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Mercylistensalways
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Number of ratings455 Number of reviews265 Listens toOver 18 LanguagesEnglish, French Listener sinceFeb 21, 2017 Last activein last week PathStep 1,344 People helped1,016 Chats5,929 Group support chats424 Listener group chats270 Forum posts100 Forum upvotes345
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I'm Mercy. I am here for you. It is my pleasure to support you. 



 
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Newbie Hub / by Mercylistensalways
Last post
 June 22nd, 2020
...See more Hi, everyone. It's Mercy. I am honoured to be with so many wonderful people here. And today I am posting because I want to get some things off my chest. As you know, this is a difficult time for all of us. With all of the social distancing measures, the anxieties, and all the mental health issues going on. I have also recently heard of a lot of reports regarding how people are treating each other on 7 Cups. I am not going to go into the specifics, but I have heard many reports about people being hurt on here nd made uncomfortable. And that breaks my heart, because in the end, 7 Cups is about love, not about hurt. In a time like this, love is more important than ever. That is why 7 Cups was created. It was created so that there could be a platform where we could love each other. Be there for each other. Treat each other with the respect and care we deserve, and ensure those who are struggling get the support they deserve. 7 Cups is about love. And we all need to love each other. Treat each other with kindness, respect, and care. There is a person behind every screen name. Someone with real feelings, real thoughts, a real body. And there is no such thing as too much love we can give each other. Love means sticking up for each other, through the good times and the bad times. If you see something wrong, take the appropriate actions to help make it better. That way, we can continue making this community a loving place to be. Never, ever underestimate how much love one person can create. In fact, if someone helps just 2 people a day, that is around 50,000 people in a lifetime. So much love, I know, right? So let's all do our part to spread love, both on here and in the real world. Let's choose love by choosing to be kind to one another, to be understanding to one another, to help one another, to not hurt one another with our words or actions. Let's choose love by following the guidelines here, to help keep us safe. Let's choose love by doing our part as listeners to improve every day. Read up on guides on how to become a better listener, reach out to a mentor, hone our skills every step of the way. Let's choose love by loving ourselves. It is okay to do things that are healing for our souls. It is okay to do things that we enjoy or that we love. Let's choose love by choosing to take action when we see someone being hurt. Let's uphold the purpose and philosophy of 7 Cups: which is to love one another. I believe in the 7 Cups community. Let us choose to believe in one another and lift each other up. That's what 7 Cups is all about. That's what life is all about. Let us all remember our collective purpose.
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Anxiety Support / by Mercylistensalways
Last post
 December 22nd, 2019
...See more Hi everyone, Its Mercy. Im not moving to the adult side until February for special reasons. I wrote this because I guess I want to get a lot of things out of my chest. A lot of things Ive been wanting to tell the community. These past few days have been rough. I have been struggling with anxiety and inadequacy for months now. Ive always felt as though I am not good enough. I compare myself to others a lot, and this is bad when youre in an elite program with overachievers. Sometimes, I even get scared of really good listeners here because their presence remind me of how I feel inadequate as a listener. I also made some minor accidental plagiarism on a paper I did for an internship, and even though nothing is happening, I fear it will ruin my whole reputation and no one will trust me again. And now Ive felt as if my life is ruined. I am saying all of this to you.. because... I dont want anyone to be scared of me. From my observance Im typically perceived to be a very good listener and someone who has it all together. In fact, sometimes I am not a good listener. I still need to work on my boundaries and professionalism, and these have given me some trouble. in reality, sometimes the people who go through things are the people whom you least expect to go through insecurity and pain. I want you all to feel loved and safe around me. That I will never judge you and I will always encourage you with the truth, because I know this feeling of being not enough. For some of us, we are constantly being told we are not enough by our parents, teachers, and most of all, ourselves. Why cant I be like him? Why cant I be like this person? Why cant I do enough? But in reality, we are comparing our weaknesses to others strengths. In a video game, would you think a mage is worse than a knight, simply because the knight has more HP? No, because the mage has huge attacks, long range, and the ability to bypass armour. This is the same in real life. Just because someone is academically stronger than you doesnt mean they are better. Just because someone is more confident doesnt mean they are better. We all have our strengths, and or weaknesses. And no one is objectively better than another. We are better than others in some areas, and worse in others. But in the end, its when we come together as one, have all our strengths merge, and create greatness. Sometimes, I remind myself of my strengths, like my active listening skills, ability to think critically and use words to my advantage in writing. What are your strengths? I love you and believe in you unconditionally for the person you are. I also wanted to talk about the idea that sometimes we are told to deal with it even when we are suffering. Got too much school stress? Learn to deal with it. People bullying you? Learn to deal with it. Your boss constantly discouraging you? Learn to deal with it. I believe in the importance of building resilience and perseverance. Life is full of challenges and joys, and by overcoming challenges we can find satisfaction and personal success. But I dont believe in the idea that all we can do is deal with things, and that we are powerless to change. We deserve to be treated with respect and love. We deserve to be put under reasonable demands from school, and we deserve to be defined not just by our marks and leadership positions, but our interests and personal strengths. No, we are not entitled for believing this. We can all change the world if we have the will to change it. Like L.R. Knost says, It's not our job to toughen our children up to face a cruel and heartless world. It's our job to raise children who will make the world a little less cruel and heartless. It is true. Every day, I imagine a world full of a supportive atmosphere, filled with love, passion, and kindness from all angles. Yes, being resilient and overcoming lifes challenges is very important, but it is also important to remember that you can always make a kinder place for yourself and others, and that you have your own power no matter what. We can make that world. If you listen to one person per day, thats 20,000 people per lifetime. You have touched 20,000 people. Thats a LOT. In fact, if just 0.005% of the world did that, everyone would get listened to at least once. Everyone would have a taste of love and how it feels to be truly supported. Never let someone elses words take away your power to change the world. Never let someone elses words take away your power to make yourself better. For me, it wasnt words. It was rejection. I was rejected to one position at school. It was a rejection like any other except I was the only one rejected for an interview. It was a club for social justice, and I poured my heart and soul into the application. And I was the only one rejected. Words could not describe the hurt and pain I felt. I know this may not be significant for all of you, but my heart broke. My pride was shattered. I am very sensitive to rejection, that is why, and this was a particularly hard one. I felt like I was not capable. However, today, I have proven myself wrong. I am very analytical, creative, and resilient. Ive written huge papers on my passion, maintained a 91% average, and helped 750 people here. Sometimes we are faced with people who dont believe in us, or who tell us we are not capable. Or in this case, it wasnt myself that believe I was not capable. But by persevering and bettering myself every day through seeking help, believing in myself unconditionally, and doing what is truly important to me, I have shattered that belief. You can too. You dont need to let others tell you that youre not powerful enough. You dont need to let yourself tell you that you are not powerful enough. You deserve to be empowered by yourself or others to do what matters to you and excel at it through perseverance and dedication. You deserve to create opportunity for yourself. And you deserve to be loved unconditionally no matter what. Thank you, so much, for letting me get this off my chest. Ive always wanted to say these things.
My Farewell Speech.
Anxiety Support / by Mercylistensalways
Last post
 November 11th, 2019
...See more Hello everyone! This is Mercy. I am a listener on 7 Cups. I am writing this to inform you that I will unfortunately be leaving the teen side today. I turn 18 in February but I need to take a break now due to academic stresses. Ive made many friends here and gotten the chance to empower many people, and I am very glad because of that. I started on 7 Cups in grade 9, when I was 15 years old. At that time, I got a concussion, and I was very bummed out because of it, so I sought support and came across this website. I first wanted someone to talk to, but upon seeing the opportunity to become a listener, I jumped and got so excited. Today I have a 5 star rating, lots of good reviews, and I am very confident in my abilities as a listener. However, my first chat went very wrong! I got 2 stars, and the member told me I was very robotic and failed to help at all. But I did not give up. I continued to chat. I had a few more bad chats and I kept going. This is what happens when you fail. You fail, you learn from it, you pull yourself up, and you keep going like a warrior. Anyways, 2 months later, I got hit with anxiety. Severe, crippling anxiety, about the fear of being a bad person and harming people. I would be afraid of cheating on tests. Ive had this anxiety for very long, for years, and I still struggle now. It is very painful, but something you learn is that when pain hits you, you have the choice to be strong and continue to push through life. And I chose that. Fast forward to around 1 and a half years later, when I started grade 11. As some of you may know I am in an accelerated program (international baccalaureate, if you guys know that). Its very intense and you must work hard. I also wrote animal rights articles a lot and had many extracurricular. This was quite difficult with anxiety and all, as i often did not have the will to get up and do these things. Yet, I persevered. I did what I could. Some days I couldnt do them, other days I got them done, and done well. I learned that its okay to not be productive every day. What matters is that you are focusing your time and accomplishing what is meaningful to you. It is your overall progress that matters more, so dont beat yourself up if you have a few unproductive days. Just keep going. Fast forward to today, and Im sitting on my proud 91% academic average, with over 10,000 words of articles written for animal rights, multiple internships either completed and underway, and 300,000 cheers on here. I am showing you that you can do a lot if you put yourself to it. Anxiety, depression, mental disorders and struggles do not have to limit you. At all. I am a passionate believer in seeking support, persevering through, and focusing on your priorities. That is how you win the battle against mental health. I struggled with severe feelings of anxiety . And burnout. And some depression. But I pushed through. And so can you. Today, I am proud to be me. And my anxiety does not want that, haha. Six months ago, I got a video game called Dance Dance Revolution for my console. You should definitely play it, it is very fun. Meanwhile, I had just quit dance club at my school. I was in my schools dance club and I was the worst dancer, and I constantly had very low confidence in my abilities. When I first started playing Dance Dance Revolution, I was able to clear some light to medium songs. But to my real surprise, one day I managed to clear a hard song! I was in disbelief. Ive always seen myself as someone uncoordinated.. how could I be good at something.. dance-related?? When I was... kind of a flop at my dance club? I kept practicing and I pushed through my barriers. And I got to the hard songs, then the very hard songs, then the hardest songs in the game. Those songs where you step on... 400 arrows in a minute. What I learned was that... you never know how good you could be at something.. unless you try. Do not doubt yourself for a second. The next time you start wanting to be a listener but afraid you will not do a good job, try. Try. And fail. And learn from your mistakes. And seek help from a mentor. And read the training guides. And improve. The next time when you want to take that job interview, take it. Dont be afraid to mess up. Who knows? You lose nothing by failing, and gain everything by succeeding. The next time when you want to pursue your hobby and be good at it, take the chance. Even if someone thinks you wont be good at it. I failed many, many, many times on DDR Kimono Princess Expert before I passed that monster song. And thats okay. Its perfectly okay to fail because it allows you to become wiser and eventually succeed. Dont be afraid of trying. You never know the greatness you could create just from trying. Im not perfect. Ive screwed up so many times. Youve seen a lot of the good side of my life due to me talking about it, but in reality I struggle too. My relationship with my family is somewhat cold and distant, I struggle to take care of my health a lot, I beat myself up constantly. Ive cried myself to sleep at nights sometimes, Ive had crippling anxiety attacks and vicious spirals, sometimes I even felt as though all I do is screw up. Ive broke someones heart before due to forgetting to talk to them. Ive blown opportunities, and I got rejected to many positions Ive applied for. Ive made mistakes everywhere: including acting unprofessional on 7 Cups. But what matters is that we push through these challenges and persevere. And love. And encourage. And achieve. And today I am proud of myself. As a listener, Ive always believed in empowering people. I would often say things like I believe in you to people when I meant it. Because you are loved. You need to believe in yourself and treat yourself with kindness. And persevere. And love. And encourage. And achieve. Well, that concludes my inspirational speech, haha. I wish you guys the best of luck on 7 Cups! Hugs. Hugs for everyone.
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Feedback & Reviews
Amazing kind person
Amazing and judgement free listener ♥️
A great listener.
This is a wonderful, kind human being.
Very attentive and compassionate. I felt supported and understood.
She like a real friend who will be real with you
Kind hearted ❤️ friend, wonderful listner .....nice to talk with her again........ wonderful ......sarah
Amazing listener and tries to be as understanding as possible which made it easier to talk some thing out. Thank you.
Felt like they really listened and made me feel better
Really helped me gather my thoughts, shine a light on things i hadn't noticed.
Very kind and understands
Great listener, felt really good talking to someone that really knows what he is doing
Very friendly! Very helpful! Five stars isn’t enough!
So nice and kind
Compassionate. Right off the bat. Reassured me that they’re here to listen. Empathizes with my feelings. And friendly
Good listner appreciate them a lot
Most amazing listener. So very deeply kind.
Empathetic and kind listener! Really appreciated your help today.
Exhibits Stellar listening skills😁
Amazing listener. Really takes time to talk and listen to what’s going on. Best one I’ve had
Very good listener, allows you to heal through talking
Mercy was so supportive and nice.
very nice calmed me down
Very sweet and caring, thank you
Really helpful and kind listener!
Good listener :)
Great listener helped me a lot
Good listener and provides emotional support for your needs.
Loved it! Awesome chat!
Very empathetic and caring. The best listener I've talked to. Very supportive!
very kind very nice
Very calming and helpful
Excellent listener
she is very welcoming and immediately made me feel comfortable to open up and talk to her. very caring, empathetic, and gives great advice. i truly felt better after our chat and knowing i was always welcome to come talk to her again when i need to.
A really sweet and awesome listener; really patient, easy to talk to and offered to help in many ways.
Good listener, helped me a lot
Seems like a really nice person, and we had a pleasant conversation.
Very Kind and Helpful listener💗
Thanks for listening
Very kind and willing to help without being asked for it
Compassionate friendly caring listener, has been a great help at making me feel better!
Such a sweet and warm personality. Talking to them made me feel so much better
They are really awesome and helpful and my day is a lot better now
Very pleasant and thoughtful listener
Thank you dear friend for giving me a lot of support and your precious time💕
An extremely kind and caring person. Makes an amazing effort.
She’s such a wonderful person I felt really better after talking to her “ thank u mercy”
She is really amazing
Excellent listener
Mercy is an absolute lifesaver. Kind, caring, compassionate, understanding. I've never felt so cared for by another listener, and I am so grateful to have met you. You are an inspiration and a treasure in this world ♥️
Very helpful, provided me with coping strategies and new ways to think about my situation. Never pushed too hard and kept reminding me of my worth :) lovely person
very good listener
sweet person who really wanna help
Understood my concerns and helped me Cope up with. Helpful listner . Thank You :)
You’re always so amazing and helpful. Every single time we have chatted. Thanks so much sweetheart. I hope you touch more lives and get to help.
They were very kind, helpful and empathetic. It was fun chatting with them and it helped me.
I was in a hard place she was there for me when i had nobody, really helped me get through one of the hardest nights of my life.
Mercy is a pawsome listiner, person and friend. I hope all members find there mercy.
I liked her talking way. Helped me to feel better. Thank you ♥
Great person. Love her
This has really helped me
Thank you for lending me your kind heart.
She was nice and helpful
I've been searching for help for months and no one really did anything. Mercy really related and helped using their kind persona and own experience to get my healing process started. Thank you thank you thank you !!
She was really nice and understanding. Above all, she was really supportive.
He is the most reliable , comforting , loving person i have ever met
It was really great to talk to you!!
She's a nice and understanding person. She really tries to help you out and be there for you.
I was feeling quite down when this person reached out to me and lent a listening ear. Although our chat was cut short due to time, talking with this person helped me feel good about myself, something I haven't felt in a long time.
Very nice person love talking to them alot, hope to see more of them
Best listener ever! They never failed to make me feel so much better.. I wish I could thank you enough
Amazing by far! The best I've spoken too. Well, am speaking too...So friendly and understanding. Thank you and keep doing what you're doing.
Amazing friend and Listener! He deserves so much more and is REALLY great! I 100% recommend him when he's available! :)
lovely person, kind soul really listens to your problems
a really wonderful listener. they listened to my problems and gave lots of reassurance that made me feel like i was really being listened to and cared about. they gave valuable insight and offered the full support of a lovely friend. thanks so much, mercy
Reached out to me in kindness
They helped me in many ways and reached out of support. They were kind and non-judgemental and I really liked it. They were a little too professional for my taste, but I can overlook that compared to how much better I feel after this chat!
this person was extremely helpful and I love talking to them!!!
Really nice person. You can tell that they have a good heart
She is a great listener, she will always be there for you when you need it the most
Rlly enjoyed talking to mercy and she related to what I was going through which was great
She responds fast and listened to all my problems!
They were very kind and insightful, and helped me with my feelings.
Such a great listener. Make so many help suggestions.
MercyHealsYou is probably the most genuine and caring listener I have had so far. The chats were pretty helpful and helped me organize my thoughts, and it felt better after speaking
Very kind and supportive, provided me with some new strategies and things to try
MercyHealsYou was a very good listener and gave great tips and resources to help.
Mercy is helpful
Thanks man you helped me out when I needed someone
This listener knows what she is doing. I consider her a professional. Traits and techniques of the best listeners, counsellors and therapist were displayed in my chat with this listener.
A great and unique individual.
Nice good best fast respond
They made me feel better in the time we talk I feel a little better and hopefully can be my old self
A really wonderful person. I'm glad I've stumbled upon them. Thank you Mercy.
Just the support that i needed.
Helped me a little but was very nice. Many questions but was just trying to help. I say MercyHealsYou would be great to talk to! Have a nice day ya'll!
Mercy is nice. I like them.
Very sweet. I have had only a little convo with them but are very respectful and patient!
Very warm and was willing to talk me through some things even when I was being difficult about it. Very good at guiding the conversation towards a more helpful mindset
There's nothing to really improve at. They're kind, caring, they listen, they're understanding, supportive, wise and mature.. It makes them a good and unique listener
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