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chat rooms for people suffering from depression?

What are some chat rooms online for people suffering from depression? A place where they meet others like them to talk. I mean like clinical depression or major depression.

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1. http://mhchat.org/room/chit-chat
2. i bet theres no LOL-ing going on in those ha ha ha- man my life sucks
3. well my best friend has depression too. you should talk to her. her e-mail is d.yaoyao@yahoo.com she might be able to help you. tell her that you need help w/ depression and i'm sure she'll be a BIG help!
4. Im interested in knowing too
5. Oh, sweetie! I've had depression, too, and I can honestly say (from experience) that those chatrooms and forums are generally NOT very healthy places to be. People are always talking about how suicidal they are, starting fights with each other, attention-whoring, and sometimes you even get the occasional ****ass who comes in and starts ridiculing everybody. It just weighs you down more often t han it helps, sometimes, and I would RELLY encourage you to seek out actual human contact in your local community. Please contact your doctor or a counselor, and maybe see if you can get involved with some kind of local support group. If you ever feel like it is an emergency and you are a danger to yourself, please ask for help as soon as you can.
6. dont know but sometimes its nice to just chat about anything i go to a forum that started with "the secret" website but not affiliated, thats just how we all met, the address is http://johnlister.ca/loaforum/index.php you can visit as a guest.
7. Multiple chatsites/forums are at http://www.ezy-build.net.nz/~shaneris in section 2. My standard post follows: See depression treatments, at ezy-build in section 2, and consult a doctor, to eliminate thyroid problems, etc. as possible contributing factors: also seek a referral to a therapist using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy. It is your decision, and yours alone, as to whether to take any antidepressants offered, but, before you do, read section 1, and check medications out at www.drugs.com so you will be on the lookout for side effects, like sexual dysfunction. My strong recommendation, however, is to follow the advice of my doctor, his partner, and also Marcelle Pick, OB/GYN NP, and Dr. Mercola, as well, at http://www.mercola.com and avoid antidepressants (page 2V refers, & antidepressant websites: page 2). All of their advice, (except prayer, because many people are not religious) I have incorporated into the "core treatments", including others as options, such as herbal remedies (none of which have been conclusively demonstrated to work with severe depression). If you are diagnosed with clinical (major) depression, antidepressants may be necessary for a while, which will give the treatments time to become effective. The antidepressants themselves need at least several days, or even many weeks to become effective. It's a good idea to taper off them slowly, with medical advice, after several months, say, to a couple of years, at most, because they are only effective in the long term for about 30% of people. Because of this, you would be well advised to begin the treatments immediately, and maintain them. I'd just thank your mental health care provider, and pocket the prescription, trying the treatments for a few months, to see if they are sufficient for you, before considering filling it (unless clinically depressed, and having great difficulty functioning, in which case I'd take them).
8. I can't believe Jennifer gave you my e-mail. You can go to: http://www.immunesupport.com/chat/chat_beta.cfm