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Online Virtual Therapy for Treating Depression

Over the years, since I first set up a chat room on my Web site for people with depression, I've had to take a lot of elements into consideration that many chat room hosts do not. If you're running a chat room centered on a non-mental health topic, it's fairly easy. Get a critical ...
7/17/07 3:23pm

Woot!Real CoolMy oldest daughter plays these games on line like gaya, world craft, and world craft 11. It gives her a place to be someone for a while live a different life style. But I wonder if it is a great as she tough since she and her friends are hunting new sites to go. She can get away from her problems and not have to be Debra for a while.Unsure I didn't know if this was what she really wanted or if she really needed someone talk to. Do you feel these rooms or games really take the place of the same problems we face in real life?Huh?

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Sarah
1/24/10 2:20am

Deborah, I can only imagine how frustrating and disheartening this has been for you.  I've suffered with depression for 29 years and I absolutely believe that a virtual world for people who also suffer in the grip of short- long- or very long- term depression would benefit enormously from what you are trying to create. 

I'm doing some research and making initial contact with people I feel may be able to help - I'm convinced that sharing your virtual world with surfers, sand-buggies and idiots won't work.  Perhaps we may work together in the future?  

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