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Re: im at breaking point.
im to scared to tell dad just in case he calls me crazy again. thats put me in a bad mood bc i walked in the house and get shit from him. trying to keep my positive mood bc i was so happy that im getting help.
eylah
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Re: August achievements, with a theme of altruism!
september has been a good month for me so far and its only been 5 days. its good that you helped people in mh distress @eylah
Re: im at breaking point.
ive been put on a antipsychotic medication and my psychiatrist want me to speak to a psychologist. i finally feel listened to.
eylah
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Struggling to sleep
I was stressed all night in bed I couldn’t sleep properly, I was stressing through the night. I'm still a bit now stressed and it can happen at nights often. I struggle to sleep often because of my worrying I do just worry too much and I sometimes stress. Im not going to call it anxiety as I have not been diagnosed but I do worry a lot. I have thought I might need counseling to reduce this, its genuinely something that takes courage that you can't get overnight though. I just don’t know how to just be more positive. I have had this issue for a long time and I used to go to college with no sleep because by the time I got to sleep I had to be up.
Re: Your thoughts on General Chat 🧠🚀
Also the chats have helped me to become more confident speaking to people and members of the public as well now. I noticed my confidence in talking is slowly improving a bit.
Just wanted to say similarly to this, I’ve found the chats really helpful with building my confidence in talking to people. Having a real time conversation in a comfortable way is helping me build up what I’m capable of
Re: Your thoughts on General Chat 🧠🚀
is general chat being removed? it feels like it with this post lol
Seeing this thread I also felt the same way and kind of panicked. But i'm sure they woulden't due that because of being very popular amongst users on here. Wait I realised I need to do the above tasks too haha
1) Chaotic but in the best way it could possibly be, inspiring and life-changing because of the amazing people I have met on there.
2) I would definitely reccomend it to a friend and I also go around promoting it in my local neurodiversity hub for some of the younger people who go there. Im always promoting the mix irl and stuff.
3) I do feel like there could be more things that could improve the general chat. For instance, I feel like maybe extending the hours from 8:00 to 10:00pm if possible because chat generally goes so so fast and it doesn't feel like enough time personally to get out all the things I wanna chat about xd. Also I feel like possibly opening up on weekends too as I feel like during the week users may be busy with school etc. Also maybe on a Friday too but this would depend on the amount of mods available and also their shift patterns too.
4) I normally go to general chat anyways as I find it not too busy as sc chat and also sometimes I can find sc overwhelming sometimes due to it being busy and stuff. But I do go to general chat if say sc was busy or full or when I don't necessarily need support and I just feel bored or lonely and want to communicate online than verbally I guess. I don't know how best to explain it really but I find it easier to communicate with others online than verbally because as someone who is neurodiverse I find it hard actually making small talk.
Also the chats have helped me to become more confident speaking to people and members of the public as well now. I noticed my confidence in talking is slowly improving a bit.
Amy22
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Re: Your thoughts on General Chat 🧠🚀
@Chloe234 @AnonymousToe We definitely don't have any plans to close general chat. We know how valuable it is to our community 
We're just curious to hear your thoughts on how we can make the space even better. Any ideas or suggestions you have would be amazingggg!
Sorry about the post making it seem like we're removing general chat. We're just looking for feedback to help us improve it
We're just curious to hear your thoughts on how we can make the space even better. Any ideas or suggestions you have would be amazingggg!
Sorry about the post making it seem like we're removing general chat. We're just looking for feedback to help us improve it
ella
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Re: Your thoughts on General Chat 🧠🚀
1) describe in 3 words: fun, chaos (in a good way), empty
2) would I recommend it? Yeah. It’s fun and a safe messaging space. I often find there’s hardly anyone there though, but there’s not exactly anything that can be done about that lol
3) when would I choose general over support chat? When support chat gets too heavy or too busy, or someone’s in crisis, people are arguing, if nobody is responding to me, etc. basically if support chat becomes a negative space and I’m not in a headspace to deal with it. Also, if I don’t need support but just want to talk to people then I might go to general chat
2) would I recommend it? Yeah. It’s fun and a safe messaging space. I often find there’s hardly anyone there though, but there’s not exactly anything that can be done about that lol
3) when would I choose general over support chat? When support chat gets too heavy or too busy, or someone’s in crisis, people are arguing, if nobody is responding to me, etc. basically if support chat becomes a negative space and I’m not in a headspace to deal with it. Also, if I don’t need support but just want to talk to people then I might go to general chat
Re: Your thoughts on General Chat 🧠🚀
1. Crazy, chaos, mental 
2. Yeah I would. Because it can be fun
3. Usually when I don’t feel like i need support or if SC is too much or too busy, or if people are fighting in SC
2. Yeah I would. Because it can be fun
3. Usually when I don’t feel like i need support or if SC is too much or too busy, or if people are fighting in SC
