No, you're right, it doesn't make sense to say people who have mental health issues should stay away from the Mental Health topic. I made it as a suggestion to you personally, Woking, but nobody's saying you've got to take it.
Several recent posts here are essentially looking to silence Daisy. I can't see what's constructive about that.
And, perhaps similarly, Woking, it's the reason I rarely talk about my psychological issues in real life. People can't handle it, they want you to shut up. They want you either to be Fine and not discuss it, or to go hide out of sight in an institution. For a fair amount of the time neither is a viable option for me so, like so many others, I "isolate" and talk online.
This would, of course, be seen by the MH industry as symptomatic: if not self-isolating, I'm either in denial or ruminating. Of course it's symptomatic. What I need is talk - and online is the only safe place to do it as I can't afford a therapist and have had my NHS & charity rations. Silence those of us who need this, perhaps by telling us to make up our minds whether we're sane or crazy, and you could do untold damage.
- You is meant generally, as in "one".