When I first joined this site, I had been unemployed for three months and had just figured out that my fiance had been cheating on me for quite some time. Needless to say I was hurting pretty bad. Although I didn't really get involved in the forums for a while, my time in chat helped me to get my mind off of me and my circumstances, and refocus onto others who needed counsel and ministering to.
As far as this forum specifically, I've enjoyed the conversation and the people here since it tends to be more mentally stimulating than the randomness of chat.