I think illnesses that come with specific problems (BPD, Trich, DID [because we are not here for that discussion today, JodiE :P]) are really useful, but threads for stuff like Suicidal thoughts/behaviors and Depression aren't needed as much because, to be honest, it's such an incredibly large number of people on RYL who struggle with one or both.
As long as it doesn't turn into an environment where we start to see 'The Cutter's thread' and 'the Burner's thread' and 'The thread for the imaginative self harmers (no tip sharing, though!) Thread' then I don't really see too much of an issue. Perhaps that's because I don't use any of then that much, I occasionally flounce into the BPD thread and have found it really helpful, but I don't spend a lot of my time posting in a specific illness thread.
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