[RevRuby]

i can't agree or disagree with either opinion of whether it's more comfy to go to afriend or someone anonymous, but i do think coming to people online is both. you know them, their name, maybe their picture. you enjoy talking to them, sending jokes back and forth, listening to eachothers woes. this interaction even on the internet create's caring in some people. so someone crying out for help can come on here, faceless to most, care for by others, and cry out. those that care will reveal themselves, and the faceless ones that empathize, sympathize, or just plain want to help reply with hope. the faceless and even "caring" ones that reply without hope just show that person they're not being listened to, which is all they're asking for. i ask that if you see a message on this or anyother forum and you do not wish to offer hope or a listening ear, walk away without replying. as someone who goes through depression on and off i ask that you not make fun of them, or encourage them. it's is serious at all times. we're faceless to eachother, we can't tell a hoax. and even when we do see our faces it should never be treated as a hoax. even one f those is a cry for help. thank you for listening to me.....