Supporting Each Other
Forum rules
We ask that users looking for general, ongoing emotional support post in this area of the boards, and that you use this space to both ask for, give and receive that support primarily from each other, rather than from our staff and volunteers. As a staff, we simply are often too overextended with all we need to do in running the organization and its services to do that for extended periods of time, and one of our main aims of our community at the boards has always been to facilitate peers to better be there for each other.
Users often report that they have no in-person peers they can talk to or seek support from: we want this to be a space for online peer support and somewhere everyone can get some practice asking for, getting and giving support so that doing it with people in your lives feels more doable.
Please remember that neither staff, volunteers nor your fellow users can provide or replace mental healthcare when that is something you need. Users struggling with issues like anxiety, depression, abuse or physical health issues are strongly encouraged to seek out qualified, in-person help with those issues in addition to peer or staff support.
We ask that users looking for general, ongoing emotional support post in this area of the boards, and that you use this space to both ask for, give and receive that support primarily from each other, rather than from our staff and volunteers. As a staff, we simply are often too overextended with all we need to do in running the organization and its services to do that for extended periods of time, and one of our main aims of our community at the boards has always been to facilitate peers to better be there for each other.
Users often report that they have no in-person peers they can talk to or seek support from: we want this to be a space for online peer support and somewhere everyone can get some practice asking for, getting and giving support so that doing it with people in your lives feels more doable.
Please remember that neither staff, volunteers nor your fellow users can provide or replace mental healthcare when that is something you need. Users struggling with issues like anxiety, depression, abuse or physical health issues are strongly encouraged to seek out qualified, in-person help with those issues in addition to peer or staff support.
-
- Announcements
- Replies
- Views
- Last post
-
- 0 Replies
- 281259 Views
-
Last post by Sam W
-
- Topics
- Replies
- Views
- Last post
-
- 1 Replies
- 3062 Views
-
Last post by Latha
-
- 0 Replies
- 17693 Views
-
Last post by KierC
-
- 2 Replies
- 5904 Views
-
Last post by alriune
-
- 1 Replies
- 3051 Views
-
Last post by Sam W
-
- 12 Replies
- 4215 Views
-
Last post by Sam W
-
- 5 Replies
- 3816 Views
-
Last post by Sam W
-
- 1 Replies
- 4374 Views
-
Last post by Sam W
-
- 3 Replies
- 6193 Views
-
Last post by Sam W
-
- 3 Replies
- 16195 Views
-
Last post by Sam W
-
- 3 Replies
- 6222 Views
-
Last post by Willa
-
- 4 Replies
- 11647 Views
-
Last post by Jay27
-
- 1 Replies
- 10318 Views
-
Last post by Ellie
-
- 4 Replies
- 9182 Views
-
Last post by Latha
-
- 45 Replies
- 161866 Views
-
Last post by coolrainbow111
-
- 3 Replies
- 10728 Views
-
Last post by Amanda B
-
- 0 Replies
- 18711 Views
-
Last post by Jay27
-
- 3 Replies
- 11634 Views
-
Last post by Sofi
-
- 1 Replies
- 17665 Views
-
Last post by Latha
-
- 23 Replies
- 37746 Views
-
Last post by Sam W
-
- 1 Replies
- 9949 Views
-
Last post by Sam W
-
- 12 Replies
- 14050 Views
-
Last post by Jay27
-
- 7 Replies
- 30268 Views
-
Last post by Sam W
-
- 3 Replies
- 9672 Views
-
Last post by Raymondello
-
- 10 Replies
- 21187 Views
-
Last post by Iloveme.67
-
- 9 Replies
- 38747 Views
-
Last post by Heather