“A
place where socially amazing people of different ages ,locations
backgrounds and cultures; gather to share ideas, laugh and talk about
anything, nothing and everything; all at the same time. It’s a
Comfortable space, it’s a hideaway for 5 minutes of insanity” -
Tendai
Marjory
So many might be asking, so what is the whole idea behind the "Doctor's Office" ?Well..
The
Doctor's Office Is a facebook social group that was created in March
2011 just by mere coincidence or accident. I used be a pseudo
“DrPhil” back in the days where my facebook friends would send me
private messages (inbox) telling me about issues they were facing in
their personal lives and I would give advice and counsel them through
it all. I did this by posting the issue on my facebook wall so that
people would comment with their individual perspectives pertaining to
that matter, with the identification of the “patient” hidden of
course. This way we got different views from people who could give
logical advice and some who could counsel based on their past
experience, so overall it would turn into a constructive discussion
and beneficial to the person at hand
Well
this setup worked well until the issue became too explicit for my
facebook wall, I had a lot of “faint at heart” people complaining
that’s my posts were now socially “disturbing”. So to curb this
small challenge I decided to keep all discussions in the message
inbox, I would only tag the guys who regularly and where most likely
to comment on the topic, but this also became a problem because many
people felt they were now being left out of the loop. Their argument
was that they also learnt something from the discussions although
they were shy” to comment and contribute to it. That’s where one
of the guys came up with the idea of starting a private facebook
group and we individually add interested parties, “The Doctors
Office” was born!
The
growth of this group has been phenomenal over the past year, now on
1500 members, although we've had many interesting high and very low
moments. Some of the group pioneers left the group saying that it
had lost its plot and was now offensive and all about sex; that’s
one of the challenges that you'll face when you deal with young
adults, they just love to talk about sex. The rules are simple “no
explicit pictures or hate speech” and I've had to block a lot of
people for breaking the rules; there has to be some control measures
right!!
The
office has seen it all love, fights, breakups , joy , tears but
above all a lot of solid friendships have been formed. People that
you've never met, but you know you can rely on if you're ever in need
and stuck in their city, that’s how “like-family” we've grown.
I've had the privilege of meeting most of the Docs in Harare and
Bulawayo at the get-togethers and its always been awesome. It was
interesting to meet in person for the first time, the fun and crazy
people that you usually interact with in the group
The
Doctors Office has taught me who to make friends, I've leant to
embrace and adapt to different characters and cultures. You'll always
learn something every day from the people's posts in the office, what
they are going through in their lives and how they are handling the
issues. I’m always humbled to see someone grow in the office,
growth in wisdom, self-confidence, self-esteem, morally, maturity
socially and in terms of general responsibility
There
isn’t a day that passes by without me logging into the office, to
post something and just to laugh or comment on the topics. I can
safely say I had an Office addiction, a craving to see what’s
trending and what everyone's up to. You get a lot of serious topics
where someone is genuinely seeking help but then you also get a lot
of crazy lighter moments where everyone is laughing and joking
around. There's never a dull moment :)
I
love and appreciate all the guys who contribute to the forum and keep
it alive daily,
www.facebook.com/groups/askBB
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