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New To The Anxiety Support Community? Introduce Yourself Here!
by Laura
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...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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 August 28th
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Taking time off work
by BorahaeAndHappiness
Last post
 1 day ago
...See more Hi everyone. I decided to take a leave of absence from work because my mental health is really bad right now. My anxiety and depression are very bad especially my anxiety. It almost feels like my soul was ripped out and replaced with anxiety instead if that makes any sense. Anyway, I have some plans for what to do on my time off but would like more ideas. I'd like ideas to help me heal during this time. I already have plans to see a doctor so please don't say that. 😊 I'm looking for other things right now that don't have to do with a doctor or medicine. Ideas so far... Get outside Meditate Read bible Read a book Listen to music Go to my happy places (libraries or bookstores) What other ideas do you have? Thanks 😊
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Help with cleaning
by Daydreamer47
Last post
 Sunday
...See more Can't find my old post, so posting here. I'm feeling discouraged because I'm trying to find more help with daily tasks like cleaning. I posted on care.com, but people are way overqualified and not very willing to only do 1hr/week. I had one person setup to meet, but she cancelled last minute. I don't know what to do. I also wish my therapist would help me with this somehow and I'm frustrated with her.
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How to change
by StarlightEma
Last post
 Sunday
...See more Hello! I think I'm kinda stuck where I am now, knowing I want to change my life, but still trying to figure out how I want it to change... anyone had similar experience?
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i love drawing gymnasts :) mega yay
by okeyyyy
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 October 15th
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Empath help
by modestLion158
Last post
 October 15th
...See more Hi Does anyone else feel really affected by other people's moods? I feel like a sponge and a yoyo!
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Health anxiety
by WildeKarde
Last post
 October 13th
...See more Currently having severe health anxiety. 😢
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My Anxiety caused my Vagus nerve to overdrive on random stuff
by NoAngel113
Last post
 October 10th
...See more Recently found out I have what's called Vasovagal responses due to my anxiety and it honestly explains everything wrong that I wanted to get help for.  But with parents who won't even help me when I'm dying from pain, not sure how they'll handle this one. 
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When Happiness Feels Scary
by versatilePear5431
Last post
 October 7th
...See more This month has been unexpectedly emotional for me. I met someone I genuinely like and feel safe and comfortable with, and things have progressed more seriously than I expected. I’m genuinely grateful for everything happening, and I’m not complaining at all, but I’m also dealing with my mental health and find myself getting anxious and overthinking wondering why someone would choose me and whether I can trust something good without expecting it to go wrong. I know a lot of this comes from my past traumas, and I’m trying to understand and work through these feelings rather than letting them affect something that is making me genuinely happy.
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Working on being positive
by selfdisciplinedLion4579
Last post
 October 3rd
...See more I've stopped listening to such sad depressing music. And listening to music that is upbeat and positive. I actually got out to play disc golf this weekend and met a group of guys who let me play with them. They were so awesome and positive and affirming. A song I have heard many times came on the radio this morning, and this newfound way of opening up and being honest with myself and others made me hear it in a completely different way. https://youtu.be/UAjbYlO2JNU?si=X7XI938_Rth2J9v-
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Be Honest: What is Your Biggest Regret?
by cherishedMagic7425
Last post
 October 1st
...See more Time heals all wounds, but some choices still sting! Whether it happened yesterday or ten years ago, what’s that one decision you’d instantly undo if you had a time machine? Drop your stories below—no judgment here!
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Me:)
by pluckyBeach5856
Last post
 September 20th
...See more Hey guys!!!! I just downloaded the app and I hope it helps me get better and heal me🙃
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Politics Continue to Ruin Me
by HorrendousHexapod
Last post
 September 14th
...See more I don’t know how much longer I can do this. Not a day goes by where I’m not being bombarded by some *** about how dumb, evil, and wrong whatever gender, race, age demographic, side of the political spectrum, etc are and always have been. I keep seeing these claims about how we’re all mentally unstable, ugly, stupid, irrational, lack empathy, spoiled, entitled, don’t have real relationships, or don’t have real jobs or skills. Where the *** did all of this even come from, I swear things weren’t this bad a few years ago, but now all of a sudden everyone’s at each other’s throats. I’ve even been guilty of this myself, as I’ve forced myself to look at the posts or reposts or people I follow online to make sure they don’t have the “wrong” opinions, because I’ve been so burned and browbeaten into worrying that people are either evil or stupid for holding unpopular beliefs, or that if they repost something objectionable then I’m no longer allowed to like the art they post or interact with them about my hobbies. I never even wanted to get into politics in the first place, all I wanted was to brows art, read about science, and talk about my niche hobbies and hyper fixations, but it feels like I can’t even do that anymore. For example, some people I’ve been following in online spaces for the last few years recently reposted some pretty nasty things about Charlie Kirk, which has come out of nowhere, given the fact that they’ve hardly, if ever reposted things like this before, and even then, just last year, the things they reposted about him were nowhere near this harsh. I’ve been following and liking their work consistently for quite some time, I’ve even interacted with them before. I won’t claim that they saved my life or anything, but I found out about them when I was in a bad place, and watching their work helped me get my mind off my worries, even just a little bit. So now what do I do? Do I stop following them? Do I stop liking their work? Does this make them bad people? The things they reposted about Kirk are horrible, but they’ve rarely done anything else like this before. I’m just sick of all of this. I just want things to go back to the way they used to be, when I could just breathe and actually allow myself to relax with something I enjoy after a long day at Uni or at work. Where do I even go from here?

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