SmileYoureWorthIt Listener Profile

SmileYoureWorthIt

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Number of ratings75 Number of reviews21 Listens toOver 18 LanguagesEnglish Listener sinceJul 13, 2016 Last activeover 6 months ago GenderFemale PathStep 322 People helped139 Chats764 Group support chats276 Listener group chats158 Forum posts111 Forum upvotes234

Bio

Hi there you beautiful human.....My name is Christina and I am so excited to meet you!

A Little Bit About Me!

I am an aspiring clinical social worker and mental health advocate. My talents include tripping over my own feet, laughing at the most inappropriate of times, being indecisive, socially awkward, extremely sensitive, and taking everything personally. My hobbies include reading and writing, spending hours overthinking everything I’ve ever said and done in my life, trying to convince my shadow I’m someone worth following, and tending to the graveyard in my closet. I, like most things in life, am a work in progress, but I also love deeply and unconditionally and will give anything to see another smile.

Why I Became A Listener!

My reason for becoming a listener comes on both a personal level and as a future clinician. There was a moment in middle school that looking back, I always refer to as what began my mental health journey. I remember standing in the crowded hallway, a sea of people surrounding me, almost in tears, feeling entir`ely alone. Back then, I saw mental illness as the media portrayed it: you had to be “crazy,” unable to function, harmful to others, or dying. I could not understand what was happening to me, why I felt this way, and why I wasn’t like everyone around me. Octavia E. Butler once said, “In order to rise from the ashes, the Phoenix must first burn.” In my life, I have been given this fire, a painful fire that many times has almost consumed me. It took me burning almost completely to find out otherwise, and I am grateful that Google and the Suicide Hotline Chat and a listener here on 7Cups were there to show me otherwise. Had it not been for them and the amazing therapist that soon followed, I would not be here today. I would never have the chance to rise from those ashes and become the beautiful thing I was always meant to be, a work in progress. That being said, looking back, I wish there had been someone to tell me before it got to that point what I was experiencing. I wish that someone had said, “Hey there, I know staying alive is really hard right now, and I know you’re tired, I know it hurts, but you aren’t alone, it gets better, and there is help out there.” Having been there, I understand, and I want to help others to never experience that feeling. If I can take something away from this and use it to help others... It makes it worth it.

From my experiences and these realizations grew my passion for mental health advocacy and my interest in becoming a future clinical social worker. My life’s work is to raise awareness and help others find the strength to keep going, the courage to heal, the bravery to be their full authentic selves, and their voice to speak up, even when it shakes. It is as much a part of me as the air I breathe, and I would never want it to be any other way. Being a listener also helps me get a head start on this!

My Listening Strengths

I know how it feels to desperatley want a listener to understand what you are trying to tell them and the frustration when they are unable to. As such, here you will find some of my strengths whether they be things I have personally experienced or things I have gained experience in throughout my journey as a listener. I know trauma listeners are expecially hard to find so, if you need help, please feel free to message me! That being said, I have gone through every active listening manual and have training in everything! So, if you need support, you can always message me <3

-PTSD/ Trauma

- Abuse

-Sexual Assault

-Domestic Violence

-Depression

-Anxiety (including Social Anxiety)

-Self Harm

-Eating Disorders

-Bullying

A Few Much Deserved Recognitions

They say it takes a village to raise a child, but it also takes a village to be a listener. I would not be here today if not for the amazing listeners who have stood by me through thick and thin. This list is far from complete, and I promise to keep adding to it as I think!

-@SummertimeSamness

Sam... you are my best friend, my human diary, my other half, and I love you. Sometimes in life, you find a special friend. Someone who changes your life just by being part of it. Someone who makes you laugh until you can't stop. Someone who makes you believe that there really is good in the world. Someone who convinces you that there really is an unlocked door just waiting for you to open it. This is forever friendship. When you're down and the world seems dark and empty, your forever friend lifts you up in spirit and makes that dark and empty world suddenly seem bright and full and if they can't do that they stand next to you in the darkness and let you know you are never alone. Your forever friend gets you through the hard times, the sad times an the confused times. If you turn and walk away, your forever friend follows. If you lose your way, your forever friend guides you and cheers you on. Your forever friend hold your hand and tells you that everything is going to be okay. And if you find such a friend, you feel happy and complete because you need not worry. You have a forever friend, and forever has no end. Sam.. you are my forever friend.

-@ArwaS

You've supported me through everything, picked me up every time I fell down, helped me figure out my way through the darkness when I couldn't see light, deal with the bullies here and some of the bullies in myself, taught me so much about being a listener and a friend, and never gave up, even when I did. You've always had all the answers and when you didn't you knew where to find them. Thank you for reassuring me that I would get one day acheive my dream of being a teen star every single time I had a meltdown over it (which was often.) Thank you for pushing me to be greater than I ever could imagine. I would be lost without you

-@Keanan

How can one even begin to put everything you have done for me in words? You were there to see my very first (quite unsteady) steps as a listener and have been there ever since. Thank you for never judging me, being patient with my ditziness at times, and never getting angry when I asked you the same qiestion three times for clarification. Thank you for teaching me how to be a good listener and friend, being one of my biggest cheerleaders, giving me the term huggles, and believing in me and the beauty of my dreams when I couldn't do so myself. You are an amazing human and listener.

-@Joe2017

Joe... Joe... Joe... what can we say about Joe........ kidding haha.... a picture is worth a million words

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Some Words Of Inspiration

"Dear You (the beautiful person reading this,)

You are not a monster. You are a valuable, unique, wonderful human being who deserves everything grand that this life has to offer. Come out of the shadows and stand proudly in who you are.

You are not damaged. You are whole, regardless of having struggles. I like you the way you are. I wouldn’t change you. I see you differently than you see yourself. I am not afraid of you or your struggles... I am amazed by you. I am amazed by your courage, willpower, gifts and talents. I accept you, and your worlds of light and darkness.

Some people just have a “neighborhood” in their mind and they never get lost. You have endless terrain to explore, but sometimes you take a wrong turn and can’t find your way home. I love your vast landscape and remember... we can make you maps. You can figure out how to stay safe and still sail on majestic seas of emotion.

You are not “crazy.” You are not violent. You are not the lame stereotypes.

The world needs you and your story. You have been to hell and back and you are here to say, “It gets better.” When a person is struggling, many people look away. They change the subject or suddenly need a drink refill. You reach your hand out into the darkness to find theirs. You share your lantern. You’re not afraid of darkness, because you know it... You had coffee with darkness yesterday. He brought donuts. He doesn’t scare you like before. You know how to work with him.

You are creative, artistic, and a dreamer. That same imagination that exhausts you with sad images and fearful scenarios can also dream up amazing art, music, business ventures etc. You’ve held so much pain that is now energy that you can use... What are you going to do with it? Create or destruct? Choose create.

Just because you are different, doesn’t mean you are broken. Different people change the world, because they can see beyond what is.

Please stop picturing bad things happening. You’re not going to suddenly go crazy. Your friend doesn’t hate you because she hasn’t texted back. When you picture something going wrong, remember it could also go right. College could be better than high school. You could meet a wonderful partner. The next medicine could work. You could live a full, happy life.

Yes, challenges will come but you can face them with all that you are when they are here. Focus on what is in front of you. Life is too short to be absent from it.

We all make mistakes. We all act out of pain or confusion and do stupid, hurtful things. We are all human. It’s time to forgive yourself for everything. Guilt and shame slow your ship down too and you are ready to live free from them. You’re gaining more and more speed...
You are ready for life to take you to the most beautiful places.

Please know you are worthy of love. The right person will fall *madly* for you. Someone worthy (yes, they need to be worthy of you) will be crazy for you - Cue Crazy In Love by Beyoncé.- See, now they are the crazy one!

Please remember to laugh and be ridiculous. Remember what you are grateful for. Remember the small joys and the big joys. Think back on a time when a friend or family member made you laugh till you peed a little. Watch a funny, stupid movie. Take a bubble bath that smells like marshmallows. Take a mental health day and don’t feel one ounce of guilt."

Recent forum posts

SummertimeSamness's One Year Cupsiversary! Let's Celebrate!

Positivity & Gratitude / by SmileYoureWorthIt

July 23rd, 2017

Mental Health on Youtube

7 Cups Online Therapy / by SmileYoureWorthIt

July 12th, 2017

The Little Things

Positivity & Gratitude / by SmileYoureWorthIt

March 3rd, 2017

Slam Poetry Motivation: When I Was 13

Motivation & Accountability / by SmileYoureWorthIt

February 8th, 2017

...See more Heyo beautiful humans! So, I have decided that for my next few forum posts I will be sharing slam poetry with you! I personally, love slam poetry.When I am struggling, it gives me hope. Hearing others share their stories or thoughts on various topics reminds me that others have journeyed this path and come out on the other side smiling, stronger than ever before. It reminds me that I am not alone and that I will get through this. I hope it can do the same for you! I will try to find the transcript to the video I post, but if I can't, my apologies! Big hugs and lots of love <3 <3 <3 I myself have so many things to say about each of these poems, so if anyone wants to start a conversation about it feel free! ====================================================================== (To get the full effect of this incredibly moving poem, I highly encourage you to click this link: https://youtu.be/LaXvaIteP-8) When I was 13 I didn't believe that I was beautiful So when people told me I was beautiful I wanted to look them in the eyes and ask them what that meant. What is beautiful what do you mean by that, but instead I would smile and say thank you because I don't want to come across as rude not accepting their comment, but how do you accept the compliment you don't understand you don't believe? My entire life I never felt beautiful I was told I wasn't the point that I believed that I wasn't because of the way that I look. Not because of who I am because of my appearance. I was not beautiful I looked in the mirror and thought that was all beauty could be. What you can see in a mirror is what I thought it was because the world around me was telling me that that is beauty. So when I looked in the mirror and only saw things that I wish I could change I didn't feel beautiful I saw my acne no gap between my thighs my discolored teeth I didn't feel beautiful when someone would say something like God doesn't make mistakes I would want to raise my hand and say well what about me what about me because I felt like a mistake I always felt like I couldn't feel beautiful because every movie every song that I heard told me that I couldn't without the validation of others They would say you don't know you're beautiful but here I am to tell you that you are So that means that you are but why why can't I feel beautiful on my own That was until I realized that I can It all changed one day when I was a library and a girl laughed out loud at the book she was reading I thought to myself that is beautiful and it confused me for a moment because I wasn't talking about her appearance I ran home and looked in the mirror and ask myself are you beautiful and for the first time in my life I responded with yes yes you are I repeated it 10 20 30 times until I was consumed with the thought I am beautiful I finally didn't see my appearance I saw the people that I love around me in a sea of support I saw things in the world that make me happy I saw the little things about me that makes me unique and different from the rest of the people in the world I finally felt beautiful I want to walk that night and name something beautiful about everything around me I could finally see beauty and everything around me that was everything to me If I could tell the me that didn't know her worth or the fact that she is beautiful anything it would be this: Some people live their entire lives without knowing that they're beautiful Some people die with the thought I am NOT beautiful understand that beauty is perception Though there is a dictionary definition of the word beauty, beauty has no real definition because it is redefined every day You, you are a definition of beautiful Someone finds your laugh your intelligence your thoughts and every little thing you don't like about yourself beautiful Who are you to tell them they aren't you are blinded by your insecurities and hid away by your fear but please try and no true beauty Because when I was 13 I wish I knew how beautiful I am ========================================================================

A Message to the Depressed

Positivity & Gratitude / by SmileYoureWorthIt

January 29th, 2017

...See more There are some days when even I think I can't do it. The world and my mind seem too overhwelming and I feel completely alone. There was a particular day like this last summer and I found myself on Youtube searching for inspirational speeches to give me even the smallest mustard seed of hope. I found a video with this speech, and it gave me exactly what I needed. I have now seen this video countless times, and I send it to everyone I know when they are feeling the same way. I hope that his honest, heartfelt, humor filled words touch your heart as well. Know you are never alone and you will get through this. [Sky Williams:] We all desperately want to be happy. And like Will Smith portrayed happiness isnt guaranteed. We have to pursue it, and I would like to live in a world where happiness, is as easy as buying a soda in vending machine, but its harder than that. Unlike a math test, there is no right answer when it comes to depression, but I know what it feels like, and its more than just not being happy, its like you cant bring yourself to be happy. You look at the things that you once really loved and enjoy and you just cant find enjoyment in them anymore. Sometimes you cant eat, sometimes you cant sleep and sometimes you cant even move. And then your friends get mad at you, because you dont go out as often or you dont want to respond to text messages, you just cant hold a conversation and suddenly youre the problem, youre the downer, and you really want to, you really want, you really want to go out to the bar and you really want to go out and have fun, but your body just doesnt allow you to. As if something inside you is just forcing you to be down, like thats the normal thing to do and everybody else just doesnt get it. And not that you ignore people because you dont like them, its just you dont want to go through the same conversion over and over again, want to go out? no Im not feeling that well, why whats wrong, what I can do to help, and thats the problem, you dont even know what you want, you dont even know whats going to make you feel better, you just feel trapped and then what doesnt help is that people trying to tell you how to feel or what to feel or giving you solutions that you know arent going to work. And they get frustrated, because they want to help you, but they cant and the word that made you feel this way, the words that make you hate the person that you are – just get louder. And all within a matter of moments it feels like youre drowning, and outside there is just so much light and everything is so bright and you just wish that somebody could just dim the lights please, you try to ask yourself what happen between now and then, but sometimes there is no explanation, you could have everything you want in the world and still feel like you have nothing. Depression is indiscriminate, it doesnt matter how much or how little you have in your life, it can find you and now supposedly we lost Robin Williams, I dont know if its accurate that he took his own life or that the cause was depression, but if it was, it just proves that one of the funniest man in the entire world could not defeat the monster that is depression, its not a joke, look; the only reason I know how this feels, because Ive been there, Ive lost a best friend to it and back than I was ignorant to the feeling, I tried to ask him what he needed from me, but he didnt know and yeah I got frustrated because I couldnt help the person that I cared about and then when I figured it out, it was too late, but if I could go back and have one more conversation with him before he did it this is what I would say. Im not a miracle worker and I cant promise you much, I cant make the words go away, I cant make you love yourself, I cant give you an appetite to eat and I cant just magically make you sleep, I cant turn back time and magically explain what happened between now and then, I know there is a lot of light outside and I cant dim the lights, but Ive got a room we could hide in, anything you need outside I could bring it you, I turn down the volume and I know that outside world get to really loud but we can close the windows, what I can do is I could wait right here with you until youre ready we can talk all day or I could just sit here and be silent, I could be across the room, where I could be right next to you, we could play Mario party or listen to music. You can use my face to practice your makeup or if you want to hit something then not my face, because you just did my makeup. We can do whatever you want, just as long as you know that when we leave this room and reenter the world were going to do it together and Im not going anywhere, called up work, tell my friends I couldnt kick it, I brought some movies, my laptop, some videogames, I got entertainment or I could just sit here and talk to you. It doesnt matter what were doing, but throughout the duration of you feeling this way, Im going to be right here until you feel better and when youre ready, you and I will reenter the world together. Okay. Just before you do anything, you let me know. Ill see you guys. #DailyMotivation [https://www.7cups.com/~dailymotivation] #MST [https://www.7cups.com/~mst] #Motivation [https://www.7cups.com/~motivation] #Motivational [https://www.7cups.com/~motivational] #MotivationalQuote [https://www.7cups.com/~motivationalquote] #MotivationalSupportTeam [https://www.7cups.com/~motivationalsupportteam]

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Kind and patient listener.

thsnk you

Great listener! Very empathetic. Definelty speaks from the heart

She's absolutely amazing, shes was caring and sweet and helped me through a tough time in my life. She's great

Very good listener , understands me, wish there was more like her

You are really encouraging to tell stuff to ad you seem so admiring!!!

You are the only mod i still have respect for. Keep it up hun.

SHE IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO COOL AND AWESOME BTW ITS SILLY JELLY!

Very good person!

She's very nice

Christina Is an awesome and great listener, she is there when no one else is and always knows the right thing to say

Gotta love Christina, so helpful and empathetic :)

Christina is there to talk to me when no one else is, and I can always tell her when something goes wrong because she genuinely cares. She is actually the person I look up to, even though I don't know her in person. Thank you so much for your support and kindness, I hope you grow up to be the happiest person in the world because you deserve it :)

Christina is a amazing listener!!! Legit the best listener on 7cups!!! She always knows how to make me feel better and stay positive even when she is going thru stuff of her own. Christina is not just a listener, but she is a friend too

tks for tlking 2 me

Definitely made me feel like I can overcome my problems, and that there is hope for the future.

Very gentle and understanding

you were so sweet and helpful i cannot thank you enough really

Very sweet

I really liked how they tried different methods in tackling my problem and for understanding

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