It can be upsetting if we try to PM or leave a message on someones board and they are just not there as well. That can be very triggering too, someone leaves and we are left in wonder as to why or even wonder if it may be something we may have said unknowingly.

What do you mean by empty posts? Are you talking about the posts that people leave that may not really say anything for comfort and just a hug or minimal gesture that basically just means I hear you?

And what about someone that is so triggered by someone that they are really upset and say they are leaving and might be thinking about doing something very serious.
Well, that has happened and when that happens it gives some of us an opportunity to shed some positive light on a situation before it gets out of hand.

SUPPORT? isn't that what PC is about? If we develope relationships here and find a connection somehow and that person hits some kind of low, a cry for help can be done in different ways. Any one of us can get so confused in real life that we can suddenly think that no one in real life or PC cares etc. and with a rule about constricting an I am thinking of leaving thread constricts a possible life saving avenue any one of us could need.

Personally I would not want to see someone think they could not, or were too much of a bother somehow by perhaps not venting or expressing such a loss that they don't ask for help. I would like to think the members here have the right to rally around a real confused cry for help and truely show support and help someone get back on track and give them permission to continue to contribute here and try to get themselves back on track somehow.

This is not facebook or twitter here, this is a support group. Some people have no other avenue to connect IRL and this has been a real stepping stone for many to pick themselves up and truely realize they are not alone and they can get support.

I urge this thought of creating this rule to be truely considered very carefully.

Open Eyes