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The Weekly Beacon: Small ways to help the community! (Sept 28)

General Support / by MeilleureAmie

29 seconds ago

...See more Welcome to this week's Community Beacon [https://www.7cups.com/forum/generalsupport/CommunitySpace_2539/TheWeeklyBeaconSmallwaystohelpthecommunity_377289/?p=2]! For those who might be new to this initiative, The Weekly Beacon is our new tradition in which we share simple, small ways you can lend a hand in the community. The heart of 7 Cups has always been the people in it, and you do not need official badges, special training, or hours of free time to make a difference in someone else's day. 🌟 The Recognition Board 🌟 Every day you reply to these weekly threads to let us know you completed one of the tasks, you earn a star. You can earn up to 7 each week for each day of the week (1 day = 1 star). Once you earn 30 stars, you will receive the exclusive "All for one" badge! Congratulations to everyone who has earned stars for their acts of community spirit! @YourCaringConfidant - 7 > 187 ⭐ @Amanda84 - 7 > 155 ⭐ @fossilfellow - 7 > 124 ⭐ @Magicpawsoffuture - 3 > 113 ⭐ @Diinnaa - 7 > 115 ⭐ @Minimum00 - 7 > 81 ⭐ @MentalHealthMatters01 - 3 > 75 ⭐ @stormieandpaws - 1 > 61 ⭐ @AffyAvo - 7 > 53 ⭐ @ACozyBunny - 4 > 48 ⭐ @SkilledChatter - 5 > 27 ⭐ @mytwistedsoul - 4 > 26 ⭐ @Sunisshiningandsoareyou - 3 > 24 ⭐ @QuietWillow00 - 7 > 17 ⭐ @Mooniey - 1 > 11 ⭐ @Rebekah - 4 > 4 ⭐ @trueconfidant123 - 148 ⭐ @Ivy229 - 144 ⭐ @SparkyGizmo - 101 ⭐ @MeilleureAmie - 78 ⭐ @TheGeminiInMe - 62 ⭐ @sereneMango2512 - 43 ⭐ @AReineRose - 38 ⭐ @AsherTree - 35 ⭐ @Luminity125 - 17 ⭐ @cheerfulKiwi1776 - 16 ⭐ @Hermionetps - 15 ⭐ @ABoxofChocolates2 - 9 ⭐ @Joyfulflowers - 8 ⭐ @IvoryNotes - 6 ⭐ @funnyAvocado3000 - 5 ⭐ @quietPlace4271 - 4 ⭐ @Sharing3312 - 2 ⭐ @Ednamius - 1 ⭐ @wuxily - 1 ⭐ @discreetPlace4219 - 1 ⭐ @DubstepDadT - 1 ⭐ If any numbers are off, feel free to let me know! ------------------------- 💙 This Week’s Asks 💙 * Check the Newbie Hub [https://www.7cups.com/forum/welcome/TheWelcomeCommitteeTeam_2670/] for people introducing themselves [https://www.7cups.com/forum/welcome/TheWelcomeCommitteeTeam_2670/], and drop into their posts to acknowledge them * Greet someone in the Welcome thread [https://www.7cups.com/forum/welcome/WelcomeIntroductionsto7Cups_1163/Welcometo7CupsIntroduceyourselfhere_331308/] (click the >> to go to the most recent page) * Spend an hour in one of the member rooms, especially during a time of low activity. Welcome everyone who enters the chatrooms to make them feel seen. Click here to visit the Group Chats [https://www.7cups.com/connect/groupChatrooms.php]. * Visit our brand new Social Support Room (click here) [https://www.7cups.com/chat/?c=2_7cf7eb2ac0e1e704-3i7aTds2MqETdj1gSmEVA] and take the lead on some icebreakers or games! * Give out a resource to someone! Examples: the 7 Cups Basics [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M53Nm5-pbtxx2_jKfXYgYzo3NgXxjNfMwfzVSRC1rZg/edit?tab=t.0], the Listener Quick Guide [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J0P_a463RsOkBFmgE4hqMUPCyqD98MCZO_r8PAb4ERs/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.6zoipvarg5nu], or a self-help guide [https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=15546ab78aa81dea4c928fa0b099aa1c87afb408adb907c9170e26273e2102cfJmltdHM9MTc3MzI3MzYwMA&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=4&fclid=39072312-8b6a-6d87-0f74-30cc8a7e6c89&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuN2N1cHMuY29tL3NlbGYtaGVscC8&ntb=1] * Apply for a leadership role! Listeners click here [https://www.7cups.com/listener/training/leadership/]. Members, click here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/siteupdates/HsHangout_1970/7CupsMemberRolesMasterlist_318359/]! If you can do even one of these things, whether just once or for multiple days this week, please reply to this thread and let me know what you did to support our community! It can be anything, not just things on the list (even kindness tasks for yourself!). ✨ Remember: showing up to this thread each day represents 1 star, and you can earn up to 7 stars each week. So, do mention your star count for the day; it makes my job so much easier and keeps the Recognition Board shining accurately ✨ Thank you for helping bring our community closer together through everyday acts of kindness!

I think you deserve ice cream today ! 🍦🤍

Icebreakers and Games / by QuietWillow00

2 minutes ago

How do I leave a marriage when I don’t hate the person I’m leaving?

Relationship Stress / by flowershallgrow

2 minutes ago

...See more Hi ;) I'm not sure if this is the right place to write this because I'm new here but I'll give it a go. If anyone has any advice please tell <3 I’m 22 and I’ve been married for one year and a half. I know I was young. I know we got married quickly. But when I met my husband, I was in a very dark place. I had struggled with depression since I was young and never really felt like I belonged anywhere or with anyone. He helped me through that time, loved me, and made me feel like maybe I had finally found where I belonged. I genuinely believed God had put him in my life for a reason. I love him, and I still care about him deeply. But I have become incredibly depressed in our marriage. We live with his extremely religious parents, and I constantly feel watched, criticised and controlled. We are expected to attend church every single day for at least 3 hours, I have very little privacy, and I’m made to feel guilty whenever I want time for myself or disagree with them. The church I go to it's a very toxic place and all they preach about is men being way above women and how women should only cook, clean, have children and obey her husband in everything he says or does. There is also constant pressure about having children. I don’t want a baby, and his parents have even told me that if I had one, they would take it away from me and they would raise it themselves expecting my child to not know me as the mother. I cannot accept that. My husband knows I’m unhappy and also very depressed. I have days where I feel like I can't stand up from my bed to even brush my hair but I do it because I know I have to. I’ve told him that I feel trapped and overwhelmed. I’ve tried to explain it, I’ve cried, I’ve asked for things to change. He has promised before that things will be different, but I don’t want to keep waiting and hoping anymore. My mental health has become extremely bad again. There are days when I struggle to take care of myself and sometimes I genuinely can't do basic things. I don’t feel like myself anymore. And the hardest part is that I do not hate him. I don’t think he’s evil. I don’t think everything we had was a lie. He helped me when I was at my lowest, I loved him, and I still love and care about him. But I have finally realised that loving someone doesn’t necessarily mean you can build a life with them. I don’t want to move out with him and continue the same marriage because his family will still be involved in everything. They will control everything. I don’t want another conversation where I’m convinced to stay. I don’t want to repair this anymore. I know it will hurt him. I know his family will probably call me selfish, disrespectful, ungrateful, a terrible wife and a terrible Christian but I think I’m prepared for that. What scares me is actually doing it. How do you leave someone you still love? How do you deal with the guilt? Do you tell your husband beforehand, or make your arrangements and leave? Do you owe his family an explanation? II just need to know that there is a way out. I don't hate him, I just want myself back. I want my life back. I know I seem evil and selfish but everyday I wake up in this house it's just another day of imprisonment for me.

INTRO POST BECAUSE I FORGOT TO MAKE ONE >_

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Taking care of our elderly parents

50 & Over Community / by pamharley003

31 minutes ago

...See more Hi everyone, I just spent a month taking care of my 94 year old father and spending time with him. Now that I am back I learned a lot from the nurses who take care of him 24/7 what it all entailed to make sure my dad was comfortable and resting well. I have deccided to make a forum post about taking care of elderly parents. Taking care of our elderly parents Taking care or our elderly parents requires making sure their physical balance when walking is good so thy may not fall down, tending to their medical needs whether it is driving them to the doctor appoinments, given medication and supporting the conditions, and being their for them emotionally, and physically. We also need to take care of ourselves and know that we are doing the best we can to support, giude, and love them even if their not wanting help at all. My Dad is bed ridden so it was hard seeing him be this way, I emotionally went into a depression because my Father was always active between the business he owned and playing sports. I learned with the nurses he has how much it takes to take care of him, and I am ever so grateful to them for the love and support they are giving him. As our parents grow older, they feel they do not want to be a burden on their children because of the lifestyle their living, being married and have children of their own, or living out of state to ask for help. We can begin early to talk to our parents of their wishes in their elderly life. We can ask what their wishes are, learn their routines of daily life, and what their future goals are toward the end of their lives. We can watch how they reactt to things to see if dementia may be setting in, and let them know we are here to help them. I learned how to care for him in the month long visit and what to look for when the nurses went about taking care of the hojuse or shopping for food for my Dad. I learned how to make him comfortable even when he wanted no help. It hurt to see him confined to a bed or recliner 24/7, he is not able to walk because his bones are too brittle to walk a few steps. Our parents can be a hand full ( like my father ) and not ask or want help but it something we have to do as we ourselves are getting old. We want them to be happy and be able to do things but sometimes we as their children have to step in and help. They begin to feel their a buurden to us and feel bad asking for help. Our parents took care of us when we were growing up why not give back to them. I told my Dad you were their for me growing up why can I not be here for you know in his time of need. Parents become afraid they maybe placed in assisted living facilities and forgotten about. Sad some children may do that but others want to see their parents being able to live in a suitable place of their own and living life. How can we be there more for our parents? How can we handle the rejection they may give when helping? 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