It's a bit better here I suppose than "how are you feeling" forum. Doesn't really work for my minds.[/QUOTE]
Hey, that's okay @Catch_22 ! I get a little lost sometimes, myself too, round these parts... (for sure!) :^) So, it's no big thing, and I wouldn't let it get me down. Or cause any distress, whatsoever~ As this is supposed to be a place of 'solace,' or 'refuge,' -- in my mind; from all the ills that otherwise might capture our day. . . Now, on the elimination of certain parts of the forum - from way back when - I believe it also must have had something to do with keeping/or managing & maintaing a certain set amount of "space," on the boards, or place. Meaning, tough calls had to be made as to what could stay or what could (presumably) go. And I think that - that was (just) one of those places where it was a little less/under utilized than some of the more active, or heavily/well populated areas of the form: such as the suicide, and (in) crisis section. There even used to be --actually, I'm not certain if it is still there? Or has just been collapsed, or condensed into one of the others... an "after~effects," section, right there in between those two more frequently used ones.
Yes, I find the "How Are You Feeling," one kind of a bigger & broader, more general or generalized approach to said topics - where sort of almost like an, 'anything goes,' sort of mindset or mentality can be applicable, or apply. But maybe that's just me? I like it, but it can require certain types of efforts, with which I am not always feeling capable of providing (when it comes to being in the right, or proper frame of mind); again, given the broader brush-strokes that can seem to be applied (a little bit more, "ready for anything," you've got to be, in my opinion): or, at least~ I've got to be! ; )
And as I said, this place: the game room; used to resemble a bit more of a coffee house-type vibe, back in the day, just in terms of the, or it's sensibilities & such, or so on & so forth. . : ) More welcoming, maybe? I dunno..
I wish there were more in the archives, as I said, although there are some older ones (threads), there were definitely quite a few more that just got wiped out with one of the transfers, or whatever you call them. This may have been even longer ago than I'd previously mentioned. I've been here for so long - I can never be quite certain (~ 7, or even 8 yrs. ago! maybe? ) ...
What I liked in particular about the depression forum, was that it was like a more tempered down, version of what it might sound like. So, not ready to go more into the full-blown territory (or even anywhere close or near, I suppose?) of suicide section, or cleary/obviously, in crisis, after-effects, etc. But the topic itself, or the feeling & the phenomenon could be discussed & dissected in a much more meaningful way, for those who may (or may not!) fall into the category of a 'chronic,' case of depression. As opposed to say more episodic, in nature - I don't know - I don't feel I'm doing a very good job of explaining it, and it's been a great many years since it was here. I just know that I felt very comfortable in there. And that the topic could generally be discussed in a more stripped-down approach with someone (so, say, less "drenched," or "dripping," with emotion, maybe? Or perhaps. . :/ !) Gah, it's hard to describe, and it really shouldn't be. Maybe like if you were having a discussion / a talk, a conversation with a friend who was going into psychology, or studying it in college or school--something like that--& then you could examine it in a setting a bit more like that. Like you (or one) might discuss a book, or a movie, or a piece of music, I guess~? ; ) Laid back.
Hey, that's okay @Catch_22 ! I get a little lost sometimes, myself too, round these parts... (for sure!) :^) So, it's no big thing, and I wouldn't let it get me down. Or cause any distress, whatsoever~ As this is supposed to be a place of 'solace,' or 'refuge,' -- in my mind; from all the ills that otherwise might capture our day. . . Now, on the elimination of certain parts of the forum - from way back when - I believe it also must have had something to do with keeping/or managing & maintaing a certain set amount of "space," on the boards, or place. Meaning, tough calls had to be made as to what could stay or what could (presumably) go. And I think that - that was (just) one of those places where it was a little less/under utilized than some of the more active, or heavily/well populated areas of the form: such as the suicide, and (in) crisis section. There even used to be --actually, I'm not certain if it is still there? Or has just been collapsed, or condensed into one of the others... an "after~effects," section, right there in between those two more frequently used ones.
Yes, I find the "How Are You Feeling," one kind of a bigger & broader, more general or generalized approach to said topics - where sort of almost like an, 'anything goes,' sort of mindset or mentality can be applicable, or apply. But maybe that's just me? I like it, but it can require certain types of efforts, with which I am not always feeling capable of providing (when it comes to being in the right, or proper frame of mind); again, given the broader brush-strokes that can seem to be applied (a little bit more, "ready for anything," you've got to be, in my opinion): or, at least~ I've got to be! ; )
And as I said, this place: the game room; used to resemble a bit more of a coffee house-type vibe, back in the day, just in terms of the, or it's sensibilities & such, or so on & so forth. . : ) More welcoming, maybe? I dunno..
I wish there were more in the archives, as I said, although there are some older ones (threads), there were definitely quite a few more that just got wiped out with one of the transfers, or whatever you call them. This may have been even longer ago than I'd previously mentioned. I've been here for so long - I can never be quite certain (~ 7, or even 8 yrs. ago! maybe? ) ...What I liked in particular about the depression forum, was that it was like a more tempered down, version of what it might sound like. So, not ready to go more into the full-blown territory (or even anywhere close or near, I suppose?) of suicide section, or cleary/obviously, in crisis, after-effects, etc. But the topic itself, or the feeling & the phenomenon could be discussed & dissected in a much more meaningful way, for those who may (or may not!) fall into the category of a 'chronic,' case of depression. As opposed to say more episodic, in nature - I don't know - I don't feel I'm doing a very good job of explaining it, and it's been a great many years since it was here. I just know that I felt very comfortable in there. And that the topic could generally be discussed in a more stripped-down approach with someone (so, say, less "drenched," or "dripping," with emotion, maybe? Or perhaps. . :/ !) Gah, it's hard to describe, and it really shouldn't be. Maybe like if you were having a discussion / a talk, a conversation with a friend who was going into psychology, or studying it in college or school--something like that--& then you could examine it in a setting a bit more like that. Like you (or one) might discuss a book, or a movie, or a piece of music, I guess~? ; ) Laid back.
