I have found it easy to talk more freely here than with my other friends. It has improved my mood. I have told people on another support forum things that I would never tell anyone else. The people here know what I am going through with my disease process and can relate. I can not do that with my family and"real" friends. Virtual friends have saved my butt. I once had a pen pal on death row. She helped bring me out of a very deep depression many years ago. Probably kept me from killing myself. I worked with the criminally insane for 23 years so she could relate to my PTSD. Thanks to ev eryone here that has talked to me in my short time here. I was really bummed out because I could not come here for a few days. My PC kept crashing. I hope I got it straightened out.