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View Poll Results: What day of the week and time would be good for you?
Monday 1 25.00%
Monday
1 25.00%
Tuesday 1 25.00%
Tuesday
1 25.00%
Wednesday 2 50.00%
Wednesday
2 50.00%
Thursday 2 50.00%
Thursday
2 50.00%
Friday 2 50.00%
Friday
2 50.00%
Saturday 0 0%
Saturday
0 0%
Sunday 0 0%
Sunday
0 0%
1pm EST 1 25.00%
1pm EST
1 25.00%
5pm EST 1 25.00%
5pm EST
1 25.00%
8pm EST 1 25.00%
8pm EST
1 25.00%
9pm EST 1 25.00%
9pm EST
1 25.00%
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Old Aug 29, 2013, 06:14 PM
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Hello! I am going to be the OCD chat leader, And I wanted to make a poll/introduction post to see how everyone feels about it and who is interested in participating.

A bit about me; I was diagnosed with OCD when I was seven years old. I am now twenty-three, so I have been living with this disorder for sixteen years. I have gone to therapies for it, gone through the many ups and downs of treatment and management, and have helped my terminally ill brother who happened to have OCD. I know OCD is one of the more difficult mental illnesses to understand, but I have done my best to teach myself on the topic through my own experiences and further readings. I am a mental health advocate who writes for an online mental health journal, and a few of my articles have been about OCD and common misconceptions.

My question for you; what would you like to see in this chat?

After talking to a few people and hearing comments about support chats, I think having this chat be structured with a posted topic weekly will be the most helpful and beneficial. For example, one topic can be Treatments For OCD, another can be Managing OCD, etc. But I think having open forum discussions where we can share our struggles, and are successes, is important as well.

I have added a poll to this thread to see what day of the week, and more importantly, what times would be good for everyone. Since I am currently undergoing many tests/doctors appointments for Lupus or RA, I am pretty much home bound for the time being. So be honest, and let me know what you think/what you want!
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Old Aug 29, 2013, 06:32 PM
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I love the idea of an OCD support chat... I would love a chance to share some of my experiences and hear about what others are going through.

I usually am on PC in the evenings, unfortunately, I'm on the West Coast, so I'm usually not online at any of the times you offered.
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Old Aug 29, 2013, 06:34 PM
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What times would be good for you? I don't think I can edit the poll, But I will consider it of course! I think if there are enough people, that I can split that chat up to two times in the same day with the same topic, etc.
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Old Aug 29, 2013, 06:35 PM
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Any day, after 9:00pm, PST...
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Old Aug 29, 2013, 06:50 PM
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Okay, I'll see what I can do.
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Old Aug 30, 2013, 01:09 AM
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I think, depending on the day, I'll split up the chat in to two parts, where the same topics will be discussed, just at different times. Sound good with everyone? I want everyone who wants to be involved to be included, not just the few.
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