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
- 253637 Views
-
Last post by Sam W
-
- Topics
- Replies
- Views
- Last post
-
- 1 Replies
- 9858 Views
-
Last post by Sam W
-
- 8 Replies
- 9469 Views
-
Last post by Mo
-
- 8 Replies
- 11234 Views
-
Last post by Siân
-
- 0 Replies
- 7801 Views
-
Last post by Sam W
-
- 0 Replies
- 9006 Views
-
Last post by Heather
-
- 3 Replies
- 8685 Views
-
Last post by Heather
-
- 11 Replies
- 12012 Views
-
Last post by Ruby S
-
- 8 Replies
- 9739 Views
-
Last post by 0PT1M15T1C
-
- 8 Replies
- 8816 Views
-
Last post by Sam W
-
- 0 Replies
- 6740 Views
-
Last post by al
-
- 36 Replies
- 19434 Views
-
Last post by Sam W
-
- 2 Replies
- 6322 Views
-
Last post by noaccount
-
- 8 Replies
- 7963 Views
-
Last post by Heather
-
- 1 Replies
- 4947 Views
-
Last post by Karyn
-
- 3 Replies
- 7054 Views
-
Last post by SpaceCowboy
-
- 14 Replies
- 6657 Views
-
Last post by al
-
- 2 Replies
- 5030 Views
-
Last post by Mo
-
- 4 Replies
- 6264 Views
-
Last post by Mo
-
- 3 Replies
- 4467 Views
-
Last post by Mo
-
- 15 Replies
- 6819 Views
-
Last post by Siân
-
- 2 Replies
- 3789 Views
-
Last post by Heather
-
- 8 Replies
- 8548 Views
-
Last post by Jacob
-
- 1 Replies
- 3995 Views
-
Last post by Siân
-
- 4 Replies
- 6986 Views
-
Last post by Heather
-
- 3 Replies
- 4346 Views
-
Last post by Sam W