and a lovefest about fucking indignant obnoxious trolling cunt socks or sock trolling cunts (or just cunts - it’s not important) and there was a bit of snarking and Cat Whisperer was confused and Miller did some moderate moderating and Skald dropped by to say that he never drops by…
…where have you been?
Do I think Skald will be posting a response to the OP?
Yeah, no.
Goddamn, I’m famous for taking up for a friend of mine when he is criticized, but the work you’ve done here on behalf of an almost stranger (right?) is moving, 6ImpossibleSomethings.
Ah, actually Myrnalame, the work I’ve done here was all because of the criticism of me.
I’m touched that you’re moved by it.
You’ve done great things here. Really. 
If you mean what I think you mean Myrnalene I have no idea what you mean: which encapsulates the entirety of this thread really. The antagonist evaporates, the protagonist shows that he’s not showing and a red herring is dropped in hot water to see if it skalds.
Whoever the fuck “Kim” is, is surely to blame.
I’m still confused.
It’s better for people who are writing books on serious topics to NOT do in depth research? I’m sorry, but I don’t get where you’re coming from. You seem to be assuming that if he is going to a support group, he is doing so in the guise of a victim, trying to fool all of those around him into thinking that he’s not a person doing research for a book.
Doesn’t it seem just an eensy teensy bit more likely that, if he is purely there for research, that he asked and was given permission by the group members to do so?
And of course, it’s just as likely (if not more so), that he was there because something happened to himself, his spouse, or another relative.
It’s not particularly my nor your business exactly how he ended up going to the support group, but the point is that you’re taking a rather massive leap into the least likely of all options.