Just thought I'd mention a wonderful anxiety & depression online support chat group that is extremely caring and helpful:

http://araneum.icomm.ca

The group is based in Canada, but has members from India to New Zealand.....

Wallylu mentioned this MUD to me in a note the other day and I've been on a few times -- I'm writing to thank Wallylu for the pointer, and to add my limited two cents: Yes, the site is very useful.

RAH

I saw three ways to log on, is there just a internet way to join the forum or is it all telnet like stuff?

Hi -- the site is a MUD -- multiple user dungeon. The vocabulary comes from the world or role-playing games such as Dungeons and Dragons, but this site, and others like it, are not games. MUDs are essentially chat sites that feature several "rooms." One can interact with people in the Newbies Lounge, for example, then move on to another "room" to chat with other people. Each room would have a theme -- one might be for people who are new to the forum, one might discuss medications, another abuse experiences, etc.

So yes, it is chat, but it is a variable chat experience that gives the user several options from which to choose. In real life I am an instructional technologist -- I configure all sorts of electronically mediated environments for educational interaction, including MUDs, then help university faculty and students use them.

Hope this helps -- RA Harris

The "JAVA Login" is fairly simple - --- the MUD stuff confuses me!!