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Originally Posted by tecomsin
BirdDancer, I didn't know you were a group leader. That could be a chore or be rewarding depending on the circumstances. I hadn't thought about facebook but am so glad I hardly use it. At least I haven't embarrassed myself while psychotic on facebook. I feel i can be much more honest on an anonymous forum to discuss private, sometimes embarrassing and personal issues.
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Hi tecomsin. It's true what you said. It was both rewarding and a chore. The website I volunteered for had a lot of Terms & Conditions of membership, making it much stricter and limiting in what members could write than this and some other online bipolar support groups. That angered members, especially that websites no suicide talk policy. When the group leaders had to contact members about violations the group leader felt the brunt of the anger. Often members left because of the restrictions at that website.
The bipolar group on that website I mention had between 4-8 group leaders at times. Unfortunately even the group leaders got into fights. Very stressful! But at the same time members often flocked to group leaders for support. When you helped members it was very rewarding. I still go to that website, but am now just a member again. The traffic there has slowed down significantly. This website is more popular, and I like this site better. Oddly, I had signed up at this website even before the other I mention, but forgot about it. You can see that I've been a member here for years, but have relatively few posts because of my absence.