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[mrhappy]

how do you get awarded the badge for reading the guidelines? i have read them all including the terms od service and i didnt get that badge.

[LouiseG]

Oh bummer! I hope you can!

[mrhappy]

hey you, how are you doing?

[LouiseG]

I’ve been better. Thanks for asking! How are you?

[mrhappy]

not bad, need meds so i’ll take em in a minute, i watched a bit of tv today as well, hoping to try and watch it more, it has to be something neutral though or i’ll be getting highs and lows on it.

[LouiseG]

What do you watch? Do you take meds three times a day?

[mrhappy]

no twice but i forgot so thx for reminding me lol, i watched antiques road show and a place in the country, both of these things dont trigger me much which is good.

have you taken yours? any symptoms? x

[LouiseG]

That’s great that you’ve learned what you can watch! I watched a movie on Schizophrenia called Elizabeth Blue because I thought it would be interesting and it wrecked me!

I took my meds this morning. I’m not hallucinating today, but I’m having trouble concentrating and I can’t feel emotion. I don’t know if it is from the meds or the illness.

Got to run. Thanks for chatting!

[mrhappy]

was also wondering if there could be a hardship fund set up for people in rent arrears, struggling with paying for meds or just financial hardship. i have seen this work really well on another forum just to help them back on their feet if they are down on their luck. @Moonbeam

btw did anyone pin those emergency numbers on the forum bc i haven’t seen them.

and is there a chance of attaching a blog to this forum?

[mrhappy]

anybody want to answer this post? @moderators

[Moonbeam]

The crisis intervention resources were pinned several months ago. I would recommend also bookmarking the thread since the thread appears to un-pin once one has read the thread.

Crisis intervention resources

If you are feeling upset or in crisis, please tell someone — a friend or family member, a teacher, a doctor or therapist or call 911 (if you’re in the U.S.) or the Emergency Medical Services phone number in your country. You can also call a suicide prevention hotline—these are available in the U.S. and in many other countries. International crisis hotlines: http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html http://www.suicidestop.com/suicide_prevention_chat_online.html Crisis hotlines in the U.S.: https://afsp.org/find-support/ https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org I’m going to leave this thread open so others can add resources they have found helpful. All posts that aren…

[mrhappy]

ah, thats not great, what if someone needs it more than once and they havent bookmarked it?

what do you think about the other things i suggested?

[Moonbeam]

You would have to run your other suggestions by @szadmin.

Since many folks on here have limited financial resources, I don’t think asking folks to donate to a “hardship fund” would be appropriate.

I have no idea what you mean by “attaching a blog to this forum”.

There are plenty of other platforms if you want to create your own blog.

[mrhappy]

@szadmin is very hard to get a hold of, i wonder if there are other ways in which we could raise some money for a hardship fund, it could be a one time only resource once a month say maybe $500 if you can prove you are in hardship.

i think people would find it very reassuring if we had this feature.