We've added this new area specifically because:
1) Abuse issues come up a lot at Scarleteen, and often those dealing with abuse need crisis-level help, and we don't want those threads to get lost in other larger areas, and
2) The rates of abuse in teen relationships have been on the rise of late, something we're also seeing here at the Scarleteen community.
12.25.10 Update: This is an area for those who are trying to identify abuse, are in abuse (or think they may be), are getting out of abuse or are healing from abuse.
This is NOT a space for:
• People who have perpetrated abuses themselves
• Sexual fantasy about abuse of any kind
• Very explicit descriptions of abuse without some kind of trigger warning for other survivors
• Victim-blaming of any kind
(Originally posted by Heather on the old boards here: http://www.scarleteen.com/forum/ultimat ... 00001.html)
About This Area
Forum rules
This area of the boards is expressly for support and help for those who are currently in or have survived abuse or assault. It is also for those seeking information or discussion about abuse or assault. Please make every effort in this space to be supportive and sensitive. Posts in this area may or do describe abuse or assault explicitly.
This area of the boards is also not an area where those who are themselves abusing anyone or who have abused or assaulted someone may post about doing that or seek support. We are not qualified to provide that kind of help, and that also would make a space like this feel profoundly unsafe for those who are being or who have been abused. If you have both been abused and are abusing, we can only discuss harm done to you: we cannot discuss you yourself doing harm to others. If you are someone engaging in abuse who would like help, you can start by seeking out a mental healthcare provider.
This area of the boards is expressly for support and help for those who are currently in or have survived abuse or assault. It is also for those seeking information or discussion about abuse or assault. Please make every effort in this space to be supportive and sensitive. Posts in this area may or do describe abuse or assault explicitly.
This area of the boards is also not an area where those who are themselves abusing anyone or who have abused or assaulted someone may post about doing that or seek support. We are not qualified to provide that kind of help, and that also would make a space like this feel profoundly unsafe for those who are being or who have been abused. If you have both been abused and are abusing, we can only discuss harm done to you: we cannot discuss you yourself doing harm to others. If you are someone engaging in abuse who would like help, you can start by seeking out a mental healthcare provider.