Hi,
I just thought that splitting the busy parts of the forum into subsections would make it a lot easier to browse. For instance, I don't have that much self concsiousness in a lot of situations now and am almost normal in that respect, but I still have very little confidence with making and keeping friends. It would be nice to have a sub section dedicated to that in the 'Coping with SA' section.
Also, in the busy part of the forum, new threads only exist on the first page for a few hours. Subsections would make it easier to browse and also each thread would exist on the first page of its associated subsection for much longer, giving people more time to see it and reply.
If people like this idea then perhaps we could use this thread to b rainstorm some ideas for subsections. I am think that the most important sections to divide into subsections are the busy ones, so:
- Coping with Social Anxiety
- Frustration
- Secondary Disorders (this could easily be divided into subsections by creating one subsection for each of the most common secondary disorders)
- Medication (Again, easy to divide into subsection by listing types of medications, just like how the 'Treatment Reviews' section lists different types of treatments)
Subsection for 'Coping with Social Anxiety' section that I have thought of (these are just off the to of my head so may not be that good):
Relationships
- Dating
----Meeting people
----Maintaining relationships
- Friendships
---- Making friends
---- Maintaining friendships
Social situations and coping with anxiety
- Anxiety in groups
- Anxiety when with one other person
- Nights out
- Family gatherings
- Talking to strangers
- Public places
Recovery
- Avoidance
- Safety Behaviours
- Self Esteem
- Confidence in other areas of life
- Dealing with negative thoughts
The cause of your social anxiety
Miscillaneous
- Facebook/social networks
What do you think? Would you like these sections of the forum divided into subsections? And if so, do you have any sugestions for the subsections?
I just thought that splitting the busy parts of the forum into subsections would make it a lot easier to browse. For instance, I don't have that much self concsiousness in a lot of situations now and am almost normal in that respect, but I still have very little confidence with making and keeping friends. It would be nice to have a sub section dedicated to that in the 'Coping with SA' section.
Also, in the busy part of the forum, new threads only exist on the first page for a few hours. Subsections would make it easier to browse and also each thread would exist on the first page of its associated subsection for much longer, giving people more time to see it and reply.
If people like this idea then perhaps we could use this thread to b rainstorm some ideas for subsections. I am think that the most important sections to divide into subsections are the busy ones, so:
- Coping with Social Anxiety
- Frustration
- Secondary Disorders (this could easily be divided into subsections by creating one subsection for each of the most common secondary disorders)
- Medication (Again, easy to divide into subsection by listing types of medications, just like how the 'Treatment Reviews' section lists different types of treatments)
Subsection for 'Coping with Social Anxiety' section that I have thought of (these are just off the to of my head so may not be that good):
Relationships
- Dating
----Meeting people
----Maintaining relationships
- Friendships
---- Making friends
---- Maintaining friendships
Social situations and coping with anxiety
- Anxiety in groups
- Anxiety when with one other person
- Nights out
- Family gatherings
- Talking to strangers
- Public places
Recovery
- Avoidance
- Safety Behaviours
- Self Esteem
- Confidence in other areas of life
- Dealing with negative thoughts
The cause of your social anxiety
Miscillaneous
- Facebook/social networks
What do you think? Would you like these sections of the forum divided into subsections? And if so, do you have any sugestions for the subsections?