When this happens, one way to deal with the awkwardness is to use "TMI! Knowing when to use jargon in your messaging is about knowing who your audience is, knowing if the context is informal or professional, and then using good judgment." as a polite way to tell the oversharing person to stop. Avoid typing entire sentences in uppercase, though, as that means shouting in online speak. If you know the people well, and it is a personal and informal communication, then absolutely use abbreviation jargon.The largest site, called alt.suicide.holiday, or ASH, combines a public newsgroup, chat rooms and guide files instructing visitors on how to kill themselves using everything from aspirin to rat poison.Local news reports have so far linked ASH to three suicides.She started ripping me over how I pick my nose in the car, and I told her to shove it, I'm not hurting anybody.

Type "suicide" into an Internet search engine, and among the sites advertising therapy, hotlines and antidepressants, you'll find a handful of pages where suicidal strangers counsel each other on the best way to die.

Commonly, TMI is used in North American online conversations when someone shares unpleasant private information.

Perhaps the person decides to discuss their bathroom habits, their dysfunctional personal relationships, or a private medical condition.

The table below lists all the mental health chat rooms this site hosts, and also displays how many people are currently talking in each chat room.

You can click on the headers on the top of each column to arrange the content differently.