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New To The Anxiety Support Community? Introduce Yourself Here!
by Laura
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September 9th
...See more Let us know more about you, what brings you to 7 Cups! We are glad you are here!
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Not All Longest Nights Belong to the Sky
by daydreammemories
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August 31st
...See more Hello hello wonderful humans! I hope your days go as smoothly as possible💚 Happy holidays and Merry Christmas to everyone celebrating🎉🙂 Last Sunday was the longest night of the year for many of us. In Persian, this night is celebrated as "Yalda". Yalda Night is known as the longest night of the year — a moment we can measure, predict, and mark together. We know exactly when it starts and when it ends. Historically, it symbolized the victory of light over darkness and hope over hardship. Families gather to stay awake through the night, trusting that after the longest darkness, the days would begin to grow longer again. ✨ But life has its own longest nights. There are nights that don’t follow astronomy or calendars. Nights of loss, anxiety, depression, uncertainty, illness, or waiting. Nights where time feels stretched, where the idea of “morning” feels distant or irrelevant. Nights that don’t end with sunlight, gatherings, or tradition. This post is about acknowledging those nights. The ones we don’t name. The ones we endure silently. The ones that feel endless not because of the sky, but because of what we are carrying. Yalda reminds us that darkness passes. But it also invites us to ask harder questions about the darkness we live through. ⁛What has been the longest night of your life? ⁛What made it feel endless? ⁛Did you have support, or did you carry it alone? ⁛What helped you get through — or are you still in it? ⁛And when you imagine “morning,” what does that actually mean for you? (Kindly please add trigger warning if necessary!) (Please use your member account to answer and your listener account for supportive replies)
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August 28th
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15yo and dealing with Social Anxiety
by cherishedMagic7425
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13 hours ago
...See more Hi everyone, I’m 15 and I’m dealing with Social Anxiety . It has been really tough lately, and I haven't been able to get any support offline. That is why I am here—I am hoping to find friends online who are dealing with the same problem and understand what it's like. Thanks for reading!🌿 -------------------------
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How to stop staying up late?
by discreetPlace4219
Last post
2 days ago
...See more AI told me it must be because sleep time is the only time I get full peace and don't feel stressed or anxious about my family members, so my brain relishes it as much as possible being a 'rare commodity'. Which makes sense. Tbh every human interaction gives me anxiety; I might have social anxiety.  Now how to fix it? I can't be running late everyday! (But it's okay. It's not the end of the world and I don't have to be perfect.)
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There are people I have distanced myself from. I want to engage with them again, but I don't want to get hurt.
by kindSpruce8353
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September 6th
...See more Around a couple months back, I was hurt. I was with a group of friends, but I felt really left out, so I ended up leaving. I understand that they were closer to each other than I was with any of them, but it hurt a lot. I cried so hard on my way back home (poor taxi driver lol). That night was devastating for me, and it was since then that I started using 7 cups. Again, I do not blame any of them whatsoever, especially since they knew each other more. They are very kind individuals and even offered to help me get a taxi back home. I did end up telling them about it and they were all very sorry and really supportive. They knew something was wrong with me, and they had a feeling that was the reason why. I did end up seeing them again afterwards, but it had only been one time since. It was definitely better than last time, but it felt like it was too early to see them again. I was and still currently am healing from that. I HAVE gotten mentally stronger to prepare to engage with them again and other future engagements though, so I don't end up getting hurt again. That does not mean I am scared out of my mind to talk to them again. I haven't talk to them in two months, not only because I am trying to mentally improve, but because I had my final project that I completed two days ago and I did NOT want to have any anxious thoughts distract me from my work. I COMPLETELY MUTED the group chat for those two months and did not even try to look especially since I was too scared to. If anyone reached out to me on there, I really hope I did not hurt them, but I am glad I have been choosing myself. I understand that in order to be closer to them, I need to make an effort to build our relationship, despite how slow the process is. The thing is how do I know these people are worth pursuing again? Am I just setting myself for disappointment again? How do I know I will not waste my time with them? I know that in order to have these answered for me, I must man up, rip the band aid, and start talking to them in the group chat again, but I am so scared of getting hurt. 
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IRONIC AIN'T IT?
by GoldenCoconut365
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August 29th
...See more I've just started on her today because I was hurt and feeling lonely for human interaction. Tired of talking to Copilot and chat GPT. Chat GPT has an attitude problem 🤣 I find that most people on here are just as starved for human interaction as I am. The ironic part is, we are ALL looking at screens instead of going outside. 🤯The internet is part of the entire reason for my agoraphobia type issue. SMFH😬
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Mental Health Hierachy
by lover119
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August 24th
...See more Since the beginning of my teenage years, all I’ve seen is people brush off depression and anxiety like it’s just a little nuisance. People seem to think that anxiety and depression are on the bottom of the hierarchy for mental health. That isn’t true, and I don’t believe there should be a ranking for that kind of stuff either. As someone with both PTSD and social anxiety, the reaction is different when you tell someone you struggle with one of them. People think social anxiety is just a silly trait that other people have. Like it’s a trend, and it’s cool to have it. I understand PTSD is not as common as social anxiety, and the complications are very different, but I’ve always struggled with social anxiety more, and no one bats an eye. They’ll brush it off as me just being awkward and shy, meanwhile I’m struggling to survive because of my thought. I have struggled with social anxiety my whole life and I’ll probably struggle with it for many years after. I want support, I don’t want people to laugh at me once they see me doing something disordered. They don’t even know my social anxiety is connected to my PTSD. They only care when it’s something detrimental, otherwise they won’t give you sympathy. It’s just constant, “same” or, “just talk to people it’s not that hard.” 🫠
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Tackling Social Anxiety
by Alongstory23
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July 18th
...See more Hey There- New here. I recently listened to a podcast where the therapist asked his patitent to talk to strangers for 2 hours on a train expressing all of the things he is ashamed of in his life, and this pretty well cured him of his social anxiety. If you are interested in listening to the episode it is from TEAM-CBT with Dr. David Burns.  While at this moment in time I'm not yet approaching strangers on a train, I thought it could be a good experiment to try to get out some of the shame and social anxiety I feel here on this forum. I feel ashamed that I am single as a 36 year old male I feel shame around not yet figuring out dating after my divorce I feel shame that I've spent a lot of time reading books and putting in effort to analyze and improve at dating I feel shame that despite all of these "efforts" I have only dated a few women in the past 2 years I feel ashamed that I choose to invest a lot of my time into distance running and trying to improve at distance running I sometimes feel ashamed I don't make more money I sometimes feel shame around not quite fitting in I feel shame around not having a core social group that I hang out with all the time and prefer more one on one friendships I feel shame around wanting to date someone in their 20's  I feel shame around wanting to have a big family I feel shame that I don't give more to my relationships (friendships, etc.) I feel shame that I've broken up with most of the women I have been with.  Thats all for now. Thanks for listening. It does feel a little cathartic
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Anxiety disorder after stroke
by Collette27
Last post
June 23rd
...See more Has anyone had any experience in dealing with this. I'm trying to find my way around the site. I'm new here. It's not easy finding the right path as I get very confused any help is welcome. I apologise if I'm on the wrong group
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Social anxiety.
by lovingApple76
Last post
June 14th
...See more Hi im a teen who has social aniexty, and i dont really know what i should start by saying but its been a while since i have had it and the worst part of it is school, its really hard for me to communicate with others there or sitting next to someone in class and i keep thinking everyone is staring at me and judging me even outside of school, but after socializing i feel fine and dont have to worry its just that its always repeating for me, i even try to tell myself that this world is just my imaginary, like when i go to school i feel so much stress and my heart keeps pounding fast, when i leave i feel very fine and normal i wish social anixety was never a thing... when i was a lot younger i used to be very social and i could make friends easily it breaks my heart what my younger self would think of me now, it really sucks i even have had some bad thoughts because of it.. i just hope for my future that it goes away, people are very lucky who have never had it, also does anyone feel the same or is it just me.😞 i hope someones sees this.
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Anxiety support group for Arabic people
by Marouh
Last post
March 15th
...See more Because in most Arabic countries mental health is a taboo. Most people don't understand anxiety, depression or panic attacks and tell people who suffer from it to "grow up" and "deal with it". If you feel like you're alone dealing with your demons then this is the place for you. Welcome 😊
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I get to close to people and then I get hurt.
by nonnyzolo
Last post
February 26th
...See more I don't know what to do. I feel lost and scared with no sense of direction or safety. I made a huge mistake, I think. I went through a really hard time, and no one was there for me, but one day my school counselor called me in to talk to her. I do not like talking about my emotions. And when I do, it has to be with someone close to me. Well, it took me a while to get used to her (the school counselor), but once I did it was very comfortable and I found myself going to her about lots of things. But because of Covid I haven't been able to talk to her as much because my school is shut down. Now it's summer break, so I feel like I'm not allowed to email her. I feel like I made a mistake because I think I may have made a deeper bond with her than I should have. I know I'm supposed to go to her for emotions and stuff, but I can't help missing her a lot. She felt almost like a second mother to me. But the thing is, I have a hard time making ties with anyone, because I always go to deep or get too attached so I seperate myself because I'm scared of being hurt even though I'm kind of hurting myself. So then I'm fake around other people and I'm sad because I can't just be myself. Of course, there are other reasons I seperate myself, but this is one that's been bothering me lately. I don't know why I get so attached to people and then get hurt when they don't feel the same way or when they don't want to be friends anymore. So if anyone has any ideas that I could try or if they think maybe I have a disorder (idk if there's even a disorder for this) I'd like to know. Oh yeah! One more reason this bothers me is because I'm too afraid to go to a therapist/counselor in the community, even though I need to because of some other mental health concerns. Anyway, I just don't really know what to do.
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just a day - journaling
by lolita9824
Last post
December 2nd, 2025
...See more I'm a 27yo woman future PhD student. I'm alone and lonely. I wanna document my day-to-day so I feel less alone in facing my fears.  i'm dreading the phd exploration process. i'm sorting through the list of mentors and picking out good fits but yet to make a move. Is this too early to send an email? Is near-holiday times a bad timing to start reaching out? But i actually have more free time now.  I don't know.  i'm debating whether to go home to my parents for the holiday. i don't even know how to explain it lol. I did go back, then i left early, because i had a severe eczema flare at their house, and also they were moving to a different city. so now they are hoping for me to fly back to them to their new place, but i'm tired. TIRED. From my eczema. And plans to study and whatever. I just want to stay put in my own apartment. But then I feel guilty of not spending time with my parents.  I'm so socially anxious but also dreading loneliness
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Stopped by to speak to my friend
by braindamag3
Last post
November 30th, 2025
...See more Here at work, I am in one of the few remaining offices. I went out of my way to drop by and yap with my only friend in the building. She sits in an area that is wide open, hoteling desks everywhere. My social Anxiety went through the roof in the hour we spent yapping.  I also think my anxiety was partially caused by the thought of another person who was my only other friend but I walked away from looking over my shoulder. She sits about 50 feet away with clear line of sight to my back where I sat. That was this morning and still hours later, I'm so much on edge.

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