About Depression
Please read the new GUIDELINES as set out under description before making a decision to join.
Depression Description
We are people with a passion to help our fellow man, we are people just like you that have been through Depression, and through our struggles in life we are dedicated to help you no matter what you'r background / religion / race. Our views and opinions are our own and not that of others, we are not Doctors nor Psychiatrists we are just people that love life. . . .
Guidelines /Disclaimer:
These guidelines are being set in place due to a former member that abused the trust of members of this group and admins:
1- Your posts are your own views and do not represent others views.
2- If you need help, we are here to offer you our words, prayers and thoughts and may advise you to seek professional help and contact relevant not for porfit organisations in your country. We are not trained counsellors, psychiatrist or psychologist. We have merely lived with depression and seen people go through it, take their life from it and go through it everyday ourselves . If you are not going through depression and need help for your mental illness, please feel free to post on our wall for other alternative /affiliate pages. As an example, if you have a mental illness such as Bipolar, ADHD, multiple personality disorder etc. . .
3- At no stage should you attempt to make contact, give numbers out to any other members and admins without their WRITTEN permission. We are happy to talk when needed, but realise that we also are humans and you may need professional help which we can not provide. DO NOT use this page as a lifeline, blackmail, threaten to commit suicide or commit other crimes if we do not call or email. This is not our role. . Our role is to link people to each other and help in what we can, when we can to the best of our ability. If you are having suicidal thoughts, WE will refer you to a not for profit organisation that can assist you. This group is a support group and any comments made on here are for educational purposes and support.
4- We dont mind if you friend request us (the admins) at times though we may decline such a request. This is not to be taken personally. We do not want to be relied on when we are "dealing" with depression ourselves. . We are not professionals as previously stated and will not make contact through email /phone to other members unless we individually feel the need to, and up to our discretion. This has been abused by a former member who was an attention seeker and had a personality disorder which we could not handle (this is to show an example) and then threatened to end their life because of lack of support and catching this person lying. We treat everyone here equally and we have all gone through life challenges, whether it be abuse, medical or loneliness amongst others.
5- Swearing is accepted to a degree and no verbal abuse to other members of this group will be tolerated. If you feel someone has abused this privilige, the best thing to do is report this behaviour to Luis on the wall stating (I want to report abuse on this page) and we will then contact you via email so that we can deal with this.
6- Any member that abuses and does not follow these guidelines, may be banned permanently and reported to FB.