Matched, not random
Circles are suggested from your concerns, language and recovery stage, so the room already understands the basics of your situation.
Community support
The relief of hearing someone describe your own week
Mental health in India is often carried privately, inside families that mean well and don't have the language for it. Saantvana circles are small, anonymous, moderated groups of people working through the same thing you are — burnout, anxiety, grief, sleep, caregiving, exam pressure.
No advice-giving free-for-all, no engagement farming. Just a moderated space where you can say the true version out loud, in the language you'd say it in at home.
- Anonymous by default
- Human moderation
- 10 Indian languages
How circles are built
Separated from your clinical data
Your assessment scores, journal and companion conversations never surface in a circle. Your community identity stands alone.
Moderated to a published policy
Trained moderators enforce clear rules on advice, medication talk, graphic detail and promotion — and act on reports quickly.
Risk-aware in real time
Language indicating crisis is escalated to a human and surfaces regional helplines, rather than sitting unnoticed in a thread.
Getting started
- 1
Create an account
Pick a display name that isn't your real one. Nothing else is required.
- 2
Find your circle
Browse suggested circles by concern and language, or search for a specific topic.
- 3
Read first, post when ready
Lurk as long as you want. There is no participation requirement.
What keeps it safe
- No real names, contact details or identifying information.
- No diagnosing other members and no medication advice.
- No graphic descriptions of self-harm or method detail.
- No promotion, recruitment or selling of any kind.
- Reports are reviewed by a human, and moderation actions are logged.
Community support — common questions
- Is the community anonymous?
- Yes. You choose a display name that is unconnected to your real identity, and nothing from your assessments, journal or companion conversations is ever visible to other members.
- Who moderates the circles?
- Every circle has trained moderators working to a published moderation policy, supported by automated risk detection that escalates posts indicating self-harm or crisis to a human immediately.
- How are circles matched to me?
- Circles are suggested based on the concerns you're working through, your language and your stage of recovery — so you land among people whose experience actually resembles yours.
- Can I just read without posting?
- Yes. Many members read for weeks before posting anything, and that is a completely legitimate way to use a circle.
- Are circles available in Indian languages?
- Yes — circles run across our ten supported languages, so you can talk about difficult things without translating them first.
- Is peer support a substitute for therapy?
- No. Circles reduce isolation and normalise what you're going through. They are not clinical treatment, and moderators will point you to a verified expert when that's what's needed.
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