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
- 242170 Views
-
Last post by Sam W
-
- Topics
- Replies
- Views
- Last post
-
- 5 Replies
- 13324 Views
-
Last post by Amanda B
-
- 18 Replies
- 22781 Views
-
Last post by Whispermae
-
- 1 Replies
- 15692 Views
-
Last post by Sam W
-
- 1 Replies
- 3512 Views
-
Last post by Sam W
-
- 3 Replies
- 3908 Views
-
Last post by Sofi
-
- 1 Replies
- 2869 Views
-
Last post by Sam W
-
- 0 Replies
- 5046 Views
-
Last post by Elise
-
- 6 Replies
- 4992 Views
-
Last post by Heather
-
- 38 Replies
- 28835 Views
-
Last post by Raffles
-
- 1 Replies
- 4313 Views
-
Last post by Carly
-
- 25 Replies
- 28223 Views
-
Last post by Carly
-
- 1 Replies
- 11684 Views
-
Last post by Sam W
-
- 5 Replies
- 3898 Views
-
Last post by Sofi
-
- 2 Replies
- 3733 Views
-
Last post by Sam W
-
- 4 Replies
- 6043 Views
-
Last post by Sam W
-
- 2 Replies
- 5835 Views
-
Last post by spottedowl
-
- 10 Replies
- 13977 Views
-
Last post by Mo
-
- 8 Replies
- 18260 Views
-
Last post by Heather
-
- 1 Replies
- 8550 Views
-
Last post by Sam W
-
- 1 Replies
- 9399 Views
-
Last post by Sam W
-
- 1 Replies
- 9875 Views
-
Last post by Susan
-
- 6 Replies
- 8746 Views
-
Last post by idk anymore
-
- 3 Replies
- 9347 Views
-
Last post by Sam W
-
- 9 Replies
- 10968 Views
-
Last post by Siân
-
- 0 Replies
- 8217 Views
-
Last post by Sam W