Pretty Alone

This website has grown more than I had ever imagined, and I am happy to see that it is serving the purpose it was intended to - to offer a place for those who find themselves lonely - to offer a stage for those who think about suicide or find themselves in darkness to speak to others who understand and can be there for one another through the moments and days where everything feels hopeless.

If anyone has thoughts about improving this website, please send me a message and I will do my best to make this the place you need it to be.

The website has over 130 members now, and I feel I should write...

I have been reading the things that members have been sharing, and I wondered what a passerby might think. How would they take to the site and the things people write and share about themselves?

PrettyAlone is a place. When I first started writing, I wanted to say it was a happy place, but it's not. I then thought I would write that it was a dark place, but it's not that either. It's just a place.

The discussions here are real; they are open, and they are honest. I have to admit it scares me every time I hear someone write the word suicide. It hurts my heart and hurts my soul to think anyone would ever find that they needed to. The intention of this site is to always give people a place when they feel like they have nowhere else to go; knowing that there are people who understand them and care.

PrettyAlone is a website for those who feel alone. It's a website for people who have depression, ongoing or from time to time, seasonal or chemical or post partum or any of the other forms. This is a website for those who have thoughts of suicide and understand it's not the way, and who wish to find people to reach out to and share their thoughts and fears and nightmares.

It's true that for some, PrettyAlone can become a happy place. For some, it will be a very sad and dark experience. But it is a corner of the world, a part of our minds and our lives. It is a community where I hope you never feel alone.

February 22, 2010

I have not promoted this website yet, so no one knows about it. I will be starting that today.

As this community builds, I hope that it finds someone when they need it most. I have been alone before. I have felt alone even recently. Whatever your reason may be, I hope you find what you're looking for here, or through here.

I want to thank you, the first members and the first users, for helping build this community. Your spirit will live on throughout the existance of this site. The internet has made it possible for us to reach out and touch others in a warm embrace when they feel like the rooms of their lives are empty, and the walls of their existance closing in on them.

We can open windows together and let in light. We can be there for each other, in mind and spirit.

Welcome to the online community for people who feel alone.

This website is not pro-depression or pro-loneliness.

This website is about being alone.

This website is made as a place for people with depression to meet and share their minds with others who will understand. A place where they can share their stories, their thoughts, their pictures and art, poetry and words.

Welcome to the community. It's just getting started.

A website for those who feel alone, depressed, or that there is nowhere else to turn to.