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New To The Anxiety Support Community? Introduce Yourself Here!
by Laura
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 17 hours ago
...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
Last post
 September 18th
...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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by Emmur
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 August 28th
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If I'm not alone reach out
by amiableKite8722
Last post
 4 hours ago
...See more I always feel alone and like I'm not good enough and I can't see the good in myself
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AT LOSS OF WORDS.......
by indigoJet9448
Last post
 7 hours ago
...See more It's about listener......I thought I got a person who really is really empathetic and kind.But he ended up blaming me for what I shared.....he wanted to share something......I replied it's your personal I really don't want to know......just wanted to be heard here......he asked me to go to therapist or councilor tbh......I had really good listeners before.But now.....I feel even taken a back to even reach for help
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I am so exhausted
by courageousSugar2740
Last post
 8 hours ago
...See more Would i ever get support online or offline ? I don't have any hope that there would be someone offline bcz none has that much anxiety. its just a normal thing for others but it feels like a *** for me. I hope to find some one supportive online who has empathy with me........
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do u have severe generalized anxiety like me.
by courageousSugar2740
Last post
 11 hours ago
...See more i want some one who can feel my anxiety and can talk to me. it feels overwhelming. Idk where to find support because none understands me. Probably i can never get the support i need.      
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Listener
by indigoJet9448
Last post
 16 hours ago
...See more I soo wish I get a listener who understands what iam saying
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New To The Anxiety Support Community? Introduce Yourself Here!
by Laura
Last post
 17 hours ago
...See more Let us know more about you, what brings you to 7 Cups! We are glad you are here!
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School gives me more anxiety.
by courageousSugar2740
Last post
 18 hours ago
...See more i am so hypervigilant at school. i have a bully and two false friend and our seat is fixed so i feel like stuck badly. I dont want to go there my anxiety just needs small triggers to overflow as i feel anxiety everyday. probably it can never end.
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extreme anxiety during small arguments
by courageousSugar2740
Last post
 21 hours ago
...See more idk how to stop crying & How to express myself. I am just feeling so anxious, exhausted (mentally and physically both). I dont have anyone who have the level of anxiety i have over small everyday things  and while arguments or even any kind of public speaking.
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How to relax ? 😌
by AReine
Last post
 21 hours ago
...See more How to escape overthinking, non-stop stress...
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Life goes on......
by indigoJet9448
Last post
 22 hours ago
...See more Life don't stop when you have tensions, stressful situations, loosing a family member or any person...even if it's tragedy. You get to wake up tomorrow, just keep going.....
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Anxiety feeling physical
by brenbird
Last post
 1 day ago
...See more So I was holding onto a computer of my boyfriedns and my father found it and took it. He talked to me just now and believes me and says hes going to talk to my mom about what to do moving forward.  For the past 3 days since he found it, my stomach has been hurting and is upset. I cant eat without feeling sick. I constantly feel like im going to throw up. Its horrible.  Its getting worse now because I know when I talk to my mom abkut this its going to be a bit worse than the talk with my father even though my mom is the better parent and theres so many things going on in my family right now.  I feel so sick and like im on the verge of throwing up and im so irritable too.  Im so sick of it all. 
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This is for those who feel anxious because of people.
by scenicNight6182
Last post
 1 day ago
...See more I wanted to share something from my perspective. If people make you anxious, here's a question i think you should ask. For what you are living in this world —> YOU For whom you are living in this world —> YOU Who matters the most —> Your happiness And the things which matter the most should happen first —> YES Should we ignore the thing which is stopping you to get it —> YES And Do you think if people don't understand you and think you are wrong, weird, bad, different, then you became the bad? But are you really bad? Trust what your heart says. Trust it. And if the answer is NO Then why care what they think if they are wrong? We should never fear the wrong. Should you sacrifice the peace you are getting for something that is not right and not important at all? What do you think?

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