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
- 235502 Views
-
Last post by Sam W
-
- Topics
- Replies
- Views
- Last post
-
- 5 Replies
- 12531 Views
-
Last post by Amanda B
-
- 18 Replies
- 21883 Views
-
Last post by Whispermae
-
- 1 Replies
- 15040 Views
-
Last post by Sam W
-
- 1 Replies
- 3092 Views
-
Last post by Sam W
-
- 3 Replies
- 3874 Views
-
Last post by Sofi
-
- 1 Replies
- 2829 Views
-
Last post by Sam W
-
- 0 Replies
- 3925 Views
-
Last post by Elise
-
- 6 Replies
- 4744 Views
-
Last post by Heather
-
- 38 Replies
- 28159 Views
-
Last post by Raffles
-
- 1 Replies
- 4255 Views
-
Last post by Carly
-
- 25 Replies
- 27533 Views
-
Last post by Carly
-
- 1 Replies
- 11376 Views
-
Last post by Sam W
-
- 5 Replies
- 3711 Views
-
Last post by Sofi
-
- 2 Replies
- 3647 Views
-
Last post by Sam W
-
- 4 Replies
- 5658 Views
-
Last post by Sam W
-
- 2 Replies
- 5154 Views
-
Last post by spottedowl
-
- 10 Replies
- 12989 Views
-
Last post by Mo
-
- 8 Replies
- 17745 Views
-
Last post by Heather
-
- 1 Replies
- 8156 Views
-
Last post by Sam W
-
- 1 Replies
- 8916 Views
-
Last post by Sam W
-
- 1 Replies
- 9287 Views
-
Last post by Susan
-
- 6 Replies
- 8383 Views
-
Last post by idk anymore
-
- 3 Replies
- 8943 Views
-
Last post by Sam W
-
- 9 Replies
- 10416 Views
-
Last post by Siân
-
- 0 Replies
- 7804 Views
-
Last post by Sam W