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The erosion of traditional support networks through the flexibilityof work, moving home and smaller families does mean that for many peoplethey feel alone and miserable and this can lead to depression and insome cases suicide.
There is help, advice and support out there.
The Internet is essentially an information and communication toolthat now enables you to talk to anyone anywhere in the world aboutanything.
Chat and Message Boards
Your own ISP (Internet Service Provider) may have a Family Channelwhich includes message boards and chat rooms especially for you or thereare chat rooms on other services.
Divorce-Online have our own chat rooms and message boards in ourcommunity area. All you have to do is
register here
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We have selected a few good ones for you in the section "websites".Justclick on the right hand menu.
Video chat and mail
There is also now video mail, and video chat using inexpensive web camtechnology which means you can talk in real time to just one or a wholeroom of people and see them and they can see you, so a more personalrelationship can be built up.
Web cams cost between £40.00 - £200.00 and are usually just plug andplay, with the software on CD-ROM, easy!
Make sure that the software that comes with it has video mail andconferencing facilities such as Microsoft NetMeeting.
With the advent of subscription only Internet access, broadband, and no large phone bills this is a way of talking about andsolving any emotional problems you may have that did not exist, even 3years ago. It cannot replace family or friends as an outlet, but it canbroaden your horizons. You are in the same boat as hundredsif not thousands of individuals and you have something in common withthem which you can share.
Facebook and web 2.0 social networking sites
Nowadays there are new ways to communicate and many people are turning to social networking sites such as facebook and myspace to share their lives through comments, blogs, photos and events.