Posts illustrating user’s engagement with technology affordances
| Full post (where excerpt is given in text) | Affordance |
|---|---|
| A. It’s quite a scary time for me at the moment coming to terms with this and I haven’t confided in anyone outside of my GP and nurse practitioner (I am in an isolated setting so sometimes we have a GP other times only the nurse practitioner is here). (SANE Post # 455) | Social connecting |
| B. You may be my long lost twin! My health anxiety is very similar to yours and I always worry I’m going to have a heart attack, its horrible. I feel better knowing I am not alone. (Beyond Blue Post #46) | Social connecting |
| C. Another option is a Police and Ambulance Intervention Plan. This is a document that can be created to record what strategies would be useful for the police or ambulance officers attending to you in a mental health crisis. (SANE Post # 117) | Learning |
| D. That is the beautiful thing about this forum. You can just be yourself with no judgement…There are so many people in the world who are suffering from mental illness and you have just found a place where you can feel safe. (SANE Post # 69) | Community-building |
| E. My GP does seem to want help she referred me to the councillor and that was the end of it. So on the hunt for a new one I think. I don’t really have a support network. I live away from my family and have no friends. Because of this I can’t get out and meet people. But reading on here and knowing I’m not alone and I can come on here and talk to people who have or are going through the same as me has helped already. (Beyond Blue Post # 400) | Community-building |
| F. I think just knowing I can come on here and chat to like-minded people has been my favourite well-being activity this year. I am so glad I found this community because there is no other like it and for once I feel like I am supported and can speak out about how I’m truly feeling so thankyou to everyone on here!! You are all amazing in your own ways. (ReachOut Post #10) | Community-building |
| Full post (where excerpt is given in text) | Affordance |
|---|---|
| A. It’s quite a scary time for me at the moment coming to terms with this and I haven’t confided in anyone outside of my GP and nurse practitioner (I am in an isolated setting so sometimes we have a GP other times only the nurse practitioner is here). (SANE Post # 455) | |
| B. You may be my long lost twin! My health anxiety is very similar to yours and I always worry I’m going to have a heart attack, its horrible. I feel better knowing I am not alone. (Beyond Blue Post #46) | |
| C. Another option is a Police and Ambulance Intervention Plan. This is a document that can be created to record what strategies would be useful for the police or ambulance officers attending to you in a mental health crisis. (SANE Post # 117) | |
| D. That is the beautiful thing about this forum. You can just be yourself with no judgement…There are so many people in the world who are suffering from mental illness and you have just found a place where you can feel safe. (SANE Post # 69) | |
| E. My GP does seem to want help she referred me to the councillor and that was the end of it. So on the hunt for a new one I think. I don’t really have a support network. I live away from my family and have no friends. Because of this I can’t get out and meet people. But reading on here and knowing I’m not alone and I can come on here and talk to people who have or are going through the same as me has helped already. (Beyond Blue Post # 400) | |
| F. I think just knowing I can come on here and chat to like-minded people has been my favourite well-being activity this year. I am so glad I found this community because there is no other like it and for once I feel like I am supported and can speak out about how I’m truly feeling so thankyou to everyone on here!! You are all amazing in your own ways. (ReachOut Post #10) |
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