Are you in a position to advice people?

After going through some answers on yahoo Q%26amp;A I'm kinda wondering if most people know how much their answers can really affect people.





So, what makes you qualified to give advice?





Note: No offense intended in this question.Are you in a position to advice people?
we are all humans that have more similarities than differences. We are rational, can think things through. and some of us might have been in the same situation. You ask regular people for advice ever since you can talk, and you haven't died. People are smart enough, I hope, to avoid radical advice and think through the advice that might make sense to them.Are you in a position to advice people?
I am educationally trained, and therefore qualified to give advice. I get paid to give advice. I have a BA in psych, a Masters in couseling, and a RN. My answers are not always well received in this forum. It seems people want reassurance that everything is ok rather than dealing with the issues. This is denial. Its funny because at my job patients hang on my every word, and here there is a lack of respect but maybe that is because on here people don't know the credentials and its easier to be rude when its not face to face. Generally people in the hospital setting want help, on here I am not so sure. However I do think that people are callus and answering questions outside there scope of knowledge. You can't discredit personal experience, I don't care if someone is a ditch digger if they have experience in an area I want info about, but i am not a very judgemental person and am not impressed by credentials
No offense taken. I try to stick only to things that require either my opinion or advice I can give based on personal experience, or information I've received myself from other professionals. When I ask question, advisement from professionals is greatly appreciated, but I also get a wealth of information from people based on THEIR personal experience. Sometimes experts can only offer clinical knowledge or what any of us can find in books or the internet. But people who have gone through similar experiences can offer something personal and unique that ';experts'; can't: a connection to someone like ourselves that makes us feel a little better. For some reason, my doctor can say, ';Eat more oatmeal; it may help lower your cholesterol.'; But this is not nearly as meaningful as a friend saying, ';I ate oatmeal every day and it lowered my cholesterol.';





And sometimes we just want or need confirmation of something that we already ';know';--but it feels better hearing it from someone else as validation. Lastly, to some degree, ';we teach best what we most need to learn'; (Richard Bach, ';Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah';), meaning that sometimes we aren't following our own inner knowledge, even if we obviously know better by the questions we answer--and are reminding ourselves of those lessons when we do so.





I think most people are sticking to topics they feel they know something about. I think I'm more disturbed by those who answer with something snide or mean, just to get the two points, without bothering to try to answer the question. It's easy to forget that people are usually looking for an ANSWER here, not just comments about the subject.
I don't know why, but I often just 'know' what to advise. I think it goes a little deeper than intuition. I had enough positive feedback from people to have a fair degree of confidence that this little 'knack' tends to work.








And I also try and stay open to other people's advise, so I can continue to grow by sharing other's experiences and perspectives. IOW, try and stay humble.





But remember, the individual is ultimatly responsible for their own thoughts. You are free to accept or reject advice.
The benefit outweight the risk. Sometimes people just need to talk things out and have some real people's opinions. There are some bad advices but overall, the quality is good.





Also, it's not just the older wiser people's advices that are valuable. It is also interesting to know how the younger inexperience feel about certain issues.
I only answer questions where I feel that I have some knowledge/experience.





I work in a job where I give advice.





I cant say the same thing for everyone here and it is partly about reading the answers and trying to work out who is just talking rubbish! And going out and doing more research for answers on the internet.
When people go threw life, they have good things and bad things happen to them. And, we hopefully learn how to cope, and struggle threw the muck and the mire. so, from this standpoint, many people are giving advise on different levels.





It is up to the questioner, to read all the answers, and, use this information for self help.
no offense taken. some people on here have ';been there done that'; and some people have degrees in psychology and work in the field and then there are other who are just trying to help. this isn't a substitute for therapy just a jumping off point to get some sage and sometimes dumb advice.
Sometimes, experience is the best teacher. Between the trolls and the self proclaimed , Arm Chair Lawyers, Doctors, and Spiritual leader wanna bees, there are actually time tested people here who can attest to their experiences and knowledge.
Because it is asked.....I answer. I leave the serious, deep, disturbing, sick, perverted questions alone. I am not qualified to answer them. I give my opinion.....not advice.
Okay.....I might say we dont have the qualification to give ppl advice.But we do have experiences and partly we are also human being...We sometimes tell someone advice from our own experience and some common sense(depends on what type of qns)...
Are you threatening me??


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