YOU ARE NOT ALONE - A companion online community discussion board for The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast with Paul Gilmartin

Paul talks a lot about how beneficial support groups have been for him. I live in a very rural area where I don't have access to this. Would an online support group have a similar benefit? I am wondering if anyone can recommend an online support group or share their experience with one?

If you don't have a support group near you, an online community like this works wonderfully. I personally don't go to one since I have agoraphobia, so this community is great when I want to connect with other people who have similar issues.

I just relocated to a different area and am having a similar problem finding either A) support groups that won't cost me an arm and a leg per session (currently unemployed) or B) are less than an hour's drive. I desperately need it after this move too, so I'm probably just going to drive my ass off this Thursday and go to one of the far away ones (and hope that my anxiety doesn't prevent me from actually going in).

There is a website with online support groups called Intherooms.com. I've never used it so I don't know how good it is, but it might be worth checking out for someone looking for support.