Support Forum

The ethos of the Forum is mutual support based on responsibility, respect, empathy and acceptance.

The Support Forum provides a space where you can offer and receive mutual support through sharing your thoughts, feelings and experiences of the difficulties and challenges that can arise from living with mental illness.

Please click the icon on the right to enter the Support Forum.

Please note:

This site is for the use of those aged 18 and over only.
Posts or private messages from researchers or journalists are NOT permitted.

Principles and guidelines

We ask you to read and accept the Forum principles and guidelines. They set out the responsibilities of members and the role of moderators. They are intended to help you give the best of yourself, and get the best out of your membership of this community.

If, at any point, you feel you are unable or unwilling to accept and apply the principles and guidelines, we ask you to refrain from using the Forum.

Responsibility
You are requested to take responsibility for your contributions, your attitudes to others and for ensuring that your presence and behaviour reflect the ethos and principles of the forum.

Respect
The community is varied, encompassing a range of personalities, attitudes, cultural backgrounds, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, experiences, opinions and feelings. In your contributions and posts, please:

• Respect yourself
• Respect other members
• Respect the space provided

Empathy
The spectrum of mental illness is a broad one; its effects on individuals, family, friends and carers can take many forms. You are asked to be empathic towards each other i.e. 'How might it feel to walk in someone else's shoes?'

Acceptance
We ask that you are accepting of individuals and the validity of individual experience.

Guidelines

The guidelines provide details of what is expected of members and the role of moderators.

General guidelines               Managing relationships               Role of moderators

Please note:
As the role of the moderators is clear, and comprehensive guidance is provided to enable you to take personal responsibility and manage your presence on the Forum, SANE cannot take responsibility for any distress experienced by anyone as a result of using the Forum.

These guidelines may be periodically reviewed and updated. Any changes will be announced on the Forum.