Oh oh…
The op should have used smilies! like:
"I had a flash of “what would happen if I poured this boiling water over the dog?” :eek: :smack: :o 
But not:
"I had a flash of “what would happen if I poured this boiling water over the dog?” 
Or:
“So, should I admit myself?”
And not:
“So, should I admit myself?” :(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(
More seriously, chalk me up as another person against the closing of that particular thread. Besides not feeling alone, I actually rather like seeing that it’s pretty common for humans to entertain, or being subjected to, irrational, weird or just plain fucked up thoughts, all the while recognizing it would be bad to act on them or having no desire at all to truly do it.
Like that guy who admitted to have pedophile thoughts and desires, yet was repulsed by them. (not saying that it’s common to have pedo thoughts, though, what the hell do I know, but you get my drift)
So no dice then, huh?
I am seriously confused by this thread closing, and I usually don’t care either way on threads being closed. Anyone who read that thread would know that it was a lighthearted conversation on bizarre thoughts that pop up from time to time. Enough people were participating in it to confirm that the OP wasn’t alone in her thoughts. She wasn’t seriously asking if she should be comitted, and she’s not a poster that otherwise shows unstable tendencies in her posts. No one else seemed remotely disturbed by it.
The whole thing is just a huge for me. But if the mods insist they have it right there isn’t much that can be done about it I suppose.
I can see where you get your username.
Seriously, though, I (and numerous others, apparently) did feel that the comment you made in the post that closed the thread had a whiff of “you need more help than we can give you”, and I think that’s part of what a lot of people are having a problem with. I do believe that you didn’t intend it to sound that way; I’m just letting you know that that’s how it sounded to me. So this criticism isn’t a “pathetic straw man”.
I can see we’re getting nowhere with arguing this point, so I’ll drop it, but I just want to re-iterate how deeply disappointed I am by this decision. Anxiety disorders and depression are extremely common, and I expected this board to treat them more respectfully and realistically than the rest of the world.
I ain’t no snitch!
You couldn’t be bothered to even reply to my PM with that though? I mean, seriously, your non-response totally came across as ‘I really can’t be bothered to answer this question because I really don’t care if people don’t like what I’ve done.’ As far as I’m concerned, having the title of mod means you need to respond to the general membership, even if their question may be stupid to YOU, in an effort to explain the rules and your decisions (to lock a thread/ban a member/etc.).
He probably thought if he interacted with you that way, the voices in your head would tell you to stalk him in real life and pour boiling water on his cat. Get away, you crazy person!