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CourageDearHeart
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Number of ratings136 Number of reviews47 Listens toOver 18 LanguagesEnglish Listener sinceJun 29, 2015 Last activeover 6 months ago GenderFemale PathStep 126 People helped332 Chats2,417 Group support chats4 Listener group chats3 Forum posts70 Forum upvotes112
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Hi, I'm really glad you decided to reach out to me here! I will work really hard to ensure that I am open, honest, helpful, and compassionate. I am physically disabled and I have struggled for the past five years to come to terms with my disability. In particular I have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome - a connective tissue disorder that prevents my collagen from forming correctly. It causes a lot of various symptoms but mainly dislocations - all of my joints are loose and I have trouble getting around without braces. I know that as a disabled person, sometimes it's important to talk with someone who has a sense of what it is to be limited. I enjoy reading, writing, painting, knitting, and cross stitching. I look forward to getting to know you, and I hope I can make you feel cared for. Thank you for having the courage to reach out to others, I hope you find solace here. At the moment I am a fourth year PhD Candidate so I unfortunately do not have a lot of time to spend as a listener. Therefore, I do not take regular members but rather hold chats that will last one session. I'm sorry for this inconvenience. I'm happy to communicate with an individual more than once, but cannot build a concrete schedule for appointments on a weekly basis. 

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Battling Stigmas
Disability Support / by CourageDearHeart
Last post
 February 4th, 2016
...See more Hi everyone, Listeners have recently been given a new project topic revolving around stigmas. At this time I'm unfortunately unable to commit to any of the teams here because I'm terribly busy in school, but I have been thinking of some interesting project ideas that perhaps others would like to join me on. I think one of the main ways we can battle stigmas around disabilities is visibility. People with invisible illnesses are criticized because they look well when they are really dealing with so much. On the other hand those of us who use assistive devices, take medications, or physically look different are stigmatized in other ways. As a historian looking at disability history, I've been really interested in the visualization of disability through time. I think it's fascinating that there have always been cultural assumptions surrounding the topic. I was hoping that some people could get together to create an art project. I really like the idea of presenting something like "Our Hidden Lives: Disability Behind the Scenes". I think photography and photo editing combined with quotations or personal anecdotes could create a really powerful set of images. I would love to talk to others about the possibility of battling stigmas through an art project such as this. You could take photos of the world through your eyes (just make sure things remain anonymous - no selfies please!) to show that we all see the world in a very similar light. Even though we deal with disabilities we have families, jobs, dreams, goals, and full lives.
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I was feeling really down and CourageDearHeart helped me calm down and had some good insights to offer
great listener!
thanks to him i get some corage to study
thank you
Very nice, very helpful
She definitely made me feel better, some brilliant advice and just a really good listener
This person made me feel so much better about my problems, they were lovely!
Thank you for helping!
Great listener! She really gets chronic pain and disability and very nice to talk to!
Really helpful and lovely to talk too !
Cheers
Wonderful lady.
Amazing...she was so nice and I felt really safe sharing with her
Amazing listener and had great information to share. I feel a lot better after chatting with her!
She really helped me to feel much better in a short time, thank you so much. 😊
she had good thing to say
The best listener I talked to so far! Caring, thoughtful, kind and able to provide wise advice. She can mildly push you to the correct way of thinking... An adorable person!
Very nice and considerate. I am 45 and she is much younger but she was still able to provide a great listening experience.
Sweetheart. Will be talking with her again soon
Amazing listener and excellent advice!
11/10
The heart that opened for me, embracing me, warming me. The hands that wiped my tears, and drew a smile on my face. The person that reminded me, that the sun is still there, and it will shine the next day, no matter how dark is the night.
Thank you CourageDearHeart ! Thank you for everything !!
"baymax"
She's really great. Very helpful and compassionate.
Very kind and empathic, definitely intelligent and not afraid to show a good sense of humor!
Such a great listener! Lifted my spirits and helped me get through my day :)
the best listener I've met
One of the nicest people I've ever met. Really good to just have a chat with.
Great listener and wonderful person in general.
Really lovely listener completely understood everything i was saying and came up with ideas to overcome problems
Great person to talk too. She helped me find a new perspective on some problems, so I am grateful to have spoken to this great gal. :)
Thanks!
She was great..
She is really helpful, amazing, talks with you like a friend not a listener :) -hagar
An amazing person to talk to. Made me feel relate able and happy again. It is hard to describe someone without resorting to flowery words when they make you feel so happy.
She's really professional and caring, I felt I was talking with an old friend
Really awesome. Very knowledgeable, as well as empathetic.
Really uplifting, so pleased to find someone to talk to!
Truly great! She was helpful and compassionate.
very thoughtful and easy going. wonderful listener
i have enjoyed everything thank you so much.
you have been very helpful and you have made me feel very welcomed and i have enjoyed our chat thank you so much.
couragedearheart has been very helpful in my time of need and i am so happy to have chat with them in my tough time. I
CourageDearHeart is a wonderful listener. Very smart, helpful and encouraging. She's excellent at making anxious newcomers welcome.
Thank you for helping me out :)
Needed to know how to handle an issue at work, and I got the help I wanted :D
Amazing with help and listening
She helped a lot :)
Great listener - she is truly an asset to 7Cups. I wish more listeners were like her.
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