This community needs some rules!

[Hoarder]

I was very distressed to read a post from someone purporting to be about to take their life (not because of Fibro but because of other issues in their life) and was very surprised that matters had been allowed to get so far online without someone from Health Unlocked stepping in to say the matters being posted were inappropriate to what is (I thought) a self-help group with a focus on managing one's Fibro symptoms and treatment. I was just going to leave it but as a new member and someone who used to work in a business that had to be careful about managing its online forum I felt I should speak up for the silent majority. I appreciate that this lady needed help, but it really shouldn't be left to other members to worry about what she was/wasn't going to do - someone from the sponsoring companies should have stepped in and diverted her concerns to someone with professional knowledge. We have enough to contend and (I'm sorry) there are plenty of other chatrooms where domestic issues CAN be discussed among people with similar experiences The forum has strict rules about protecting our anonymity and I think it should have other rules about what can/cannot be published when it comes to anything other than the reason we joined up (in my case, coping with Fibro). I know we all have days when we're depressed, and if that's caused by the Fibro that's a good reason for it being a topic for discussion - but not stuff about OTHER things in our lives, and certainly not suicide threats. End of rant! I know some of you will now want to stick pins in my effigy, but this sort of thing isn't why I joined and if there's a load more of it I will be leaving.You're all very kind, lovely people, but you've got enough to contend with - you cant save lives too!