I’ve used https://reddit.com/r/cptsd as a support group for awhile. It never felt right to post such sensitive discussions onto a platform controlled by a tech company trying to monetize its content, so I was really happy when things like Lemmy began taking off. In my opinion, support communities belong in user-owned spaces like this.

I use Beehaw as a provider, and I thought it might be a good place to host a CPTSD community because of Beehaw’s rules and ethos. I had a look at what’s existing, and this is the closest one I could find. There’s [email protected] (am I referring to that correctly?), but it’s dead.

Is anyone aware of a good CPTSD community, or would there be interest/support in creating one on Beehaw?

Edit: I’ve inquired to see how this works: https://beehaw.org/post/554142

  • Pigeon@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’d be interested in one, too, provided we’re careful not to let it become like some support subreddits did where people in pain ended up venting to each other in circles, nobody knowing how to help, and all just feeling worse (I don’t think r/cptsd in particular had gotten this way, though. I just mention it as a potential risk to watch out for, for the neurodivergence hive too maybe.)

    Anyway, I think CPTSD posts should be welcomed here in the meantime, imo.

  • escaped_panda@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’m glad you’ve inquired about how this might work, and I’m also interested. I felt similar hesitance to post sensitive discussions on a platform controlled by a tech company and especially one with a not-exactly-liberatory ethos 😓