By Gail Johnson
Sharing feelings of depression on-line, Web loggers make connections to help them through dark days
Back in 2004, Terra Atrill started blogging on MySpace. Never one to hold back on her opinions, she liked the fact that she could be her candid self on-line. But there was more to her Web log than fleeting thoughts. With a history of depression, Atrill’s posts were an efficient, easy way for her to track her moods.
After she became pregnant in 2005, Atrill became a mommy blogger. She was hooked on sharing her views with countless readers on-line.
“There is a huge community,” Atrill says of the blogging scene in a phone interview. “It is quite amazing to put something out there then get a few or 20 comments from people providing support or saying ,‘Thank you for saying this.’ ”
A single mom of a three-year-old girl, Atrill remains active in the social-networking world and regularly updates her blog, Mommy Is Moody. But she’s also experienced her share of Web-based hell.....
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