A Conversation About Depression And Mental Health

[Groucho]

Groucho, you deserve a huge amount of gratitude and respect for pressing this agenda mate, i expect the demographics of this site are overwhelmingly male and working class. Those of us of that ilk are the worst in the world for admitting we have a problem and any means to get people to open up has to be loudly applauded! Well done sir!

thank you to groucho for spreading even more awareness

What you have done is fantastic, Groucho. Proud to share a forum.

@Groucho is way too modest a man to laud the actual, real success, this thread has "achieved". At least one suicide attempt was avoided, that we know about, and movers and shakers at the forefront of mental health in Government, (sort of), are aware of it, and frankly astonished at the way the thread had been firstly created, then built and self policed.

On a football forum.

Its a credit to every single poster on here.

Well done @Groucho for starting this initiative. Have read through bits of the thread on many occasions and it's a credit to the site and all involved.

The thread has been a great source of support for myself. I am so grateful for all the support I've received from people on here.

Couldn't agree more with this. The site in general often helps me get though the week.

Thanks all.

Let’s keep it up.

 

[BiggyRat]

If I'm honest, my first impression of that thread was..."This'll go well! " How wrong was I? And how glad I was to be so wrong!

Some great contributions & some truly harrowing tales from out there. Aside from some remarkable people, like wbn61, I personally think the threads greatest achievement is the self moderation. At a time when the anonymous keyboard warrior rules, it is so refreshing & heartening that a thread like this thrives because the members will not put up with petty BS!

Thank you for having the Kahona's to start the thread Groucho!

 

[roydo]

If I'm honest, my first impression of that thread was..."This'll go well! " How wrong was I? And how glad I was to be so wrong!

Some great contributions & some truly harrowing tales from out there. Aside from some remarkable people, like wbn61, I personally think the threads greatest achievement is the self moderation. At a time when the anonymous keyboard warrior rules, it is so refreshing & heartening that a thread like this thrives because the members will not put up with petty BS!

Thank you for having the Kahona's to start the thread Groucho!

That is pretty much the conversation we had in Mod Central deciding to have it or not.

Like I/we/you have said, its a credit to the posters.

 

[BiggyRat]

That is pretty much the conversation we had in Mod Central deciding to have it or not.

Like I/we/you have said, its a credit to the posters.

Well, as a team, you also deserve credit for letting it run & evolve!

 

[roydo]

Well, as a team, you also deserve credit for letting it run & evolve!

Would have canned if it went wonky. It didnt, not cos we tried it, but cos Evertonians bought it.

 

[COYBL25]

Testimony to how wonderful this thread, is the fact that it's visited by fans from other teams and who have taken the idea away to their own forums.

From little acorns.

I just wish I'd had access to something like this thread when I was really bad, as there's more info and support on here for men in particular than all of the other support sites.

 

[Toast]

If I'm honest, my first impression of that thread was..."This'll go well! " How wrong was I? And how glad I was to be so wrong!

Some great contributions & some truly harrowing tales from out there. Aside from some remarkable people, like wbn61, I personally think the threads greatest achievement is the self moderation. At a time when the anonymous keyboard warrior rules, it is so refreshing & heartening that a thread like this thrives because the members will not put up with petty BS!

Thank you for having the Kahona's to start the thread Groucho!

And a PM I sent to you has had a really positive impact on my circumstances.
Ta mate.

 

[COYBL25]

If I'm honest, my first impression of that thread was..."This'll go well! " How wrong was I? And how glad I was to be so wrong!

Some great contributions & some truly harrowing tales from out there. Aside from some remarkable people, like wbn61, I personally think the threads greatest achievement is the self moderation. At a time when the anonymous keyboard warrior rules, it is so refreshing & heartening that a thread like this thrives because the members will not put up with petty BS!

Thank you for having the Kahona's to start the thread Groucho!

I was just thinking about @wbn61 ( Michael ) the other day.

Retained his humour and dignity right to the vety end.

A true star on here and a remarkable, brave and wonderful fella.

RIP.

 

[Market trader]

Wonderful thread! And such comradeship. Do keep it going.

 

[AndyC]

Great podcast @Adam-GOTTV @Groucho
Listened at work earlier and again just now... your best yet !!!

 

[BiggyRat]

And a PM I sent to you has had a really positive impact on my circumstances.
Ta mate.

Cheers mate! Can I assume it's worked out for you? That's really great if it has.

 

[SiEdmo]

Testimony to how wonderful this thread, is the fact that it's visited by fans from other teams and who have taken the idea away to their own forums.

From little acorns.

I just wish I'd had access to something like this thread when I was really bad, as there's more info and support on here for men in particular than all of the other support sites.

spot on lad, not ignoring any welcome female blues on here, it is primarily men, and blokes do find it hard with this stuff so to have peers to support means the world

 

[matty1878]

Superb fans make a superb wonderful idea of a thread - to help others and it sure does. Hats of you folks and be proud

 

[kithnou]

Groucho submitted an update to GrandOldTeam's homepage

A Conversation About Depression And Mental Health

Struggling with the world? Can't, or don't want to talk to anyone? Maybe you can anonymously talk about Everton on GrandOldTeam? And if you feel like it, there's a dedicated thread pinned at the top of our Everton forum, which allows for discussion and help between fellow Blues on mental health-related issues. You don't even have to post, just read. It's helped loads of Blues who was/are finding life tough, it might help you.

The "Discussion & help on depression & mental health related issues" thread pinned to the top of our Everton forum has been a real success, aproaching 350,000 unique views and with over 9,000 comments. The thread, started one of GrandOldTeam's forum moderators Groucho allows for fans to talk about issues surrounding mental health and depression.

During the international break, we decided to look back at the success of the thread, and Dave provided examples of how it has helped people in a real and tangible way.

You can read the thread here.

Well done mate.

The work some people do in that thread is truly inspirational. They deserve recognition, despite never asking for any.
Makes me appreciate their is quality people in this world.

 

[Frank Butcher]

It is a real credit to the site and the fantastic contributors. Well done all.