Hi all, Leninismydad here!

Intro:

As the new sole (active) moderator of this community i am looking forward to developing this as a safe place for discussion of mental health issues, venting, treatment help and resources.

This is my first time being the lead mod of anything on the internet, so this will be a learning experience for me, if you have any suggestions, please reach out to me, i’d love some ideas or tips.

I want to thank /u/princesscelestia for creating this community and hope they return to lemmygrad in the future and can join again in helping moderate this community.

The Plan

My plan with this community in the short and medium term is the following:

• Develop a comprehensive online resource list for mental health support. I hope to gather resources for various countries/regions around the world so that we can build an expansive list for our diverse community and beyond. This, however, will take time and likely more manpower than i can do on my own. If there is anyone interested in helping with this, please message me directly and we can talk more.

• Grow and foster a community where people can share their troubles, struggles and hardships; free of judgement and criticism. I want this place to be a positive environment for members of the Lemmygrad (and lemmy if they want to come hang out) community at-large, to help folks navigate the difficulties of living in a capitalist dominated world.

• More to come as i figure this modding thing out.

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A note before rules and guidelines, most of you have seen me around lemmygrad and know i am not high strung or unreasonable, this community means a lot to me and i want it to succeed. Most, if not all, of you already post well within these rules and guidelines on LG already and i don’t plan on being an aggressive moderator. Keep the spirit of justice and comraderie and you’ll be fine to post whatever.

Post Guidelines (Work-In-Progress - 8/10/2022):

• Content warnings are required in post titles if discussing topics that could potentially be triggering, please use common sense and best judgement for this.
• Use title tags if possible to help people know what you are posting about (Example: [Venting], [Advice Needed], [Resource], [Discussion], etc.).
• If you are posting information to help others, please try to make sure it is evidence-based treatment; homeopathic/naturopathic treatment and spiritual guidance is absolutely fine, within reason, but please note this in the title or body of the post.

General Community Rules (Work-In-Progress - 8/10/2022):

• I will tone police, if you are being an ass, i will shut you down. I will not allow a breakdown of decorum in this support focused community. If you want to scream about how terrible psychiatry is or shit talk anti-psychiatry, find another community for that. or make a new one.
• This is a positive and supportive place, treat others like you want to be treated, give someone the benefit of the doubt, and help where you can help.