Group Names: Kelsey Adkins, Loretta Sides, Zane Turner, Emily Woods
Description: PTS-Talk is a website that was created for survivors of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The purpose of this website is to allow survivors to connect with other survivors of PTSD and give them a safe place to talk about their experiences or offer advice on how they deal with their triggers on a daily basis.
Link to PowerPoint: https://cbu0-my.sharepoint.com/personal/kadkins_cbu_edu/Documents/Work/PTSD.pptx?web=1
Link to Website: https://teamakia.wixsite.com/pts-talk
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I just wanted to start by saying that I appreciate this topic. I feel like PTSD is one of many mental health conditions that people don't talk about. Everyone pretty much knows someone who is suffering from it and yet the general feel of society is not to talk about it and to sweep it under the rug. Mental health conditions are very much hidden illnesses with few physical symptoms. Many people pull off the illusion that everything is fine when there is pure turmoil under the surface. Bringing such things out into the light to talk about it and to help people heal is a wonderful plan.
That being said however, I just wanted to point out a potential flaw to the idea that PTS-TALK put forth. From what I understand of their presentation, PTS-TALK is founded on the idea of giving people with PTSD a place to talk with others and heal. Its both a social network and forum upon which a user could relay their own personal stories and connect with others who've had similar experiences. While this idea is fantastic and would be a great benefit for those who suffer, a simple Google search reveals an abundant of already established competitors. The most notable of which is https://www.myptsd.com/. This site has been in existence for more then 12 years with thousands of active users and over half a million posts in 35 different board topics. They have the mission that they aim to provide "vetted references to quality information that won’t send you round in circles, combined with quality support for those who suffer PTSD, support PTSD and family of affected PTSD sufferers. This community is a global, social, PTSD hub providing a means of communication, an outlet, a place where people understand what you’re going through."
As this site shows, they cover many of the ideas and topics that PTS-TALK discussed in their presentation. It has a variety of boards for different types of PTSD, useful articles as well as resources to help those in need. I guess really what my point is, is the question of how PTS-TALK will be different? What is the plan to gain users and participants in a segment of the internet that already seems well covered? How would they catch up to a system that has had over a decade to evolve into the idea of what works best for the community it serves? I'd be interested to hear what the members of PTS-TALK take from this. The best part about having established competition is to have a place to jump off of and improve upon and that may be possible here.
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