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Titled RedFlag, Kim Kardashian’s new film highlights how common mental health problems are, and how social media can help.
Not everyone has a real life support network and this is where social media can step in to provide a place for people to express their depression, loneliness, and isolation, as Kardashian said recently. Speaking from personal experience, I can testify that it is true that the online mental health community can be an amazing place to go if you’re struggling.
Until a few years ago I never dreamed that a supportive community existed on the net. Twitter account to promote the blog but over time it became an important connection to the mental health community for me. Oftentimes facebook and I chatted about books and TV on Twitter. Others have partners and friends yet, despite this, don’t get support level they sometimes need. Let me tell you something. Many people who I follow on social media are housebound by conditions like depression, obsessive compulsive disorder or anxiety. Loneliness and isolation are major issues for people with mental health problems, as Kardashian says. This is the case. In 2011 after having a devastating bipolar episode, I began blogging as a way to process my feelings. Well meaning ‘lovedones’ can inadvertently belittle people’s difficulties, expect an instant recovery or simply not know how to respond. That said, social media can help to fill that gap.
The online community offers me much needed contact with people who get it, who know what it’s like to use mental health services or take ‘heavy duty’ medication.
Most recently there has been success in challenging stock overuse photos accompanying mental health stories which showed peple holding their heads in their hands, or headclutchers as they are known on Twitter. Usually, the community is also a place where people work gether wards common goals. Despite having different and varied diagnoses, we have enough common ground to understand each other. Sometimes it can act as a pressure group to tackle issues like how media uses the term psycho or mental sale patient Halloween costumes we saw last year. Even with a supportive partner I sometimes need Twitter as a place to say the unsayable and bring the very dark side of bipolar into the light.
Not everything in the online community is rosy. There are disagreements, sometimes as deep as whether psychiatry or psychology is addressing better way mental distress. Although, sometimes things take a nastier turn and I’ve experienced attempts to undermine my reputation by those who have set up fake accounts and trolls who’ve pretended to be me or my family members, differences of opinion are fine.
They are more likely to be a target, if people are outspoken while online.
While making me question my perceptions, and it can leave me upset and scared, dealing with fake accounts can feed that paranoia. Having bipolar means I sometimes become paranoid, unsure of whether something is real or my product own mind.
The most difficult situation is when an online friend says they want to take their own life.
Many people use Twitter to vent suicidal feelings, and in most cases people are just trying to work through their thoughts. When I do know who they are, it’s a huge dilemma, many people use pseudonyms online so I often don’t have enough real information to contact emergency services. It’s something I agonise over. Now regarding the aforementioned fact. They probably won’t welcome the police knocking on their door, if I don’t call 999 something very terrible could happen -but if someone’s just decided to take a Twitter break. On p of that, occasionally, however, someone mentions a suicide plan and then goes offline, which sets off alarm bells.
My advice for those wanting to dip their e into online waters support would be to look for something like Black Dog Tribe’s moderated message boards. If you’re looking for real time conversation within a safe environment you could explore a chat room run by peer supporters such as Mind’s Elefriends. Try checking out Mind’s recent best roundup hashtags used in the mental health community, and see who is taking part in those conversations, if you do feel ready for Twitter. The online mental health community works for me because I can find real friendship built on common ground, even when I’m o depressed to leave the house. Some people will always have reservations about social media, and that’s fine.