I prefer the anonymity of forums especially for stuff like mental health.I wouldn't want my neighbours etc finding out all my private medical details etc ..it's none of their business!


I used to be on FB when it very first started but left after finding out I was no longer someone's 'bestie' anymore after we had been friends 22 years and I'd been told I was by her partner.


I didn't intend to leave at the time just for that reason but my (last) eldest dog died a few weeks later and her being my assistance dog was very much part of my identity and daily posts on there so I just stopped going on from depression I guess. I didn't feel I could be that persona anymore without her and my (human) best friend no longer considered me to be hers and I'd kinda only joined cos she had been nagging me to in the first place, so there seemed no point anymore. I just downloaded my favourite photo's then closed the account.