I really tried to get better and improve my life but nearly every experience of mental health support communities has been toxic

[FireFox]

When my depression symptoms began at 21 I joined mental health online communities to meet people going through similar as my family have judgemental attitudes on mental health and suicide and difficulty getting NHS treatment. I have also used online spaces for women to talk to people since I don't have friends. Every online community has been a toxic experience where I have been judged, harassed, abused with armchair psychology and so much more. There really is no support I feel like people including those with mental illness or those trying to get recovery just want to judge and impose their own standards, methods and philosophies of how people should live and think on everyone else.

● Before I became fully active on Sanactioned Suicide I used to belong to a UK based depression support community and ulimately got builled by the depression sufferers in community who were much older than me while the moderator allowed it.
https://sanctioned-suicide.net/thre...mmunity-by-other-depression-sufferers.139989/

● I have used reddit in the past for help. I have met some kind hearted people but I have also met more people telling me to "go to see a therapist" and not interested in listening to me or suggesting solutions.

● I used to belong to a forever alone sub community. In that community the women all struggle to get boyfriends and find love, I am exactly like them but still I was made to feel like an outsider by the moderator and community of women. I was a lot different from the women they are introverted and spend majority of the time at home online when not in university/college or work while i am extroverted and go out a lot to places but still deeply lonely with no friends and a boyfriend. This community of women turned against me and the moderators even harassed me on reddit when I spoke about my experiences

☆https://sanctioned-suicide.net/thre...d-out-of-a-community-i-connected-with.135657/

☆ https://sanctioned-suicide.net/thre...es-to-preach-about-suicide-prevention.150050/

● I rescently left a digtal detox and mental wellness community because of its members.
https://sanctioned-suicide.net/thre...idate-those-suffering-from-depression.149929/

 

[Scythe]

Stick to SS maybe? Probably not as active as the subreddits/communities you were in but I find it the best place so far. There's a bit more troublesome ppl, but it's still a better place than most other support groups.
There's also a bunch of SS discord servers, I'm only in one, but I know there's a recovery server. Asking in the chatroom or off topic will probably get you an invite. Rain and Sadness had or has a server, I recall there was a bunch of pro life dipshit that started smth there to shut it down idk how that went. I can also try to get u an invite to the one I'm in if you'd like.