Welcome to the Abuse and Bullying Support Board!
This board covers all areas of Abuse, including school and workplace bullying, sexual, physical and mental abuse. With such a wide ranging, and potentially highly triggering topics being clear on the
Labelling Guidelines is a must. Many members that are on this board have suffered under some form of abuse and are very supportive and give very caring advice, so don't be shy, speak up!
A highly useful source of information comes in the form of a thread at top of this board called:
The Abuse and Bullying Mini Encyclopedia. This contains various helplines for all round the world and handy articles that may just answer some questions you have. We also have an
Abuse and Bullying section on the main site containing more useful articles written by members of RYL.
If you ever see a post that you feel is going against the
Terms and Conditions of the forum you can contact the main moderator of the forum,
Amaryllis, however any forum moderator can address your concern and a full list of Moderators can be found
[here].
And remember if the serious posts are starting to get a little to much for you, come chill out at
the coffee shop for awhile and recharge your batteries :).
What should be posted on the Abuse and Bullying Board:
* Threads requesting advice/ needing support on Abuse or Bullying.
* Any relating issues, Eg. Flashbacks, Home Schooling, Therapy.
What should not be posted on the Abuse and Bullying Board:
* Personal/private information such as email addresses or phone numbers.
* Posts asking for support/advice on different subjects should either be placed on their specific board like the
Mental Health Discussion and Support, or a more general one such as either
Serious Discussion or
General Support and Advice.
* Any pictures of yourself or other members should be posted on the
Picture board.
* Any questions about issues on the forums or with your account should be kept to the
Forum and Community Questions board.
* Suicide / goodbye threads, as these are not permitted on RYL (see
Terms and Conditions for more information).
Thanks :)