Hello! Thanks for browsing our community. While our goal is providing advice, a listening ear, suggestions or another look at your relationships, there are many situations that are above the capabilities of a Lemmy community: potentially abusive or violent behavior, deep personal issues that can’t be shared online, immediate requests for help, and similar scenarios.
Keeping in mind that our users are just people from all across the world, from all walks of life, please be advised that we cannot and do not intent on replacing any sort of professional help. In an effort to better support people in vulnerable situations, we will use this thread to list important resources that might help you:
- HotPeachPages: a directory of international hotlines to help people facing potentially abusive relationships.
- The Deaf Hotline: a host of useful resources for understanding signs of abuse and, most importantly, an American Sign Language accessible hotline.
- The Trevor Project: a LGBTQ+ focused source of resources and 24/7 counseling.
This post is a sticky and will be made constantly available in our homepage. If you have any suggestions for important resources to be added, please contact a moderator.
As always, remember your life matters and your voice can be heard.
I had to quit recently due to being over-worked/long-covid, but I was a caseworker for adults with mental illness for years and often used this site with my clients. It’s all free evidence-based resources and I would highly recommend adding it to your list of resources.
They cover a wide range of mental illnesses, dysfunctional thinking, social skills, general stress, coping with loss, etc. There’s really great material in some of the modules (definitely remember it’s in the anger one) on fair fighting, which I think would be really helpful for this sub (or whatever they’re called here–still learning terminology…) Teaching to use “I” statements instead of “you” statements is essential!
One module I believe everyone who struggles with distress from their symptoms should read is on distress intolerance. I know I learned and benefited a lot myself from presenting these materials in a group I would host.
Thanks for sharing that resource. I’ve been doing a lot of self-help lately too but still found myself especially weighed down today. The website was really straightforward and had friendly, simple advice, which was relieving.
is reposting relationship advice posts that were on reddit ok
I might open a poll to decide that. Reposting would mean the original OP doesn’t see the advice, which goes against the spirit of this community - however, I can see value in reposts as a way to quickstart a community on Lemmy that’s currently not receiving a lot of original content. Give me a few moments and I’ll poll users, then comment on the post with your vote.
