Also another thing about these groups as they seem to be symptom and problems reporting as way to compare notes with each other, often we need more coffee chats with good friend than sit and talk about depresion and problems all day long. People can get competitive with diagnosis and problems
Here is some advice I have learned the hard way so you don't make the same mistake :)
1. Avoid at all costs going to groups specifically for depression in your locality.
I know this sounds counterproductive, why would I want to not go to my local mental health cafe or recovery group. It's...
How about sticking with forum, chat rooms and social media plat forms, i find that socialising on forums can be very cathartic and simply, easy to do, i had to stay awy from facebook etc cos too many ******** in real life on there, i juat want my space lol
it depends if problems are solvable, for example my fibromylgia is long term meaning that there is no cure available for it, instead i uust live with it and the same goes with depression