People Find Support In Chat Rooms

Most people do not like large chat rooms with silly antics, but smaller chat rooms where you can socialize with friends with similar interests are very welcoming and inviting. Although I do not use chat rooms anymore, years ago I used to enjoy going on several smaller chat rooms where I knew I could talk with few close friends and express my thoughts freely. Some of my real life friends live far away, so I used to chat with them on small chat rooms or on the instant messenger. I also used to talk to several online friends I have met over the years via instant messenger or on small online chat rooms. Chat rooms can be a support system in many different ways that people would not think of right of the bat. There is more to chatting than meets the eye. There have even been some people who made very good friends in chat room and then went on to date and get married. Thus, chat rooms can be a great way to meet people if you are looking to just meet a new friend, causally date, network or more.  Facebook can also operate like a chat room, but I wrote this piece awhile back, when chat rooms were still a big thing.

1. Chat rooms can save lives:

If someone is ill or in danger they can message their online friends for help. One lady messaged her friends in a chat room to let them know she was having a stroke, which allowed them to contact 911. If she had not been online it might have been awhile before anyone had found her, so being in the right place at the right time is often very fortuitous.

2. Stay in touch with family and friends:

Chat rooms are useful for staying in touch with long distance family and friends. The number of minutes on a cell phone plan are limited and long distance calling plans can be expensive, so talking with family and friends on a small chat room could be an affordable alternative. Personally I still like to call my long distance family and friends, but we all have a grand old time when we get together and have a chat. We can share pictures and catch up and all of our lives simultaneously. Gathering with friends and families in a chat room is like have one big virtual family reunion without paying for airfare!

3. Brainstorm about writing topics:

Most of the ideas I have for writing come out topics I chat about with family and friends. Since I enjoy writing as a hobby I like to write about a topic that strike my interest at the moment, so writing about current discussions with family and friends is very conducive and therapeutic. Sometimes when something has been bothering me I can get the anguish out on paper and feel a world better because I thought things through and saw a solution. However, for the most part it is just enjoyable to let my mind flow and to speak from the heart.

4. Special people come into your life:

If you have ever seen the movie 84, Charing Cross Road, thisis a story about a used book salesman Frank (Anthony Hopkins) who sends books through the mail to the New York writer Helen (Ann Bancroft). This is a nostalgic movie for writers to watch in general, and for people who love to correspond/chat can relate to in particular. Ann and Frank become pen-pals and close friends, and this movie was one of the reasons I wanted to start writing to people overseas in the first place. Now I mostly chat online, but these conversations via email, instant messenger, and small chat rooms all help to make not such fun days more bearable. Chat rooms are places where you can make new friends, and stay in touch with people you care about.