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🌹 Welcome to August: Celebrating Resilience & Hope! 🌹
by Angelanj
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 September 1st
...See more "You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it." — Maya Angelou To Our Newcomers: A warm, heartfelt welcome to you! We're so glad you're here and part of our caring community. Whether you're seeking support, connection, or a safe space to share, you belong here. ♥️  To Our Returning Members: It’s wonderful to have you back! Your presence and kindness make this community stronger. Thank you for being here.  ❤️ This August, we honor Never Give Up Day (August 18th), a reminder of the incredible strength we carry, even on the hardest days. Let’s celebrate resilience, hope, and the power of lifting each other up.   🌈 Monthly Prompts & Activities: 1️⃣ Share Your Comeback Story – Tell us about a time you kept going, even when things felt impossible. Your strength inspires others!   2️⃣ Encourage a Fellow Member – Leave a kind note or supportive message for someone who might need a boost.   3️⃣ Self-Care Challenge – Try one small act of self-kindness each day (e.g., a walk, journaling, or a mindful break).   4️⃣ Never Give Up Playlist – Share songs that motivate you to push through hard times.   Let’s make this month a reminder that no one walks alone. Every step forward—no matter how small, is worth celebrating. We’re so grateful you’re here with us! ♥️  Gentle Reminder: You matter. You’re valued. And you’re never alone. 🌹
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A Belated Welcome to May: Mental Health Awareness Month 💚
by Angelanj
Last post
 July 7th
...See more "Little by little, a little becomes a lot." – Tanzanian Proverb 🌱 Hello everyone, Welcome to newcomers and returning members of the depression support community. Whether you just joined or are coming back after time away, you belong here. 💚 May is Mental Health Awareness Month. First, I want to sincerely apologize for this late post. This month carries such an important message, and it's one worth sharing no matter the date. Even as we move further into the month, the focus remains the same: the courage to keep going, the power of small actions, and the hope that tiny joys can still reach us. This month's prompt: Create a Dopamine Menu 🍏: What is a Dopamine Menu? A Dopamenu is a simple tool to help you boost your mood and motivation. Just like a food menu, it gives you choices. You pick activities based on how much time and energy you have. The goal is to help your brain release dopamine or the "feel-good" chemical, without pressure or perfection. Blank Template : Example of Dopamenu 🍈: How to Use your Dopamine Menu : Step 1: Print or save the blank template. Step 2: Fill in each section with your own ideas. Use the example for inspiration. Step 3: When you feel stuck, pick one thing from your menu. Start with a Starter if you're really low. Step 4: Do it. No pressure to finish. No guilt if you stop early. Step 5: Repeat whenever you need a boost. Feel free to share your Dopamine Menu in the comments! Sending love and light, Angelanj 
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Your Poem...
by EmmaE
Last post
 May 23rd
...See more Hi everyone, I came across this poem prompt and thought I'd share it here if anyone would like to try! ------------------------- My Poem (Title) My name is (name). Today I feel like a/an (adjective) (noun) (verb)ing in the (noun). Sometimes I am a/an (noun) Sometimes I am a/an (noun) But always I am (adjective). I ask the world, "(question)?" And the answer is a/an (repeat your words from line 2). ------------------------- If you’d like to join the depression support team, please check out THIS POST [https://www.7cups.com/forum/7CupsLeadership_188/SubcommunityHelpWanted_2306/HelpWantedDepressionSupport2023_295219/] for more information. To join our tag list and receive notifications, click HERE [https://www.7cups.com/forum/DepressionSupportCommunity_52/DepressionSupportLeadershipTeam_404/NEWautomateddepressionsupporttaglist_274831/].
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Help needed
by Jeromeee
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 1 day ago
...See more I have relationship issues. I would want to improve my relationships to have true friends. Any advice?
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I am on the verge of giving up completely
by nekobean
Last post
 Monday
...See more I am completely hopeless and depressed , and suicidal. Ia m tired of going ober my story to everyone and hearing the same"solutions" that don't work or just confusion and no idea how to help. I can't got the therapy/psychatrist as I have no money and an abusive householed with controlling father . I can't find a job to earn either for myself and by father will also not allow. I have tried everything I or others can think of. There is nothing but hopelessness. And honestly it hurts when I post this stuff and no one replies or even looks at it shows me that how unlucky I am. And that's what I am expecting of this post too and I shouldn't even try and hit myself like this. 
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Everyday is a battle
by AGirlWithAWeirdName
Last post
 August 8th
...See more Nobody talks about how difficult it is to have a pretty demanding job with one million KPIs while fighting depression and trying to be productive each day. The struggle is so real, almost suffocating even. No one gets it but you, no one sees your struggles but you. Truth is, I am not interested in my struggle been seen because those who caught a glimpse of it never understood it... they chalked it up to just being sad. Dance it off, they said... don't let the devil steal your joy, they advised... make friends, they suggested.... do things that makes you happy, they chirped. What they didn't realise is all of these takes a certain level of energy to engage in that just isn't present. Half of the time, i am fighting to get off my bed, and if i manage to take a shower or even walk to the door, its a good day. Every day we make the decision to stay alive, to keep fighting, to not give up. Being a part of each day is deciding not to let go and it takes a whole lot of courage to do so.  Cheers to each and everyone of us fighting battles that no one understands. Cheers to us all who chose to fight to be here today. 
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Fleas
by inventiveFarm5285
Last post
 August 4th
...See more Been waking up to flea attacks.and lack of sleep.fighting these demons is never ending.
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Question-Pls look
by quickwittedCherry7604
Last post
 July 27th
...See more Well I been struggling a long time, but recently I been doing better. Im MDD and GAD for a while on meds, but sometimes I dip a bit, and its not fun. Anyways I saw on the news something sad, I mean I know theres a lot, but idk it like touched me a lot, and Idk my chest has been hurting a bit, the like heartache kind of pain, where it doesnt rlly hurt, but it does. Any advice? I in therapy, but yk...I feel like my reaction isn't normal. 
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I just want the pain to stop
by sunnyAvocado7267
Last post
 July 15th
...See more I have been in this terrible mental health cycle where I get the worst anxiety I’ve ever experienced and then a 2-3 day I will be so depressed I can barely get out of bed. This has been going on for about a year. A lot has happened in the past year that has detrimentally changed my baseline mental health, but I now feel like I’m so deep u can’t get out. I’ve been in therapy for about a year and I never really felt like they understood me. So I go through the motions with her and I know what I can do to help then but it never works in the moments. So on the outside I look like I’m getting an A+ in therapy, but on the inside I feel like I’m dying. Now I’m not going to do anything stupidly permanent, but I just want to figure out some way to run from the daily pain just for a moment so I can think. 
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Is this anyone else's experience?
by Nina2995
Last post
 May 2nd
...See more Ive been diagnosed MDD for a couple of years now (5/6yrs.) I wasnt like this before, its most likely medication induced and since having stopped the medication the depression still hasn't gone away. I feel empty, I feel very little positive emotions, all thats left of me is the memory of who I used to be. The memories of feeling normal, of experiencing joy, of being motivated of the person I used to be. My therapist has told me this is likely just how I am now after the medication and im probably going to be like this for the rest of my life...and im afraid. Is there anyone else who can relate to this? I want to know that im not alone, id like to hear about your experience and what its been like for you. 
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Help or advice?
by fairmindedFriend8806
Last post
 March 27th
...See more I'm about to turn 22 in a few days, and ever since I've turned 20, I've struggled with feelings of depression over my perspective toward life and nostalgia. I had managed to forget those thoughts a year ago, but they've come back. And all I do is cry for entire days thinking about the past: my childhood and teenage years. I miss them so much I wish I could go back and relive those times, especially since my parents and my grandma are getting old, as are my brothers and friends. Just thinking that we'll never be able to do the things we used to do frustrates and saddens me so much. I think about those times I used to go out with my dad and my grandma and have snacks together or when I used to play videogames with my brothers or watch anime with them. And when I used to see my friends every day at school and do silly things with them when I got out of class. I just can't seem to move on. I feel like I won't ever be as happy as I used to be back then, so dumb and innocent and curious about the world. It was such a safe place for me. My family is worried about me and they try to help me as best as they can. I don't wanna to worry them. I don't wanna be a burden if I am to keep thinking like this the rest of my life. So I've had thoughts about dying. I feel like at least then I won't feel like this, I won't grow older and I won't have to see my family die or my friends leave when they decide to make their own lives elsewhere. I've been seeking professional help, but I have no hopes that it will get better.
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sadness
by helloPrune5912
Last post
 January 30th
...See more Hi all, Ive been suffering with anxiety and depression since the 4th grade. have been on countless meds, seen therapists, life coaches etc. I had a terrible spell back in September, had to with draw from the OT program after being a teacher for 10 years. I've lost so many friends over my mental issues lately and am making my family really sick and worried-my mom is rail thin. Ive never seen myself look so bad. I use to be super fit and health concious 6 months ago- now im the heaviest ive ever been have no motivation to workout, eat anything, my hair is stringy and dead, my skin has all these marks over it and I haven't gotten my period in 4 months from all the *** ive put on my body. I'm scared for my health and ive been unemployed for 5 months which is not like me either. help
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Depression, medication vitamin levels, hormones?
by SomebodyyouKnow
Last post
 December 8th, 2025
...See more I have been living with depression since my early teens im in my mid twenties have been on medication for 3 and a half years give or take. I have recenlty been tested for various vitamin levels hormones. I was wondering I found out I have extremly low iron level and am now on iron supplements (not a huge fan fo red meat and eating 3 times a day is a new thing in my "routine" about 3 months and im aware I can get iron from fruits and veg ) what veg do you know of that increses iron levels any good recipes to aid with this (based in Australia) and if I can get my iron levels to improve and steady apart from my energy levels incresing will this in turn help with motivation my mood swings, will this help eleviate my depression where I could disscus with my gp a drop a medication dosage and then hopefully reduce to minium and stop taking meds or is this wishful thinking?
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Deep Depression, Stress, Alone in a Toxic Narc environment
by Applehorse
Last post
 November 5th, 2025
...See more I am all Alone in Depression in Narc environment. It's Too Much Stress. I just don't know where to talk or cry.  Both my businesses income streams got cut and denied at the same time. One is an e-commerce, the other investment startup to expand retail investment I was doing with broker. Sounds big woo haa right? No.  ------------------------- My Family never supported my self employment, instead daily criticism, snide remarks, naysaying, dictating my choices (not that I listen), trying to interrupt me & demand help when I am on an important call, demanding respect ...etc facing heavy gunfire from Naysaying Karens at home .... So While i tided my self with retail investment profits, my business has faced to setback after setback .. to just setup: * How ridicluous this is? - how many of you have opened accounts of amzon, e-bay, lazada, etc??? When I tried it, personal or business .... I faced numerous serbacks and almost all of them are stuck in one stage or another of registration. That is just 1 part of an example. Every * I had to change from Shopify to Wix and some others .... before even opening a website .... just to be needing to learn a whole new programming language to do some checkout data connections. - Poof. E-brake!  * Every step, something new and unique issue!  So While facing heavy gunfire from Naysaying Karens at home .... I've had to research and figure out a novel ways around for each ... ------------------------- So i came up with something:  - My Business Runnable with my mostly my own meagre resources and excel sheets, unconventional origins for websites, which turns out to be secure in a novel way. - My investment decided to hire someone to execute my strategy since i've my legs in 2 places. But for that I need a corporate account. Once i got that i was make make income so I can secure my biz more. - I thought I had *** as a reliable payment link to start business That was in mid September. 🙂 ------------------------- Then.... * ***: decides to invite me to Integrate my Platform. Since it's my own ... conventional integration not possible. Up they needed my update in particulars as well. I updated ...and I got banned. As in: " You account has been restricted, we will no longer deal with you" they will not even entertain me at the outset! So much for quickly marketing and inviting customers to pay securely. huh? after 5 F*king years of F*king setbacks that are not my fault! huh ??? Oh It aint over yet... * My Trusted Broker: Started phasing out the platform I am using, recommending another platform that is make it SO > 60% more difficult to read the market to invest right. - They become practically Inaccessible on phone, locally. The chat bot that leads no where - The email felt dry ... but managed to get someone (customer rep) who called me up. [2 weeks to get someone where it used to be 10 mins in a simple call] * MY Trusted Broker's Corporate Account: Naturally I applied. After 3.5 weeks - they reply back with a hostile: "Your application has not been approved, This is final".  - And the customer rep they got me, was equally hostile and formal repeats "It's Final" (as an email reply can you beleive??" So without a corporate account, no hiring nobody. and I've got no platform or investment and trading means to execute what I need, where I am from. and I've a clear business income stream cut. all at the same time.  SO just like that All my Income Streams came to a Grinding Halt. And I've to bootstrap again. Over the month of Oct and sleepless nights, I've figured somethig out. And also realise * my bank balance is heading towards reserves * me entire body, sinus, dry skin, gut, joints, are all flaring up and cramping and aching like its flu, vision getting more myopic giving me health scares are the worst time. I don't if I should get angry with myself or just give up, an throw it all away. But then it's  damn survival situation! ------------------------- When you hope people around will understand. They are demanding to know why I am so sad. and before I can reply (not that I do), they demand that I change my expression because they don't like it. I don't and double down on my emotion. I hate needing to control myself from going Rocky-Rambo on any narc types. Not because I am afraid of them as they are infuriating, but because I find its a waste of my energy. I have been too patient all my life, and I have not reached the cut loose, pop the fuse point yet. Am I a fool?? Some history with my family and folks * Mom got the entire extended family against me for choosing to go self employed years ago. EVERYBODY took her side and hounded me apply or jobs (of which 4000 prior ones didn't even call). But my first self employment gig got me my income. not regular interviews.  * When I had the money at least 10 years ago now ... I deposited $1000 monthly into their account, after a whole year ... they insisted I did not give them a cent, while simultaneously demanding I thank them with gratitude for supporting my financially!  * When it comes to bills: They will stash it all, pay the bills, then chide me from not contributing to them * SO I Stopped giving my money to them, since they did not value my efforts.  * But it did not stop them from telling EVERYONE that I am the reason they are forced to work, because of me  ------------------------- Say this because mom got a notice for her retirement. She has a little payout fund that is more than enough to keep the family running (excluding me). She was not happy. She spent the past 2 days lamenting on and on about not wanting retirement because she cannot earn money to support the house.  And did not hesistate to demand why I did not sympathise with her depression. Dad followed that with litany of confrontations about how heartless & ungrateful I am to 2 old folks ... repeating and demanding if I've given them even 1 cent. and how useless I am for not giving grandchildren and happiness. Not caring that I spend the whole last 2 months and now needing to rehaul my entire business and investemnt engines all with own version and self. I am in the process, worse time to not have income ------------------------- I am alone, scared. and sick that and angry that my life is not set, unlike normal others it seems with families and all that.  On one hand I wanna give up. On the other hand I came up with some ideas. But setback after setback. I am tired, What is the point of trying to succeed anymore? Who cares if I don't succeed? the world will go on without me contrinuting anything. SO why try..  I am sorry for the ultra long thread. Sorry if I went out of point I am tired and dunno what the heck to do. I am just lost, so lost 😭😭😭😭
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Helping my wife with depression
by Jcauto65
Last post
 September 27th, 2025
...See more Struggling with helping my wife with depression and also my difficulties understanding her and how to help  

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- 9 Types of Depression and How To Recognize Them 

- You don't have to understand, you just have to be present by @MarianaFilipaSouza6

A beautiful testament to the nature of depression

- Rethink Mental Illness: Depression

Basic information and facts

- Resource Masterpost by @Sealiously

A plethora of amazing links

- Depression Self Help Guide

Discover some ways to help manage what you're going through

- Safety Plan

Here's a safety plan for those who are passively suicidal. Your life is important

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A collection of helpful links for more information and support

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A path that helps guide you through dealing with depression on a day to day basis


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