Member Rules

1) All advice and diagnoses are to be considered anecdotal. We are not medical professionals, and therefore cannot offer medical advice. Members who claim to be in the healthcare profession are not vetted by the staff of this server. For medical professionals who offer support, please do not announce your vocation while doing so. To be clear, no one on staff acts as a doctor or medical professional of any kind. If you require immediate attention, please call the crisis hotline in your area. Type %hotlines in any channel to get a list of international suicide hotline numbers. We do not condone or support giving or receiving peer support via DMs. As this cannot be moderated, all support must be kept within the server.

2) Do not advertise or solicit products or services which are illegal within your jurisdiction.

3) Respect your fellow users. This includes, but is not limited to: - Please only give constructive criticism when providing feedback - Respect boundaries - Respecting someone's decision to block and/or not talk to you - No trolling, harassment, or suggesting they harm themselves or others

4) Usernames and avatars must be appropriate for a mental health server. No NSFL (not safe for life) or other triggering content. No rapidly flashing PFPs.

5) Respect the type of channel that you are in: do not spam outside of spam channels, do not post NSFW messages within SFW channels etc. .

6) We do not allow images of genitalia in any medium or pornographic, explicit imagery. Tasteful topless photos are allowed for all genders. Medical prosthetics and links to outside (non-porn) sources are allowed.

7) Photos of injuries, self-inflicted or otherwise, are not allowed and will be removed. Post-OP surgical scars are allowed – however, if they are fresh they must be covered by medical tape and/or bandages. Please also refrain from mentioning specific methods of self-harm.

8) Do not post NSFL content at all. This includes body horror, as it may be triggering.

9) Images or talk of animal cruelty is not allowed and will result in either a warning or a ban based on the discretion of the moderating team.

10) Be mindful of triggers. This means that you will not intentionally set off other users. You are also, however, responsible for your own triggers, which might mean removing yourself from a situation.

11) We are a religion-free zone in all channels except faith-and-philosophy. No political discussions are allowed on this server unless it is relevant to your lived experience.

12) Please note that the team may sometimes ask that a discussion to be moved to a different channel. Please comply with these requests.

13) Avoiding the auto-mod (chat filter) may result in a warning. If something gets auto-modded, don't repeat it to avoid the filter.

14) We do not support pedophiliac disorders. This does not include POCD.

15) Attacking someone because of their nationality, accent, religion, orientation or identity is absolutely not allowed and will result in a ban. .

16) Posting real life imagery of violence, self-violence, or serious threats to life is not allowed. Video game captures and illustrations are allowed within reason, so long as they adhere to the rest of the rules.

17) No pictures of minors are allowed on the server, unless they are photos of you as a child or an obvious meme/celebrity.

18) We do not support pro-ana opinions or discussions. Please only post weight and calorie numbers within the tw-support-lounge category, and any tw personal health channel. This must be healthy and intentional to be discussed within the server.

19) We try to avoid stigmatizing all mental illnesses. Please refrain from using the terms narcissist, psychopath, sociopath, borderline, ASPD, etc. (the list is by no means all-inclusive) in derogatory ways, especially related to abusers. If you feel the need to talk about someone with these issues with these words, please use the -vent command.

20) Absolutely no COVID-19 denial. Please be understanding of others’ position on the COVID-19 vaccines. .

These rules are not to be interpreted how you like. There are no loopholes. Anyone claiming to not be breaking the rules due to it "not being in the rules" will receive an appropriate consequence.

If you have issues with anyone or anything on this server, please send a mod mail with all the relevant details via 📩-modmail-📩 . We cannot help anyone if we are not aware of an issue. .

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