Online chat resources and help

Can anyone recommend online chat rooms for support or just chat?

I know that My Support Forums has one, and I regularly lean on IAmAlive, and I've tried the Discord server (I feel like I'm much older than other folks on there).

But I'm in New Zealand and with daylight savings, when I most want/need to talk to someone, everyone else is asleep.

When I'm like /this/ *gestures at self doing very not so well* I find my only way of calming down is talking with others, as meditation and other methods of distraction don't seem to help.

I've also tried the national helpline here, but it's well known and from my own experience can attest it's a joke and not worth anyone's time.

what kind of online chats are you looking for (and by that, I mean) are you looking for mental health advice about a certain condition?. are you looking for a place to vent but not necessarily get a response?. are you looking for a general mental health chat where anything is discussed.

I am aware of healthful chat, which is a website that contains chatrooms for various conditions (anxiety, bipolar, eating disorders), and it also has a lounge.

7 cups of tea also has a chatroom and a facility to chat 1 on 1 with a free listener. some of the listeners are really good

I hope you find something

remember: we're always here for you too!

I'm mainly looking for chat in order to calm down from a cliff edge of anxiety. Talking is one if the only thing that gets me through bad periods. I had bad luck on 7 cups of tea my first time but will try again. And will try healthful chat too. Thank you for the suggestion.

My therapist thinks I might have complex PTSD, the depression and anxiety that go along with that. It's hard to separate all the feelings and symptoms from one another, so I'm scared using a more directly targeted chat would be rude when I'm not properly diagnosed.

There's also The Haven on Discord i think with whom this forum has, or used to have, some sort of partnership but i have never been there personally so i am not sure if i can recommend it! i Hope and Pray that you will be able to find that you're looking for!

Thanks, I gave them a second try yesterday when I was really bad and got some really good help to calm me a bit down from someone on there. There's not always someone, but if I try enough chat rooms, I seem to eventually find someone

Hi, I used to use healthful chat religiously for the bi-polar room. I learned a lot there. I just started 7 cups, it's frustrating figuring things out at first, but it's all there. They have "listeners" for a one-on-one chat sessions in addition to chatrooms. Hope this helps.

I wish I was able to understand discord. I’m not technologically in capable it’s just that I know nothing about it.

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I removed it from my computer a after only a couple of weeks. a friend wanted me to use it, but I didn't like it the few times I did. it doesn't really feel... well.. like a chat messenger, even though that's exactly what it's meant to be. I just didn't feel comfortable using it

I feel like this all the time.

I'm in South Africa and I feel the same. There used to be more people chatting on here during my daytime and early evening, but that fizzled out. I miss actually chatting on here but whenever I try there's nobody in the chat.

I believe you

I only catch people at 5:30am my time here in Australia

Hoping you find somewhere... (I don't currently have any resources I can recommend aside from what others have mentioned)