I, like probably mainly other people would benefit from having a chat room that stayed open all night...considering thats a time when my anxiety gets horrible. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and just wish I could talk to somebody. ANybody else agree?

I too have wondered why it didn't stay open 24/7 I work third shift so it would be nice to chat in the middle of the night

The chat room hours were selected by the directors at the Midwest Center.

Carolyn, director of education for the Midwest Center, put's it this way:

"If one is having an anxiety attack, loneliness, and/or depression period during those off hours it would be a good time to practice what you are learning from the program."

"Never rely on chat or the people in chat as being your safe house or safe person. You have to learn to become your own "safe person" and when you do that, you're on the way to recovering from anxiety."

There are no plans to change the chat room hours back to 24/7/365 at this time.

I to wish the chat was open all night. The other night i was not feeling well at all and really could have used somebody to reasure me. I think closing it at night does not help us, most people or sleeping during those hours anyways, but there are a few that could use a friend. Maybe we could start something up on yahoo for when the room closes. If this sounds interesting to you all im me.