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Originally Posted by 8thstreetbungalow
Today everyone in chat was in a user created room where you werent allowed to talk about what is bothering you. I had no support at the time as everyone was in that room and I would sit in the support room alone
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If people want to create a room and not have people bring up issues in it, then they're AFAIK perfectly entitled to do so.
People aren't always in a headspace where they're able to offer support even if they would otherwise want to.
As moxie said, the generally encouraged thing to do has been to ask if somebody will come to the support room with you. As far as I'm concerned it's always a fair request, but you shouldn't take it personally if nobody does.
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Originally Posted by 8thstreetbungalow
It ismypersonal opinion that if all they want is to chat they should go to a different website.
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It's not unreasonable for people to want to be surrounded by other people that they feel will understand them better than to be in an 'ordinary' chatroom where not everybody has mental illness awareness.
In my experience as far as possible, when possible users, especially in the chatroom, more specifically members who haven't recently joined will tend to offer support if they're able to.
Members may already be supporting each other in PM, as well as multi-tasking.
Just remember, it's not personal, and people like you
Phreak