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Recommendations

Recommendation 1

Why did you choose that mental health self-help material?

"It was anonymous and easy to access, and fast replies".

What helped or didn’t help you actually use or stick with the material?- think what was going on for you at the time, how it was written, how it looks, how it made you feel.

"It was helpful that replies were consistently daily, and made me feel less alone, it was also really easy to reply in my own time".

Would you recommend the self-help material to a friend? Please explain why.

"Yes because its quick and easy to access"

Recommendation 2

What helped or didn’t help you actually use or stick with the material?- think what was going on for you at the time, how it was written, how it looks, how it made you feel.

"So I talked about things that made me feel emotional like sad ,stressed and other but the thing I didnt like it was that they take a day to look back at you email if you don't want to use the online chat"

Did you feel the self-help made a difference to you or change anything for you? If so in what way?

"Yes it did it made me feel like I have some one to listen to me and that I can express my self and my emotions and it was like a safe place you can talk in"

What parts actually helped about the self-help materials and what parts didn’t really do much or made things worse?

"It actually helped me feel like spme one understands me and the part that didnt really work or made things worse is like I keep on questioning my self is that going to happen or are they going to help me in some way or are they going to tell me off to my school like they didnt do that the part what made it worse is me over thinking about it but they do actually help you"

Anything else you wanna drop? Your main take on self-help materials or anything that feels important?

"No but I just want to say that if you need help please use these web sites they do help I promise if they have helped me they would help you"

Why did you choose that mental health self-help material?

"I chose discord because I found that there were many people as to which I could heavily relate to in the fandoms I enjoy and it's high sense of connectivity, another reason is because of it's popularity. I chose kooth because of a person we had come in to our school and talk tous about the site and it remained in my memory when I began feeling depressed."

What caught your eye and got you to engage with the material?

"A small discord server for a persons music which I joined when it was made. Their character is based on a character in a game and I had enjoyed listening to their music they had been making regularly. I've come to really love and cherish many people in the server and feel like I'm able to be myself and feel connected."

Did you feel the self-help made a difference to you or change anything for you? If so in what way?

"It helped to feel accepted because of me being transfem and not being out to irl friends."

Would you recommend the self-help material to a friend? Please explain why.

"No as I'd feel like they would have no reason it and it could be very hard to find one like the one I happened to find."