Perhaps we are defining personal issues differently. Also, I think that more important than
the posting of the issues is the way one responds to the desired advice and criticism.
		
		
	 
I couldn't agree more!
If you're soliciting advice, then getting your undies in a bundle when you're not receiving the advice you were hoping for, and subsequently complaining/bitching/moaning to the forum admins, then you really weren't seeking advice after all, were you?!
It really comes down to INTENT.
Most of the time when this sort of childish shit happens, the poster is seeking validation or sympathy.
"I called my friend to go to lunch and he didn't return my call for 3 whole days! He said he's been spending time with his new GF. What an asshole!   Right?!?"
Now, addressing your point BrightEyes: the poster gets responses that don't line up with the responses he would like to receive, so he retaliates: 
"You just don't understand me!  You don't get it at ALL!"
Yeah, it's pretty fucking childish. And frustrating. And just plain stupid to the core.
The one thing you can take home from this, kids is: people are who they are. No amount of advice, coaching, pleading, begging, cheering, prodding, screaming... is going to change that, as frustrating as it is.
I'm reading a killer book called "Beautiful Boy" about a father dealing with his son's drug addiction.
Highly recommended. The son even followed up with a book of his own.
There are a lot of parallels in this scenario.