Arod13 - people feel unsafe when in on line support groups for many reasons -

sometimes its because they are experiencing triggers in their real life and because of that they don't feel comfortable exposing themselfs on message boards

it could be because they have just had a private fight with someone in real life or on line

or because they themselves are upset about a post or poster,

So in the heat of the moment of the situation for them they post they are thinking of leaving. It does not always mean they ARE leaving.

And when people do leave it is because of their own personal triggers not because of something someone here has said or done.

Everyone has their own trigger levels and Psych Central takes that into account by having moderators and administrators keeping the pubnlic message boards as safe as they can considering it is impossible to know each and every members triggers (things that upset them) and by having an "ignore" icon which members can turn on so that they do not have to read any posts that trigger them and also so they don't have contact with the member that they percieve as a trigger to them. There is also a feature here in each members personal profile area where they can shut off their private message box at any time so they do not recieve upsetting private messages. If they continue to have a problem with posts and other members they also have the option of private messaging a moderator or administrator of their choice there are many moderators and administrators here.

Everyone here is expected to use those tools to take care of their personal on line experiences.

If they choose to leave the group temporarily or permanently instead of use the tools that psych central provides then that is their choice and not the fault and responsibility of any member within the psych central on line group.