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🌹 Welcome to August: Celebrating Resilience & Hope! 🌹
by Angelanj
Last post
 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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Being Lonely is a bliss or a curse?
by raspberrySpring29
Last post
 Sunday
...See more There are lot of books talking about loneliness, how do people feel. There is always difference taken out of 2 terms- loneliness and solitude. But every feeling exists. Being lonely never feels nice but numb maybe, to think like who will be there for us, are we just breathing daily and no one around to watch us or maybe be with us. Or Being lonely is living all with yourself that turns out to be an eternal bliss. No rush, no pressue. Just us? What are your thoughts about it?
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my heart feels heavy
by Hijinx02
Last post
 August 28th
...See more my heart feels heavy right now. just woke up from a long nap after crying from some slightly loneliness. and now i just feel numb and heavy. i wish i could be someone who could hang out with friends or play a game together right now. but i cant. instead im just depressed and longing. like always.
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Abandoned when Unwell
by Applehorse
Last post
 August 28th
...See more I wanted to keep this to myself. But I am too hurt that I give a damn about publicising it.  This happened over this recent week till now. ------------------------- Review Past 1 week i've been down with some bug. from flu to gastric flu. Saw doctor then last night been suffering with gastric-heartburn hiccups. Damn scary. couldn't sleep much have booked doc appt 6 x last night i threw up along with bad stools while feeling heartburn. I don't have a supportive family (folks). I thought they will emphasize....but instead (as below) ______________ Wed 26 Aug Woke up this morning really tired .... and my family (folks) instead of caring to listen .. insisting to take flu medicines....refusing to accept a 'gastric cough' and more concerned about it being passed to them! My mom insisting its asthmatic (when my lungs are clear and there been no fever at all) My dad with his own strong flu and refusing to see the doctor himself ... yet can demand I see the doctor and tell doc that: i've fever, cough, cold and stomach flu to get all the medicines _________________ Wed Evening:  "Mom asks what's happening to you? And as I began telling she says "Not asking for your opinion, What the doctor said is happening? no need to give your own theory!" This bit hurt me most. They are in 70s. ______________ Dinner (wed) I wanting to eat alone. They making a big deal Dinner: oats bowl Dad: "So sick, don't know to be humble and thank us for cooking for him. No smile, only grouch face. He gets sick his problem!" It's hard to eat oats Had to poop: watery Then mom sits across me demanding i finish the oats. Insisting it's better i finish the oats and vomit, than eat less than half the bowl, and keep stomach empty! Ofc i refuse.  Dad gets angry telling mom that: "if he wants to starve it's not your problem. If he wants to give so much trouble and be so immature to not even manage myself! Mom then comments "not earning anything, still giving us trouble with sickness. You've no fever. Than why acting sick and making a big deal? If Now you already so week, You suffer when you reach our age, thankfully we won't around to witness. But until we are alive stop torturing us ok??! _______________ Thu 27 Aug early AM. This night i slept throughout, only getting up twice to burp and use the loo. Still took my antacid syrup. So am guessing its getting better.  It's dawning on me at 3.45am at how much my own parents despise me. (no siblings) I don't know why. I am not looking for their validation, but still why eludes me.
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I see no changes
by helloBlackberry9858
Last post
 August 19th
...See more It's not a complaint. There's nothing to complain about when things get worse simply because I myself deliberately choose not to make a change. I just want to share a bit of myself. I cannot change. I cannot make the tiniest difference that matters. I choose isolation, and it would numb me, so that I stay in this terrible bubble with no one in it but myself, convincing myself this is where I belong. I want to go out, but I just cannot associate myself with any sort of happiness in this world. I wouldn't make friends because I feel like I shouldn't make myself known, because everyone else is going just fine with their life and I shouldn't intervene. I am not needed and shouldn't be needed anywhere. But of course it's *** I'm living in. I don't like this one bit. Not just the fact I'm in this situation, but because I know the right thing to do but just refuse to do it. I cannot rationalise the reason for this and it is driving me crazy, making me believe even stronger that this is what I am. I am destined to be like this, detached from the rest of the world, drifting in utter loneliness.  It's weirdly calm in a way. Because part of me is convinced that this is the truth. Just like the sun is always going to rise from the east, I am always going to be like this. This idea is already ingrained in me. That I shouldn't be part of anything. Even typing this is something I am forcing myself to do. Sorry if I wasted your time reading this nonsense. I just want to get it out somehow.
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Biggest Desperation
by helloBlackberry9858
Last post
 August 18th
...See more My biggest desperation is that I will never have any intimate relationship. I mean as partners. I use "desperation" instead of "fear" because this idea has moved past being a "fear" and become a truth I firmly believe in. I am convinced no one would ever even want to establish any sort of relationship with me. It's not that I'm afraid to admit or anything. It's a cold, hard truth ingrained in me now. It's not that I haven't met one. It's just that I am convinced that there will be no such person. Not even I want to stay with myself. I hate everything about me. If anyone magically wanted to get closer, which will never happen, I would just think that this person is deceived by part of me that she saw. Therefore, I would withdraw and remove myself from the situation because I would feel like I am guilty of lying to that person for them to think that I am good enough to be who they think I am, but I'm not. So I shouldn't be around that person. I shouldn't keep deceiving that person. I should leave as soon as possible. This has become a "should" and "shouldn't" instead of "want" and "don't want". I no longer even want to try anymore. Because my core is now wired in a way that I feel like I shouldn't try. It is only right not to, and this is what I am by definition. And it would sound like I'm just making excuses. Maybe I am, maybe I am not. I no longer know. I am desperate. Because this "logical" conclusion is making me feel terrible. My gut wants change, but my "logic" locks me in place. I am doing a tug of war with myself, and it's tearing me apart. 
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Just looking for someone to talk to
by solsen
Last post
 August 16th
...See more Just looking for someone to talk to I've been feeling pretty lonely lately and honestly just want some genuine human connection. I miss having someone I can talk to regularly, joke around with, and actually feel comfortable around. I'm mostly looking for friendship and someone around my age to talk to. I'd especially like to meet some girls because I find that kind of connection easier for me, but I'm open to anyone who's genuinely nice. If anyone else feels lonely or just wants someone to talk to, feel free to reach out.
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Depression
by Uvhyc720
Last post
 July 31st
...See more Hello, my name is Enzo, I am 20 years old and I am an orphan, my parents abandoned me at birth. I've wanted to be adopted for 14 years, but it's especially not having a mom, it destroys my heart, the more I grow and the more my heart breaks... Thank you for your help. (I am French 🇫🇷)
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I am tired keep on learning but no community in my life
by amusingSouth9973
Last post
 July 27th
...See more In my whole life I have been lonely. Even I had school friends, they are superficial and they were my sister's friend not mine. My parents are over protective and force me keeping on learning, I ended up to be a researcher. Research community is only for elite. Even I am old, I don't have good role old model.  I studied and worked so hard but my tenure is limited and future is completely dark. I always feel that life goes worse and worse.  
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vent
by dollmourn
Last post
 July 19th
...See more I am lonely. I have no friends and I cannot make one due to severe anxiety and im not funny or cool enough to be of any interest to someone. I never get out the house I cant remember the last time I've even went to a store I get all my stuff online. I used to have online friends but lately I always feel excluded in the group because theres a trio in our 5 person friendgroup but the other person whos also excluded has friends in real life so its different. At the end of the day im lonely and not the favorite person of anyone in this world. And im also seriously anxious about the racism i will feel if i step outside. If that wasnt a problem in the country i live in, i would at least try but i cant handle another racially targeted harassment in public again i just cant do it. 
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I feel I'm just a burden
by gentleBlueberry6881
Last post
 June 24th
...See more I feel like I'm nothing but just a burden on my parents. I'm just a disappointment for them. They never said that but I feel it. I'm so angry on myself for being like this. But I can't tell them what I'm going through right now I'm so exhausted both mentally and physically. Feeling so much depressed, exhausted that I dont feel like living anymore. I want to achieve so many things in this life but dont know how I'm going to do that. At this point I dont have any path, guide, or anyone to guide me, tell me what should I do to feel better and find the purpose of my living. I talked to my mom that I want to take counseling sessions from therapist but she thinks only those people take therapy who are mentally ill. And that's why I stopped telling them that how low and depressed I feel even if I smile, laugh or talk normally everyday. Also I don't have single friend to whom I can share want I feel. As I have no one to tell what I want to say I'm writing here. Also I would like to talk with kind people here.
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I'm out
by AK2025
Last post
 June 24th
...See more How are you? I hope you’re doing well, and I hope each of you has someone you can honestly tell when you’re having bad days — someone who can simply sit beside you without judging you or forcing you to be okay every single day. It has been one year since you helped me, simply by being there — without judgment and without trying to fix me. With your help, I found motivation and faith that everything would somehow be okay. And now I’m here with you again, and I don’t even know exactly why. Maybe just because I need to tell someone that, honestly, I am not okay. I no longer see a way out of the situation I’m in. I have reached a point in my life where, because of my kindness, I don’t even have enough to eat. The only person I was sure would never betray me manipulated me the whole time because of money, took everything, and then left. I don’t know if it’s normal that what hurts me more is the fact that someone betrayed me so deeply, rather than the fact that I may end up without a roof over my head. No one wants to help because they say it’s my own fault for being naive. But I know that my naivety came from love. And at the same time, I am somehow grateful, because for the first time in my life I have realized that maybe they are partly right — maybe the reason I have spent my whole life giving everything to the people and animals around me is not only because I have a good heart. Maybe part of it comes from a wounded heart. Since I was little, I was never allowed to have a bad day. From a young age, I had to take care of myself and my parents, and somewhere deep inside I developed the feeling that I am never enough. That I don’t deserve anything for myself. That I have to give everything I have in order to be worthy — while at the same time never allowing myself to accept anything from anyone, because I feel like I don’t deserve it, because somehow everything is my fault. I don’t even know if what I’m writing makes sense. I hope there are some of you with the same wound as mine, and I hope you have managed to heal it and take care of yourselves without feeling guilty. I am proud of all of you who, with any kind of wound, survive another day and do not give up. I believe in you, and I know you believe in me too. But I can’t do this alone anymore. I don’t have the energy for everything. Every day has become too heavy for me to keep pretending that I’m okay.
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Feeling low every year on a specific period
by gentleBlueberry6881
Last post
 June 4th
...See more Does anyone else also feel the same thing that every year there's a specific period where you feel so depressed, irritating or suffocating? Feel like running away or just skip back to the normal days? Because I do feel like that every year in monsoon season. I mean many of you think that rainy days are calm and soothing but I don't on every monsoon season I got some bad experiences. I'm not blaming the season for it but the weather makes me feel so low and suffocating. I randomly start feeling anxious for nothing. Feel like running away from everything. Feel very lonely even when people are around me. Feeling like I'm stuck in somewhere i can't get out. But this is not how I suppose to feel when I was a kid I used to love rainy days. The breeze, the smell of mud after the first rain and enjoying rain with homemade snacks. But don't know what happened, now I can't enjoy it anymore even though I want to. The feeling of being depressed or feelings drained won't let me enjoy the weather.  Do you also experience something like this, that you feel low every year on specific period that you want it to be skipped?? Let me know in the comments. Thank you ☺️☺️

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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

- Resources to Help Manage Depression

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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