Pour Your Heart Out

i respect everyones want to get better and want for connection w others, but we gotta remember that the people in this thread/forum can only do so much. for more serious mental health issues PLEASE seek help from someone who will be able to point you in the right direction, may that be therapy, medication, some kind of combination of the two, or something else entirely.
just gotta be more careful w mental health issues in general, please be more conscious of yourself and each other

 

Agreed. We are all young, we don't fully know what we are doing. Some of us have gone through some experiences that can be used to advise others, but it doesn't mean that we know it all. No one does. Also, people react differently to similar situations, so what worked for me might not work for you, but it's alright to try to help. What we are saying is that we shouldn't take anything we say here as professional help, just some advice, that could work in some cases. If you do need some serious and professional help, don't be afraid to ask for it. There's therapy out there, psychologists, psychoanalysts, psychiatrists, free hotlines and lots of stuff. You just need to look for it. It might be hard, but it's probably worth it.

It wasn't really meant for you. Also, good that you doing that

We get that you are probably going through a lot and maybe you might not be able to get as much help as you need for some reason and we respect people sharing their stories here, that's what this thread is about. We are just trying to be sure that this thread stays as a safe space for sharing problems, so we would like that everyone that posts here keep that in mind before talking about some sensitive subjects, especially if it's in an explicit and graphic manner. We are not saying that it isn't allowed to mention this kind of problems here, but we all should be aware that people can be triggered or influenced by things we post in the internet, so we just have to be careful.

This is meant to be a place where we help each other to try to get better, not a place to fight or bring each other down. Yeah, I know sometimes life can be too much, so it's ok to come here to vent about some stuff, no problem. We won't be able to help everytime, but sometimes people just need to talk about their situations in order to feel a little better. I feel like taking care of others and helping others feel better or maybe share a story to help others avoid a bad path is a good way to make us feel a bit better as well, even if it's not exactly for ourselves. Yeah, I know that talking about positivity in a thread like this might be more easy to talk about than to live by it, especially if you are struggling with mental health issues, but I feel like we all should think a little bit before posting. Is it going to help me? Is it going to help others? Will I feel at least a bit better for putting that out there? If the answers to the questions are all nos, maybe it should be something to bring to a professional helper or to a friend or someone else in private.

Also, I know that most of you guys are kids and teenagers, but yeah, kids and teenagers can be easily impressionable in some cases (and some adults as well, for sure), so let's be careful with graphic stuff. If it doesn't help you to get your message out in a positive light, maybe we should stick with words only. It's not the first time that we have some people concerned about some posts in this thread. Sometimes we get reports about it, and you can see that it doesn't come from a bad and hateful place, but from people that are legitimately concerned about the impact a post can have in other people's lives. This was one of those cases, so let's all try to help in the best way we can. If we can't, that's ok, but we should know how we should proceed from now on. Let's be kind, but responsible, empathic, but careful. Let's help each other out and try to make ourselves better as well, but being conscious of what we are doing. My rights end when your rights begin.