# Looking for a good self-help message board

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-good-self-help-message-board/584353>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 5, 2011, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-good-self-help-message-board/584353 "2011-06-05T00:21:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-good-self-help-message-board/584353/1 "2011-06-05T00:21:54Z")

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I’ve been having a pretty bad time of things recently with health issues and problems relating to family troubles and loneliness. I’ve been working on those things, but it hasn’t been easy, and it would be good to have some help and advice. I really don’t have anyone to talk about things like this, and I know that the SDMB is probably not the best place to discuss them (and I’m not anonymous enough here to feel comfortable discussing them here anyway).

Has anyone been on a self-help message board that was of help to them? I feel uncomfortable asking this, but I really don’t know where else to turn right now.

Thanks for your help.

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**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-good-self-help-message-board/584353/2 "2011-06-05T03:37:49Z")

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Psychcentral is decent, but that is all I can really think of. Healthyplace too, but they are a pretty small board.

If you are looking for something in person, a unitarian universalist group (or a different religious org, but the UU church is pretty good) could help you.

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**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-good-self-help-message-board/584353/3 "2011-06-05T03:43:26Z")

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I would also suggest [http://www.enotalone.com/](http://www.enotalone.com/) - though it focuses mostly on relationships, there are forums for advice and support on other issues too.