Hero Journey ClubReviews of herojourney.club

I genuinely used to love this place. I used to be a regular in the community, and spent well over a year in a journey. I became very familiar with most of the staff and many of the server members from my contributions to the community as a moderator. But, due to poor management at the time and numerous issues with that very community, I am left with more trauma than I started with. The sheer amount of anxiety and dread I feel whenever an HJC ad pops up on any social media is nausea-inducing. Please remember that therapists are NOT your friend, and it should absolutely stay on a professional level. A mental health community is NOT the place to find romance. I sincerely hope that things have improved since I cut contact with the service and the place in its entirety (save for a few of my journey-mates).

I want to preface by saying that the journey guides are incredible and that they do a fantastic job of things. The idea behind gaming while doing group sessions is a fantastic idea and is put into action well. However, the staff that run the show behind the scenes seem to hide a lot and aren't communicative in the slightest about upcoming changes until they happen (see the community server shutting down). I had a lot of friends who wanted to grab usernames of other friends, helpful links, or just general screenshots of conversations that brought them joy but none of that was possible as there was 0 amount of prep time. Everything was just shut down without a word.

Even just saying, "This place shaped my life," is too trite. But it's true. Then they kicked me out, and that shaped my life too. In ways that I don't like, but what can you do when you get too close to someone with authority over you? If you have the chance to join Hero Journey Club, I would. But if you have the chance to get close to someone there, I would not. It's meant to be a place where you can be homed, found, and so much other good stuff. That's not true though, because it got too big, too fast. I wish it would have many years of success, but unfortunately I will be part of only the first.