Briana98 Listener Profile

Briana98

48,917

L Scholar 9

Rating

Number of ratings120 Number of reviews37 Listens toOver 18 LanguagesEnglish Listener sinceMay 9, 2015 Last activeover 6 months ago GenderNon-Binary PathStep 311 People helped177 Chats634 Group support chats93 Listener group chats47 Forum posts459 Forum upvotes491

Bio

Please note: If you message me, I consider you my friend. Hi friend ♥

Another note: If we talk long-term and I don't come online/answer you for some days, I'm probably taking some time for the sake of my own mental health. I'm not ignoring you and I haven't forgotten about you. I will come back around as soon as I can. I'm very sorry in advance.

Now that that's out of the way, hi! My name is Briana, but you can call me Bree! (Please, please, please don't call me Bri) I'm an intern here and I'm 17, possibly genderfluid (she/he/they pronouns are all okay), pansexual, and wtfromantic (look it up, I promise it's actually a thing). Most of my time not on here is spent doing school work, volunteering, or babysitting. I enjoy drawing, singing, writing, playing on my keyboard, learning new things, running, playing with my dog, and helping people, among lots of other things! I just about always have music playing in the background, and my favorite bands are twenty one pilots, The Gaslight Anthem, Fall Out Boy, and Panic! At the Disco :D From the family issues, disordered thinking, depression/mania, and anxiety I still deal with daily to the bullying, eating disorders, and self-harm I've overcome, I've experienced a lot in my short 17 years. I want to use the strength and empathy I've acquired from these situations to help others as best I can. I strive to go to college for clinical psychology and go on to do something great in the field, so I truly do enjoy helping those that I do here on 7 cups. If you ever need anything, whether I'm online or not, send me a message. I'll get back to you as soon as I can, usually within 24 hours, and help to the best of my ability.

My projects:

♥Welcoming Committee♥
I welcome new members to the 7 cups community and make sure that any questions they have are answered!

♥Appreciation Committee♥
I let fellow listeners know that the time and effort they put into 7 cups is appreciated and that they're doing an awesome job!

♥Social Soldiers♥
I spread the word about 7 cups on other social medias!

♥Verifier's Team♥
I give mock chats to listeners that have met the qualifications to get them a step closer to being verified! If you'd like to do a mock chat, just send me a message!

♥Group Mod♥
I moderate in the group chat rooms to ensure that everyone is heard and feels safe!

♥Peer Support♥
I'm here for my fellow listeners after a hard chat!

♥Depression Support Team♥
I lead a discussion every week on the topic of depression! My discussions are held on Mondays at 8pm in teen support chat room 1 (: Feel free to join me!

♥Member's Birthday Celebration Team♥
I help out in making sure member's birthdays are noticed! Wanna add your birthday to the list? Go here!

I hope you have a wonderful day, and in case you need to hear it:
you're wanted, you're needed, you have a purpose, you're loved, you would be missed if something happened to you, your feelings are valid, you are valid, things WILL get better, and please stay alive. |-/

"The human heart beats approximately 4,000 times per hour and each pulse, each throb, each palpitation is a trophy engraved with the words ‘you are still alive.’
You are still alive. Act like it."

Today I broke my personal record for most consecutive days lived! Going for it again tomorrow! (:

Recent forum posts

Positivity and Motivation Discussion Notes

Community Projects & Events / by Briana98

April 11th, 2016

...See more This forum post is based on the discussion held on September 13, 2015 at 9:30 AM EST by @StormDancer and @BLTMaster in the Guided Discussion Room. ★Positivity and Motivation★ Icebreaker ❊What is a goal that you have for the future? "i want to be the best i can be for my significant other" "To do something for work that I don't consider work." "to be happy" "To be able to look at myself in the mirror and not hate myself for everything I have failed to do." "by feeling accomplished and content with myself & help others with depression" Question 1 ❊What does "positivity" mean for you? When a group of people are asked what positivity means to them, you tend to get a similar theme in each response: good things. "The ability to keep walking with same enthusiasm despite all the failures." "Positivity is marching on,even if one understands the situation is hopeless." "thinking good things and feeling them too" Question 2 ❊Do you consider yourself to be a positive person? Why or why not? Everyones different. Positivity is just like any other personality trait; you either have it, youre in the middle on it, or you dont have it at all. "Well both" "Nope. I let things get in the way of my marching." "Unfortunately no. I've always had a negative outlook on myself and my life. I'm trying to change that" "im positive 100% of the time" "I consider myself a positive person because I tend to focus on the positive no matter what which is not always the best thing to do as I also need to be realistic xD" "sometimes, depends what i feel like. we all have up and down moments. neither is good or bad" "always being positive is tiring. so when I'm alone I like to be negative, just brood on stuff, hate the world, and then I'm rested, and then I can be positive when I go outside and do stuff." "I'm of the opinion that one shouldn't let either positivity or negativity effect you excessively,either way leads to negative effects,and both are things that warp our perception.It's best that one tries to keep one's perception as close to reality as possible,and avoid both." Question 3 ❊How do you describe motivation? Motivation is the thing that keeps you going, whether it be in life itself or towards goal-oriented tasks. "Motivation is the inner drive to accomplish things no matter how small or big. The greater the motivation the more effort is given to accomplish the task" "I use google to describe it haha" "I think motivation is the car, not having it means you have to walk if you want to get there, which is a lot slower" "Motivation is what keeps you moving towards your goal instead of giving up" Question 4 ❊Do you consider yourself to be a highly motivated person? Why/why not? While not everyone is an incredibly motivated person, the members/guests involved in this chat seemed keen on making things work out anyway (: "Im a very unmotivated person, usually im pushing the car but it never I can never seem to get it to move. ....D-mn handbreak" "If i don't have any interest in an activity i find it hard to motivate myself to do it i have very narrow interests" "I consider myself to be a highly motivated person, but the level of which my motivation can help me varies depending on my energy levels. Sometimes gathering the motivation to take a shower, for example, can require as much energy at certain times compared to much larger and complex tasks. So whilst I am motivated still, it's less impacting. If that makes sense." Question 5 ❊What is the difference between internal and external motivation? Internal motivation comes from you. External motivation comes from some sort of outside source such as peer pressure, social norms, or rewards. "Internal motivation is where you self motivate, external is being motivated by outside sources" "Internal has to do with your core values, external is how you want people/society to see you" Question 6 ❊What is the importance of having motivation present in one's life? Without motivation, you never really get anything done. As one person asked, If you have no motivation to do anything, is there really a point in getting out of bed? "To drive us forward towards our goals" "The importance for me is hopefully by staying motivated I'll set myself up in the future" Question 7 ❊What factors can help to build motivation? Everyones got different methods to getting different things done, including building motivation. Some exaggerate things to themselves, some fake it till they make it, some others focus on the end reward. Theres always more than one way to do something (: "The best way to factor motivation for myself in the past is to lie to yourself until you believe what you tell yourself, or 'fake it tell you make it'" "How much you want the thing/goal will help to build the motivation that you need" Question 8 ❊What can destroy motivation? Motivation seems to be a pretty fragile thing when you think about all the things that can destroy it. Your mood, others and their moods, hiccups in completion, not having the materials, and many other things can halt your progress and dampen your motivation. "When you stop believing what you tell yourself, or stop seeing the positive sides of life." "Depression." "trolls,crab people and self-conflict" "People can destroy motivation." Question 9 ❊Think of some times where you were feeling really down and negative. What were your motivation levels like then? No one reacts to the same situation the same way. While some crank up the motivation to get themselves through a down time, others arent able to get out of it and their motivation levels take a big toll. Still others are in an in-between state. "skyhigh" "Non-existent." "can't say because the level is so inconsistent" Question 10 ❊Likewise, think of a time where you were positive and upbeat, How were you then? A lot of the time, when someone is feeling positive, their motivation levels are pretty high! "naive" "Mostly deluded.Now I'm too far in the other direction." "Everything is good and well and happy during positivity" "positive and upbeat, depends, sometimes I just feel content and don't want to do anything else but just enjoy myself" Question 11 ❊What can be done to maintain motivation despite hardships and struggles? Positivity towards yourself and your situation can help a lot in maintaining motivation. "That's the million dollar question. If I knew I'd apply it. I guess you have to remain positive and keep a vision of a positive future in your mind at all times" "Looking on the bright side,be thankful despite the struggles" "Love yourself. Believe in yourself. If you believe in yourself you'd know that nevermind the hard times you still can find a way.. Maybe." Closing Question ❊What motivates you? "Anything from as little as seeing my favorite team win to see my favorite musician perform live, to big things like wanting to be successful or my own achievements, no matter how little they are." "Many things. Sometimes smaller ones, sometimes larger. Of course, it's not always enough, but eh. I guess look around for more internal motivation. I turned to philosophy, and eventually found some." Thank you to everyone that participated! (@StandForFreedom, @AT1983, @Xuez, @lovelyPeace79, @Anggi, @Agrish, @ListeningCoach, @UnholyFeast, @Siel, @QuickJazz, @Tekrus, @AnonymousWriter13, @Pbob, @GenerousLychee4993, @warmheartedSky7032, @considerateChick, @indigochildwithcherries, @greenKite817, @Riviere1515, @selfconfidentBeach1044, @OnceLostButWillBeFound) (Listeners - If this was the first discussion that you attended, please take the time to nominate yourself for the Aristotle badge by going to your My Impact page (under Me) and then pressing 'Apply for special badges' below your list of badges) ((If you'd like to help out with discussion notes, click here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/ListenersOnlyForums_38/LISTENERVOLUNTEERTASKBOARD_367/HelpWantedDiscussionNotetakers_30109/]!))

Friendship and Mental Health Member Discussion Notes

Community Projects & Events / by Briana98

April 13th, 2016

...See more ❋This forum post is based on the member discussion that was held on July 28th, 2015 at 5PM EDT hosted by @ItsLee in the Guided Discussion Room on the topic: Friendship and Mental Health for Friendship Week. Notes by @Briana98❋ Discussion Questions: ❶ Can you give examples of a healthy and unhealthy friendship? -A healthy relationship features compassion, care, support, and is double-sided. An unhealthy relationship, however, features a lack of respect, care, and results in you feeling more lonely than you would without the relationship. 🌟Healthy: Someone who supports you but doesn't pressure you. 🌟Unhealthy: one friend constantly doing for the other while barely getting anything in return. 🌟Healthy friendship would be always having time for each other, trusting one another by confiding on confidence, always being loyal and have fun with one another. Not healthy friendship would be disrespecting one another, not making effort to see one another, breaking confidentiality and not being loyal. ❷ Can the mental health of one friend affect the mental health of another? -Emotions are contagious, for better or for worse! 🌟Yes I think it can because when you are with a friend so close to all the time and they go on about themselves in a negative light ie if they were having a bad day it can effect how you see yourself too. 🌟When one friend is feeling very good emotionally it transfers to the other. And the same when they are in a bad mood. The trick is to stay strong for your friend when they're not doing too well and being their support. But make sure not to be taken advantage of! 🌟It is really easy to feed off each others feelings and emotions as you're both in very fragile thinkers. ❸ How might disclosing your mental health affect a friendship? -It can depend on the person and whether or not they experience mental illnesses, but there seem to be more pros than cons to disclosing! 🌟They might not understand. I think you have to be careful. 🌟Sharing mental illness can also however help them understand you and become a better more supportive friend. ...And if they are not supportive then they probably weren't a very good friend to begin with. 🌟Its also possible that they have issues of their own that they are not comfortable with and you opening that door is difficult for them because they dont want to face what they themselves are dealing with. 🌟Other people with mental illness get it and dont treat you as an.. outsider whereas other people do. Some people ask a lot of questions and then walk away.. like.. its a hard one. ❹ Can a friendship have a negative effect on your mental health? -Yes and no, once again depending on the people involved. Sometimes they help you forget about your mental illness, but sometimes friendships create unwanted extra pressure. 🌟Yes. Sometimes one can feel pressured within friendships for varied reasons. 🌟My anxiety and depression have made me avoid all friends, because I don't want to be a drag. I want to be the fun and smart friend, not the one everyone always needs to take care of. I don't want to bring only negativity in. 🌟It really depends on the friends and their level of understanding of mental health issues. 🌟I dunno. I don't thinks so? Maybe sometimes you want to forget about your problems. 🌟Well, sometimes it can be a great way to connect with another person if both are suffering from mental health problems. ❺ How can a friend make it easier for you to open up? -No one wants to be judged, especially when telling a trusted friend about something as delicate as mental health. If you dont understand something while being told about a friend's mental health, you should ask, lest you harbor misconceptions in your mind about whats going on and hurt more than help. 🌟Be willing to listen and ask open-minded questions 🌟By also opening up themselves 🌟Just being interested in helping you and not faking it just to be a good friend 🌟By being the friend they were before the mental problems, by being there and understanding 🌟To .. be willing to learn more. Not just assume they already know because someone else they know has the same problems...Its not the same for everybody. ❻ How do you feel when a friend discloses something about their mental health to you? -Talking about mental health requires that the person trusts you in a lot of cases, so one would normally feel pretty good about being told! 🌟I would feel trusted 🌟I feel honored that a friend tells me about their mental health, its not something easy 🌟It makes me glad that they feel they can open up to me, but also frustrated that somebody is suffering ❼ Complete the sentence in a way that works for you: When I am struggling with my mental health, I need my friends to ______. -People with mental illnesses arent that different from normal people - we dont want you to treat us any differently than you would if you didnt know about our mental illnesses! 🌟Not make it all about them and twist things around. 🌟Sometimes I don't want to smile and it may be 'out of character', but I appreciate the space of being able to do that without it being awkward. 🌟I need my friends to ask me what I need, instead of give what they think I need. 🌟If I ask them to back off, to please back off. It's nothing against them, I just need time for me. ❽ Do you have a story to share about either you helping a friend, or a friend helping you with mental illness? -Our members have and are great friends! Support with mental illnesses makes all the difference (: 🌟My best friend will just sit in silence with me when I'm feeling low and she knows I don't want to talk, or do anything. Sometimes, she'll offer to watch bad TV with me, but she knows I can't talk about it, but she also knows I really want her to be there. 🌟I visited a friend at the mental hospital once, I was the only one "daring" to come and visit her there. She appreciated a lot. 🌟When my friend rang me and said she is feeling like she is going down hill at 4am.. I made a blanket fort in my room, got some disney movies, drove to her house, took her to the 24 hour McDonalds, we went to mine, watched films, and stayed up all night just being hidden away from everyone 🌟Well I had been clean from self-harming for a week and my friend took me to dinner to get my mind off things. It was pretty pricey. So it was a sweet gesture. 🌟I had to tell my Japanese university [for a year abroad] about my physical and mental health issues, and they were not very discreet so then everyone knew. I was horrified, very embarrassed. Had to tolerate people's comments and looks. It was very isolating. However, over time, when they started to notice the signs, they actually started asking questions instead of telling me things, and started to display support and care for me. I think myself and they were a bit awkward about it all at the start, but then we grew together, learning about each other's perspectives and all sorts. it was nice. 🌟I have literally gone to my friends' in my pyjamas (I have really classic-looking pyjamas, so it was obvious) and such and just sat on their floor, on my laptop watching TV as they worked, speaking a little but not with much enthusiasm and I appreciated every moment because my friend didn't bat an eyelid about it. Haha, she just carried on as normal (although asked me before if I was okay and I said I wasn't, yet she seemed to sense I didn't want to talk about it) A huge thank you to @ItsLee for hosting and to everyone that joined in! Participant list: @kendrabug @strawberryWings44 @adorablePeace96 @Marbleyed @IndecisiveTangerine @orangeApple217 @MissZ @scarletField45 @carefulSky7493 @NightShad0w @AliceCheschire @QuickJazz @uglyPandaMan @Nicole124 @bravelittleemily @skoala27 @fluffyUnicorns84 @humorousKiwi1211 @awildBidoof @Ithica [Want to help out with discussion notes? Go here! [https://www.7cups.com/forum/ListenersOnlyForums_38/LISTENERVOLUNTEERTASKBOARD_367/HelpWantedDiscussionNotetakers_30109/]]

Search more from @Briana98

Feedback & Reviews

most helpful person ever!! and so very sweet, thank you nerd :P

Shes amazing an dis a great help ! very understanding !

Absolutely wonderful. I came to her torn in two and confused and she greeted me like a friend. She's helped me more than she can imagine. Thank you *so* much.

AMAZING!!

She's really sweet and understanding, and not judgemental at all.

A truly amazing person. After having one of the most chaotic days of my life, coming up to Briana was an amazing choice. I am so glad that I was able to talk to her.

Did an amazing job making sure to not only help me, but make points that helped me help others. Genuine, intelligent, and ready to assist. Doesn't judge, makes suggestions from a neutral point of view. Which is good!

Thanks, your help was helpful.

She was very kind and helpful. Conversation was natural and relaxed; didn't feel forced at all, and I'm definitely feeling better afterwards.

So friendly and empathetic. Thank you :)

She's an absolutely great listener and I feel so much better because of her. Thank you so much!

Very helpful. Responses were quick, and thoughtfully done.

She listened and made me feel 1000x better!

This listener was beyond helpful towards me. They really connected to me and what I was saying. I felt safe when talking to them and that was a first amongst my other experiences.

She was very helpful and I feel better

They are really caring and nice. I always leave chats with here feeling better.

I love this girl.

She's real nice

Thank you. I understand that people come and go. And I understand life too. :)

she's a very good listener

She/He really helped me out, i feel better now.

Omg your an amazing star. Thank you so so much x

She totally understood my problems and helped me find a solution to each of them. I'll definitely come back to her when I need someone to talk to.

Really good at empathising and giving me help for my problem, thank you so much :)

Thank you for listening to my it helped

She was really sweet and helped out a lot. Great person

v nice,,, v nice

A-m-a-z-i-n-g. Thank you for your good work. You are an amazing listener and you have so much future in this.

You were fantastic thank you so much :)

Definitely understood my experience and how I was feeling about it. She's gone through similar things so the advice was good advice. Plus some brighter conversation happened later on that really just made it great. Totally showed compassion and was quick to respond. That make a great listener!

She was so kind! She completely understood what I was going through and could give advice based on her own experiences. And when I got an account during the chat she happily welcomed me to the community and promised that most likely the stuff I've gone through on similar sites wouldn't happen again and if it was it would be taken care of. I feel ten times better after we talked. Such a sweetheart super helpful!

Thank you so much .. You made me feel so much better .

She was very good, with great advice as well as being empathetic.
Because of her, I now have the confidence to start sorting things out in my life and hopefully move on.

I really felt like someone actually listened to my problems.

Good listener

First person I ever talked too about my personal concerns, it was incredibly refreshing. Super kind and helpful person!

Bio

Recent forum posts

About Us

Get Started

Online Therapy

Terms

Don't miss a message!

The 7 Cups app is available on iOS and Android

Bio

Recent forum posts

About Us

Get Started

Online Therapy

Terms

Personal Conversation Requests

General Conversation Requests

New Messages