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Originally Posted by boogiesmash
Does anyone attend groups to help with any issues? If so how do you find one? I'm not sure what I'm looking for but I know my issues : bipolar, depression, self esteem, self confidence, self conscious about body, trust, abandonment issues, lonely, inner critic. Yikes I got issues.
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I attend and ocassionaly moderate a Mood Disorder Support Goup. It covers the gamit of Depression, anxiety, BP, PTSD, etc.
How do people find us? We have flyers at the local mental health association as well as many of the offices of mental health clinics. We advertise in the local weekly free paper. We have a posting on the community 211 website. Finally we seem to get people by word of mouth.
The group remains in flux between current and newby members as not everyone attends every meeting.
There is a social side to the meeting. For many, which once included myself, the meeting is really the only opportunity to get out and be with people. As such, we devote time before each meeting for people to come early and chat in a friendly manner.
We are self moderated. This means that there is no professional in attendance. I believe this allows people to freely talk without fear of being scrutinzed.