There are times when speaking to someone who has been where you are and come through the other side is a hugely rewarding activity. Often my illness prompts the desire for seclusion. This prompt is in and of itself an indication that I need to reach out to someone, anyone. Where I currently live, there isn’t a local support group for mental illness. It occurred to me whilst thinking about this deficit that a whole host of other sufferers may be equally disadvantaged.
The Skype Support Initiative is my way of kick starting a world-wide support network full of people who understand the most (i.e sufferers). The system will be simple – whenever my Skype account is online : I am available to speak to you if you need support. Over time I hope to develop a large Peer to Peer support network with specific points of contact relevant to individual mental illnesses.
This is an opt-in, no limits or minimum hours support network. If you can sit your skype account on idle for an hour a day, ten minutes a week, once a month – even if no one contacts you, you have made support available.
Get Skype: www.skype.com
******** PLEASE NOTE********
WE ARE NOT A SUICIDE SUPPORT NETWORK. CONCERNS ABOUT SUICIDAL IDEATION E.T.C SHOULD BE COMMUNICATED TO YOUR LOCAL SUICIDE HOTLINE/MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL.
Here is a link to a list of SUICIDE HOTLINES: http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html
UNDIAGNOSED ILLNESS / GENERAL MENTAL WELLBEING
drheckleandmrjibe (http://www.thebipolarbum.com) – TEXT CHAT ONLY
aeramoure (http://notsocrazytalk.wordpress.com/)
dysthymia.bree (http://dysthymiabree.com/)
huginthug (http://www.nodustollens.wordpress.com)
neverbenormalagain (http://neverbenormalagain.wordpress.com/)
marieangele.abanga (http://marieabanga.com/)
dooomcore (http://doomcor.wordpress.com)
huda.syyed (http://thingsfeelthisway.wordpress.com/)
theresa.reed15 (http://theresareed15.wordpress.com)
rukshana.mahamood (http://musingsfromsleepyhollow.wordpress.com)
[your name here]
BIPOLAR
drheckleandmrjibe (http://www.thebipolarbum.com) – TEXT CHAT ONLY
aeramoure (http://notsocrazytalk.wordpress.com/)
huginthug (http://www.nodustollens.wordpress.com)
dooomcore (http://doomcor.wordpress.com)
huda.syyed (http://thingsfeelthisway.wordpress.com/)
[your name here]
BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
[your name here]
MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER
drheckleandmrjibe (http://www.thebipolarbum.com) – TEXT CHAT ONLY
aeramoure (http://notsocrazytalk.wordpress.com/)
dysthymia.bree (http://dysthymiabree.com/)
huginthug (http://www.nodustollens.wordpress.com)
TheRootOfAnger(http://therootofanger.wordpress.com/) – TEXT CHAT ONLY
dooomcore (http://doomcor.wordpress.com)
theresa.reed15 (http://theresareed15.wordpress.com)
[your name here]
SCHIZOPHRENIA
neverbenormalagain (http://http://neverbenormalagain.wordpress.com/)
theresa.reed15 (http://theresareed15.wordpress.com)
[your name here]
EATING DISORDERS
huginthug (http://www.nodustollens.wordpress.com)
[your name here]
ANXIETY DISORDERS
dysthymia.bree (http://dysthymiabree.com/)
marieangele.abanga (http://marieabanga.com/)
TheRootOfAnger(http://therootofanger.wordpress.com/) – TEXT CHAT ONLY
huda.syyed (http://thingsfeelthisway.wordpress.com/)
[your name here]
POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
TheRootOfAnger(http://therootofanger.wordpress.com/) – TEXT CHAT ONLY
dooomcore (http://doomcor.wordpress.com)
[your name here]
OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER
huda.syyed (http://thingsfeelthisway.wordpress.com/)
[your name here]
Should any of you wish to have your name added to the support network then please comment below and leave your skype username as well as the specific field you’d like to offer support in.
I really hope some of you get on board with this. This is a way to provide very real support to each other and possibly help each other avoid negative outcomes.
All the best,
H&J
