Our commitment to you:

• We will do our up most to keep the forums safe, secure and free from harm.
• We will respect you, be open and honest at all times.
• We will involve you in decisions where possible.
• We will be mindful that allowing people to get close enough to help you can also allow them to get close enough to be abusive. This can sometimes cause you to panic and try to escape. We understand this and will work with you in an honest and open way.
• We will give you the greatest freedom possible and will give clear explanations on if any restrictions are enforced.
• We accept that you may not have caused your problems but have been left with the burden of finding a way to solve them.

Your commitment to us:

• You will try to be honest with other community members and yourself.
• You will work with the group to reduce self-harm behaviour
• You will be respectful of other community members and their views at all times
• You will be mindful that all community members need to learn how to understand you and respond best. Also that sometimes they may get it wrong. You must be prepared for this, and talk about it.

Suicide/Self harm

If you should be feeling suicidal or having thoughts of self harm. You may discuss these thoughts on the forums and with other community members but please be respectful of their feelings. It may be hard for others to hear about how you are feeling. Its strictly NOT permitted to talk about current self harm or suicide


Do everything you can to deal with the thoughts your having.

Call a help line (during the day BPDWORLD is available on 0870 0053273 and creative pathways offers a 24 hr telephone service, terms and conditions apply
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Use you coping skills, watching tv, ice, walks, baths,

Call your crisis team or CMHT

Send a message to a staff member on the forums.

General rules:

Due to the nature of these forums we have a minimum age for membership of 16. If you are below this age please do not continue with registration. If you submit a support ticket we would be happy to advise of more suitable forums.

Goodbye posts will be closed as soon as posted. No member of the community should reply to these and as soon as a member of the staff team becomes aware of such a post it shall be closed.

We can inspect all material and text submitted on our server to insure that our terms of service and rules are being adhered to.

Staff decisions are final

There have been many unsubstantiated claims and complaints against staff members here and a majority directed towards Joshua Cole. Although we consider all complaints seriously we cannot allow details of complaints that have not been investigated and upheld but merely alleged without substantiation to appear on the forums. This not only has consequences on the staff members but also on the many people who use and trust our services daily. Any such public complaints will be removed and the member suspended and pointed towards the relevant complaints procedure. Should the allegation be upheld then the members account will be re-instated.

Guidelines used for Chat, Forums and Diaries

On joining the forums you agree to accept updates sent via email (this maybe once a month)

If you are doing medical research or studies of any kind, please do not involve or ask our members for help without prior consent from the owner.

We ask that you pick a nickname and stick with it. If for some reason you wish to change your nickname, you will be advised to put your request in writing. We do not delete accounts, if you no longer wish to use any of the services then you are free to do so.

Private messages may be read to ensure our terms and conditions are being maintained.

Any impersonation of a user, in any mode of communication, is strictly prohibited and will result in a banning. No member is permitted to have more than one account, if you have security issues with your account please get in touch with a staff member.

This is a peer support site for helping with mental health disorders; it is not a place for debating or preaching any religious or political views that you may have. If so, there are other sites more appropriate with dedicated issues that would be more beneficial.