I found healthboards a little over three years ago when the cycle of my mental illness first started to kick in. At the time I had a lot of difficulty trying to explain to my wife at the time and other family members what I was going through and on Healthboards I found people who understood what was going on in my head. The best part about online health forums is that you do not have to worry about the wrong person getting what most people consider private details about their life.

Over the years I have tried a variety of health forums and for my overall well being nothing comes close to the support that I get over at Healthboards. The other board I use on occasion is crazyboards.org but they tend to rather scientific in their answers and that is good but there is days when I just want people to “get me” and not analyze me to pieces. Mind you if you ever have a med question crazyboards.org is in a league of its own and is always the first place I turn to.

The difference between the two comes down to the people who use it. On Healthboards I tend to stick out due to the number of diagnoses I carry with me where as on crazyboards some days it seems you need at least three diagnosis to participate. Healthboards is also more of a people site where the average member tends to be pretty new to the whole mental health thing and are just looking more for understanding and support then anything else. Like I said before crazyboards tends to be pretty technical and most of their users have traveled the ground of mental illness.

Of the two online forums Healthboards is much larger then crazyboards but part of this has to do with that Healthboards covers every health topic under the sun where as crazyboards sticks to mental illness. The downside that most people have with Healthboards is that certain topics are right off topic such as suicide. Healthboards philosophy in this area is that if you are contemplating suicide you should be dialing 911 and not posting on a public forum.

I really have been lacking in my participation on both sites as between untreatableonline and the other two blogs most of my writing quota of the day is used up. In case you are wondering I post as trg247 on both sites.

Having a strong support group is essential for recovery so if you can not get it at home or in your community then check out Healthboards or crazyboards and you will be surprised how many people are in the same boat. Take care.

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