Phone call

[KatieRichie94]

Is anyone on here thats from the US interested on chatting on the phone? My depression has been bad lately and i could use someone to talk to.

[Iluvhorses]

I would, but I don't feel comfortable posting my number where a lot of people can see. If you call a hotline they'll be happy to talk with you. You don't have to be in crisis and they have more counselling experience than most of us do.

[Stilltrying_ in reply to Iluvhorses]

Mbvu you can private message this person and it is not open to the public.

[Iluvhorses in reply to Stilltrying_]

Right. I forgot about that. KatieRitchie94 please feel free to do that anytime

[Olderal]

Katie,I always found taking with someone ,anyone, a great help with depression . You are IMO wise to try and seek someone out

Ideally this should be someone who can keep any confidences absolutely to themselves and with some commitment to your recovery , a partner or very close family. They need commitment as it is difficult and frustrating trying to help depression.

If you have no one who fits the bill (people who can keep someone else's secret are rare ) then preserving your anonymity on a forum is probably the next best thing and maybe someone of your own age and imo own sex will volunteer and will probably find that exchanging pms will help them too.

I'm not volunteering as I am disqualified on two counts.

Olderal

[Olderal]

A PS,you could try pming mbvu as as still trying suggests you will both be confidential.

I did contact someone via this forum and we pmed each other regularly and now exchange regular emails. This seems to help us both a lot and we don't know where either of us are, just our email addresses. This means we can write far more frankly of any problems we are going through and is a great help and comfort.

Olderal