9) Getting Ready to Write: Content Categories and Topic Selection
In this discussion, we will understand an overview of the current focus of content at 7 Cups through content categories as well as topics of interest for current and prospective content development.
Current Article Topics at 7 Cups can be found here
In addition, the content focus areas (alongside some ideas of sub-areas that can be focused on) include:
Depression (signs and symptoms, postpartum depression, seasonal depression, other types, causes, treatment, supporting someone with depression).
Anxiety (symptoms, social, separation or other types, causes, treatment, role of meditation, other coping skills)
Phobias (definition, types, most common, rare, coping)
PTSD (meaning, symptoms, types, therapies, causes, awareness, coping)
Sleeping Disorders (symptoms, types, effects of deprivation, causes, coping, relationship of sleep and mental health)
Eating Disorders (signs, types, causes, treatments, how to stop binge eating, statistics, recovery)
OCD (meaning, symptoms, causes, types, thoughts, personality disorder)
Schizophrenia (types of symptoms, causes, treatments, early signs, risk factors, prevalence statistics)
Substance Abuse (definition, symptoms, effects, causes, risk factors, treatment)
Physical Abuse (signs, effects, types)
Emotional Abuse (signs, emotionally abusive relationships, parents, cycle, effects, role of gaslighting, types, healing)
Sexual Abuse (signs, types, effects, survivor stories)
Family (family therapy, family signs, family conflicts and resolutions)
Couples (couples therapy, counseling, exercises)
Sexual Disorders (sexual disorder information, therapies)
Addictions (symptoms, types, treatment, how to break an addiction)
Child and Adolescent (social media, substance abuse, anxiety, how to help teens)
LGBT (counseling, support, coping with unsupportive people, coming out)
COVID-19 (social distancing, loneliness, job loss, financial stress, coping)
Maternal (postpartum depression, anxiety, maternal mental health)
Coping Skills
Stress (symptoms, management, coping)
Relationships (symptoms of toxic or unsupportive relationships, leaving a relationship, coping with breakups)
Parenting (single parents, foster parents, parenting stress)
Grief and Loss (types, symptoms, stages, coping)
ADHD (symptoms, causes, statistics)
Autism (signs, causes, awareness, types, coping)
Self-Esteem (signs, how to boost, affirmations, activities)
CBT (definition, techniques, CBT for X (any) conditions)
BIPOC (mental health, racism, stigma, coping)
Activity
Congratulations! We have discussed all the essential elements towards developing content with quality, as well as learned about marketing that content to help ensure it is delivered to help people.
In this activity, you are to select the topic for your first article to be prospectively published at 7 Cups!
To do so, please review all our discussions on best practices, as well as the content Focus Areas at 7 Cups. Use your own interests (topics can be slightly different from the focus areas), as well as the headlining guidelines we discussed, to formulate a Topic Title for your work. This title can be slightly edited later if needed but will be for your first article.
- Submit your selected Title for approval before writing your first article, through this form.
- A mentor will reach out to you and inform you about your topic approval status. If you do not hear back in around 2 days, please contact @Clarisse29
- You will get one week to write your article after the topic is approved, so please keep a reminder for the deadline and reach out to us if you need support during this time. Please note the same form above will be used to submit the article.
Hello everyone, I chose and write my article "Practical tips for child care when time is limited". Please take time to read it, because it's from my experiences, not only theories. I felt excited when I shared this. Hopefully, I can help you guys take care of the children.
@Minionn This was an excellent read! Great job!
Because, there are many issues for doing things. So I would like to write about sexual that are being forced. How the survivor gain~
How to help people whom experience unwanted unwanted sexual. This topic is a very general and also a serious topic.
@SoulfullyAButterfly
Hello everyone, I have decided to write on the topic Insomnia, about how I developed in during the pandemic period and how I recovered from it.
@Tuliphealing
I suffer from insomnia. I understand how you feel. I look forward to reading your article. :)
@ScorpiaD Thank you Ma'am 😊 hope you find it helpful..
How to help people who went through bad sexual experience
@loveagape
Supporting someone who has been through a bad sexual experience (whether assault, harassment, coercion, or even an unhealthy intimate encounter) requires sensitivity, patience, and respect for their healing process.
@SoulfullyAButterfly
I chose to expand on my previos topic "How Cognitive Biases shape everyday life?". Hope you have a good read.
@Kosmoslistening well done!
Activate Your Way Out of Depression
@rebeccastgo I decided to write an article about Behavioral Activation (BA) for depression.
@rebeccastgo
I look forward to reading the article!
@SoulfullyAButterfly
The name of my article title is: Tips on spotting a narcissist as autistic individuals.
Topics: Autism, Relationships, Emotional Abuse, Coping Skills, Emotional Abuse, Physical Abuse, Mental Abuse
@Summershy
Excellent!
@SoulfullyAButterfly
Hello! This is my proposed article title:
When Love Starts to Hurt: Seeing the Fine Line
Between Care and Control
Category:
Relationships / Emotional Abuse / Self-Esteem
Short
Description:
I’ve been thinking about writing an article called “When Love Starts to Hurt: Seeing the Fine Line Between Care and Control.” I want to help people realize when care starts turning into control because so often, possessiveness or manipulation gets mistaken for love. I’d like to share some insights that can help readers understand that thin line, set boundaries, and remember that real love should never hurt.😌
@RichFaust
“When Love Starts to Hurt: Seeing the Fine Line Between Care and Control” is a compassionate and eye-opening exploration of how affection can sometimes disguise control. This article aims to help readers recognize the subtle shift from care to manipulation, encouraging them to set healthy boundaries and remember that genuine love nurtures, not wounds.
@SoulfullyAButterfly
Hello! I have decided to write an article on Single Parenting and the struggles faced by these silent heroes behind closed doors. This topic means a lot to me, because I grew up surrounded by many single parents as acquaintances. I hope to do a good job on this article.
@McElysium
That’s a beautiful and meaningful choice of topic. Writing about single parenting, especially from a place of empathy and personal connection, can be incredibly powerful. You could highlight both the emotional and practical struggles single parents have to face, the quiet strength it takes to balance everything, and the societal misunderstandings they often endure, shedding light on these frequently overlooked challenges.
