• Healthful Chat

Overview

Healthful Chat has a rating of 2.1 stars from 83 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about Healthful Chat most frequently mention room assistants, and self harm problems. Healthful Chat ranks 764th among Health Information sites.

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  • Shipping
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What reviewers want you to know

Positive highlights

  • Peer support site with over 50 different channels for mental, physical and mental illnesses.
  • This went on nightly when there were no other mods available.

Critical highlights

  • So, bullying does occur among chatters and moderators.
  • One of these disgusting moderators is named "Forever"
How would you rate Healthful Chat?
Top Positive Review

“A decent site”

Sophia T.
3/16/23

I don't understand the negative reviews here - the site isn't perfect, but most of the moderators are nice. They try their best to help out when they can, but they are all volunteers and they seemingly don't have shifts of any kind, so it can be the wild west at night. The mods in the depression side can be a bit fast and loose with the rules, so i stopped going there Now only i go to the Healthful chat side and the mods there are nice (but sometimes you need to send them a message if someone is breaking the rules). The rooms can get a bit off topic, but the mods try to keep the triggering content out of the rooms. This isn't a support site, but it is a good site to chat with other people. A lot of people there have anxiety, but i have seen people with bipolar and addiction

Top Critical Review

“Nice people, some mods are awesome... some arent.”

Benjamin S.
10/10/23

Great site in general. Got to know quite a few nice people, most mods are super nice as well. Some are just weirdos (actual mod name). Long story short, mods dont build the community.

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Thumbnail of user vitali838351
1 review
2 helpful votes
January 22nd, 2024

This chat is just toxic garbage. People will bully you every chance they get and now they got hackers that will ping your IP and look up your past usernames on the site in order to "intimidate" you. Im not scared if im not facing consequences. That chat deserves to be bullied. Its corrupt.

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Thumbnail of user benjamin.seidensticker
1 review
1 helpful vote
October 10th, 2023

Great site in general. Got to know quite a few nice people, most mods are super nice as well. Some are just weirdos (actual mod name). Long story short, mods dont build the community.

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helpdul site per say, yet some weird moderators that work by their own rules, which i consider rather unproffessional. id say i cant recommend it, let alone donating.

Thumbnail of user anib28
1 review
6 helpful votes
October 1st, 2022

I've been using this site off and on since 2013, and while I've met some less than great folks, the mods will always handle them if you ping them. And they have an /ignore feature that I've had to use more than once. But the rooms themselves are nice, especially for a free support website. I hang out in the lounge a lot, but go to ptsd, lgbtq, and bpd for the support I need on bad days. Philo is a mess though, stay out of there if you can. It's all just racists and bigots in there.

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Thumbnail of user albertre7
1 review
4 helpful votes
November 12th, 2023

Worst site for chat ever! Theyll ban you for any littile thing. The site should be shut down immediatley I might report to the bad buisness bureau if possible

Thumbnail of user m.blanche2832
1 review
17 helpful votes
April 5th, 2023

The mods and regular users are just a bunch of tools. They all serve one unhealthy purpose, depending upon another in different ways. It's a rats' nest of smaller echo chambers, where not even helpful discourse can illuminate through. You would be remissed to visit this website.

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Thumbnail of user hk96
1 review
26 helpful votes
November 1st, 2021

Basically, this site is a circle-jerk of the regulars insulting people for things they haven't experienced. I've visited it on and off for about a month, and the majority of people who frequent it are anti-social in their own regard. There is the clique of landlords who denigrate others, saying they "own them" or can "buy them". Then there are the regulars who can insult/disbelieve anyone with impunity. They insult dead loved ones, and then ban you when you show them how ridiculous it is.

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Thumbnail of user sophiat275
1 review
1 helpful vote
March 16th, 2023

I don't understand the negative reviews here - the site isn't perfect, but most of the moderators are nice. They try their best to help out when they can, but they are all volunteers and they seemingly don't have shifts of any kind, so it can be the wild west at night.

The mods in the depression side can be a bit fast and loose with the rules, so i stopped going there

Now only i go to the Healthful chat side and the mods there are nice (but sometimes you need to send them a message if someone is breaking the rules). The rooms can get a bit off topic, but the mods try to keep the triggering content out of the rooms.

This isn't a support site, but it is a good site to chat with other people. A lot of people there have anxiety, but i have seen people with bipolar and addiction

Tip for consumers:
message a moderator if people are breaking the rules/being rude

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peer support

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Thumbnail of user norab54
1 review
23 helpful votes
October 19th, 2023
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This site used to be so good. Where are all the good mods they had? Never a mod on anymore. I quit going there no real conversations to be had and lots of trolls. Looking for a new site, any suggestions?

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Not enough moderators
May 7th, 2019
• Previous review

I have been a regular and there are never enough moderators on to deal with all the issues. I have seen moderators try to give people many chances only to be sworn at and called names.
I don't get all the complaints about the moderators, probably banned chatters with a vendetta.

Thumbnail of user brettj96
1 review
17 helpful votes
January 27th, 2022

This is a site funded by ads. Its a fraud site full of degenerate creeps that will bully ppl for trying to help other ppl out. Tons of perverts and child abusers. Pretty much a dating site for mentally ill people that cant get regular dates IRL. Disgusting. Site should be banned. / 5 minus star rating

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Thumbnail of user sarab1097
1 review
14 helpful votes
March 8th, 2023

Don't believe the good reviews here, most likely fakes to boost the rating.

The first month I used the site, I literally just logged in when I got kicked by Astrid, a mod, rudely accusing me of terrible behavior. I logged in again and asked her in main chat of depression What's up with her kicking me out and accusing me of something when I just logged in. I got no reply. I was upset so I left.

My experiences in this site are horrible. Men wanting sex talks, scammers, even pedos. I've noticed that people in the main chat are primarily composed of people who have no jobs, in disability or relying on gov't funds, entitled people who hates rich/wealthy people and thinks gov't should be able to give them better support/more financial benefits, men who treats the site as a dating site, and those who constantly just complain about their life without making real effort of changing their situation, and adults acting like kids. I've also encountered porn links on site, and mods can't do anything about it.

Mods are all volunteers and also have mental health issues as they are chosen from regular chatters on the site. People who got kicked out can just log back in within seconds. Even banned people can somehow still log back in. Ignore feature does not really work because every time you log out or the ignored person log out and back in, the ignore is gone so you have to do it all over again.

This is the site to go to if your purpose is just to complain about everything in public. If you are serious about getting help, this is the worst site to go to as you will just get constantly triggered. If you stay in this site for a long time, your mental health issues will not get better, and would just get worst.

7 cups has better support as you can find normal (not mentally ill) people who gives great advices.

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Thumbnail of user chriss4051
1 review
6 helpful votes
October 1st, 2022

I stumbled upon this site recently, I have found it to be very friendly and people are caring. I have made friends here, who understand that's the most important thing for me. People who understand I have good days and bad days, and that don't judge me for it.

I think the moderators do a good job, they are helpful and friendly and when I had a problem with a user they dealt with it efficiently and made me feel listened to.

I would recommend this site to anyone needing someone to listen and understand.

Thumbnail of user mare8
2 reviews
12 helpful votes
May 7th, 2023

Mark w has been restricting my mental health blocking me from the site I use so much I get my help here and he has got mad because he did not identify with my choice of discussion I was not speaking in vulgarity and he is unreasonable blocking me from my main source of psychological healing I need help

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Thumbnail of user myriahu
1 review
29 helpful votes
June 6th, 2020

Though some of the users can be nice the mods tend to be over zealous, there are many things you can't discuss and if you discuss any one topic for too long they'll ask you to stop- and if you don't your banned. This hasn't happended to me but I've seen it with issues about parents, abortion, addiction, LGBT issues. So I would say this service really isn't inclusive and others have highlighted that the mods can and actually do bully.

Thumbnail of user richardj1360
1 review
20 helpful votes
May 6th, 2022

To, be prefectly honest this chatroom oveffers any kind of support at all. This chatroom is nothing short aof a joke. The chatters constantly bully and harass other chatters for being gay, etc. I cannot believe in this day and age there are still a lot of ignorant people in this world.

Tip for consumers:
Stay away, from healthful chatrooms.

Thumbnail of user nicolea1310
1 review
5 helpful votes
February 19th, 2023

I've been coming to these rooms for awhile now. For the most part the chatters are helpful and friendly. They have good advice/support. However, there are chatters that join the rooms as some sort of online playground and just attack chatters or are completely random. I think its still worth using this website though from all the help i've received since i first joined.

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Thumbnail of user richardj1018
1 review
26 helpful votes
July 15th, 2021

I have learned to stay clear of this site! The mods show a lot of favortism toward certain chatters.

Thumbnail of user jasonr1717
1 review
11 helpful votes
December 23rd, 2022

It's a joke made for people just wanting a place to fit in and ask advice, only to be greeted by 2 year old adults.

My dad passed away a while back, I went to this website, the mods just made me feel worse.

Thumbnail of user chels4
1 review
53 helpful votes
February 2nd, 2019

The moderators in this chat are power hungry individuals who don't even interact with their chatters. They tell you to "move on" and offer no explanations for anything they do. They never respond to emails and the contact us is utterly useless. There is rampant sex talk that is allowed to go on. Anybody looking for a safe place to talk and discuss mental health best stay away, this chat has ruined so many people and the majority leave worse off than when they entered. It all starts at the top and those in charge don't care

Thumbnail of user benjamins671
1 review
11 helpful votes
September 6th, 2022

Sharing my opinion with some other people here. The "mods" are friendly for sure. But there are 40 channels - most of the time 150 users... well we can do the math.

+ adverts and a cry for donation. Tbh - i actually wondered if some of the "guest/trolls" were mods. But yea. Cant know.

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Thumbnail of user nedejkovicmike
1 review
9 helpful votes
June 10th, 2023

They bully mentlally ill people because they know they can get away with their behaviour not a good place to chat

Thumbnail of user missb95
1 review
15 helpful votes
May 11th, 2022

Looks like their are a bunch of reviews that aren't honest, like they are just trying to offset the bad reviews. Truth is there is a mod who sends every one her pic in workout gear in an obvious cry for people to like her. Also she doesn't seem to enforce rules unless other mods are on. Quickly disappears when the rooms start getting bad and pinging her seems to make her log off as well. There are a lot of trolls and when the good mods are on they do what they can to.stop it. Too bad they aren't on more often. You might get support here, you might get to see any number of hateful comments. Just don't expect certain mods to do anything.

Thumbnail of user phoenixa16
1 review
14 helpful votes
January 27th, 2023

There are mutiple things wrong with this site. I have worked for a crisis chat line last year and have battled with mental health for many more.
The chatrooms i went into (requested from calm because i cannot do phone calls because im hard of hearing) were seemingly completely unmonitored, bots kept popping up asking you to donate to the shambles of the website
No research has been done around the postive and negatives around having mutiple people woth the same underlying issue they clicked on for help may i add in the same chat room. Everyone was triggering each other there were no professionals or systems in place to stop people or remove even after someone has said to not talk about a subject mutiple times. There is no monetising around potentially harmful subjects which is why 1 to 1 chat services with a trained professional is much more effective than alot of unwell people all in one room with no supervision (much like in a pshych ward with no staff) its not going to go well for anyone.
Made me so much worse when i just wanted to talk to someone about my situation and feeling because i have no one to talk to and i hate to think about how many more people are being made so much worse when clicking on this site
Absaloutely disrespectful and my complaint message wont even allow me to contact them.

Tip for consumers:
Do not use i wish i could say there was an alternative option but so far go to childline if your under 17 or use calm which is open from 5am to midnight 365 days a year and shout if your in an emergency and are going to act upon anything please call 999 or 111 you matter

Thumbnail of user richardj1805
2 reviews
8 helpful votes
July 22nd, 2023

The healthfulchat lounge, is the worst chat site I have ever visited. It's a wonder they are still in operation.
The mods are all power hungry and show favortism certain chatters.

Tip for consumers:
Stay away from this site at all cost!

Products used:
healthful chatroom (Lounge).

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Thumbnail of user janet533
1 review
18 helpful votes
October 24th, 2021

Don't go to the depression room if you want any kind of real meaningful support if you're in crisis or severely depressed. Astrid will talk about her cats and that's ok but you're in trouble if you mention sending info about crisis sites. Astrid pretends to be "away" to watch people chat and as soon as you mention that there are other sites for support she'll suddenly pm you and accuse you of advertising or promoting sites and then ban you without warning. She does this most with guests, but will let chatters with nicknames get away with talking about sex in the main room.
The site would be a lot better if moderators like Astrid used common sense because it's ridiculous to ban people for helping others find crisis sites. But they are short on moderators volunteers so you're stuck with people like Astrid who basically tries to browbeat you into saying you won't share crisis support services with people who need it.
Google crisis sites and other support chats like 7cups if you want help

Thumbnail of user doihavefreedomfromchoice
1 review
10 helpful votes
April 30th, 2023

I'm Brumble in this old screenshot, I'm transgender.

How is this site still up? Cyber bullying is illegal in the united states, they need turned in.

Tip for consumers:
Avoid this site if you're not mentally well enough to deal with cyber bullying, there's nothing good there.

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