As someone who's gone through enough of this myself, I know how terrifying the existential dread is. Even more so when the panic attacks set in, and I've been able to fashion fairly effective coping mechanisms to ease others out of the pain of the existential terror. I think that this would be a very good asset to have, even among the Dollars, I'm sure a bunch of people go through this and are silent about it because they don't want to bother with the idea that their fears and deep existential fears are something that a lot of people aren't willing to listen to, when the best thing for them is to at least talk about that fear they have about death or, the after life, or what they believe their life's truest could very well be- even the lack-there of.

I'd like to offer this to others, and I'd like to talk about the realistic concept of this being implemented. Thank-you for listening.

There's quite a bit of Suicide Hotline threads in the Personal Board, just saying if you wanna check'em out.

What about a littel "First help in bad/crisis situations" thread with advice, liked websites with phone numbers and so on? I know every case is different, depends on the people involved and we have the Dollar Suicide hotline thread already but I think it could be usefull if it looked like this:

General Situation

- advice
- advice
- advice
- website with phone numbers


General Situation

- advice
- advice
- website with phone numbers

Thank you for your input, I'd like to implement it anyway that I can. I'm open to any/all channels.

I think the way >>3 is suggesting would be a great way to help. It's would look clean and wouldn't be to confusing to read. I think there should also be short stories of other people's experiences and what they did to get out of their situation. I think when you are depressed heading other people make it through a similar situation is good for you, especially if they're situations other people from the same community have experienced. It gives people a bit more fate and makes them not so alone in their time of need.

Another idea which you may or may not want to put in is a group chat for those facing similar situations to talk. It may just be me but I think during your time of need just knowing how to fix your problem isn't enough, you also need someone to encourage you all the way. For this idea you would probably have to use another messaging site to add people into a chat. Maybe google hangout or something? If you decide to use this one (which I won't force you to do) I can help you out, since I suggested it and it does seem like a lot of effort .

But that's just my own thoughts, sorry if they weren't helpful or anything!

>>5 Overall a group like this is a good Idea, but it can turn ugly if, for example, subjects like killing oneself come up and only depressed people are there. It is generally a good idea to talk about stuff like that, even suicide, to get it off of ones chest and to find encouraging people, but if many people with those extremely dark thoughts are together or even plan to do something drastic it often causes panic and it might come to an ugly ending, if you know what I mean.

>>6 I understand what you mean, but I think in your time of darkness you need someone who has or is experiencing it with you. If they were to gather together, I think there should be one person who acts like a "leader." They would be the person who made it out alright and can help the others with their depression or whatever else is on their mind. Something just like that.

>>7 I agree with the "leader" Idea, but it would be a huge burden for the person to carry, especially if something happened. It's not easy to handle stuff like that.

>>8
True but there are some of those in the community who would like to become something that handles these types of situations. But it would probably take a lot of time and effort to find those who are willingly to do such a thing. I like helping each other and giving others advice but I dunno.