Self Help Groups for MDD?

[Rick]

What do people think of this idea?  Do you think there are enough of us out there or registered on this website?  Can we  form self help groups of at least 5 or more in our city or local region?  Meetup.com would be a useful website for this.  What are your thoughts?

[Rick]

Jennifer, i think your video chat idea would be more practical.  Or like Rashomon said, we could simply just find a mental health self help group.  However, i think talking directly to people with DD be more helpful.  I did a google search for video chat/conference and found out Skype supports a group video chat for up to 10 people except the charge 4.99 a month for it.  Lifehacker is touting the Google+ hangout feature which allows up to 12 people to video conference and it's FREE.  

[Jennifer]

I think that's a great idea. Well...We could do that, or we could video chat. Are there any sites that allow you to video chat with 12 or more people at the same time? If we wanted to, some of us could video chat and discuss MD online? That would be really cool.

[Kelsey]

I would absolutely love to meet MDers in my area so I think this is a really great idea. I'm from the New England area and I'm sure there are others around here. It might be really awkward at first, but at least meeting each other would be a good start I think.

[Wish Upon A Wish]

I don't think there're any New Zealanders on this site, let alone Quakechurch people, so personally, for me, it wouldn't really help much. I think, though, if you could get a group, or even just two or three people together, it could maybe help, and I think should be at least considered.

I think I'd like to meet another MD-er or CF-er or whatever this oddness is to be called, but I don't know how much I'd be able to talk about it.... Well, won't know unless we try, huh?