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NAMI Oath
by Kate
Last post
 Saturday
...See more Any new member of the NAMI Community who introduces themselves and takes the NAMI Oath will receive the NAMI Oath Badge. Please copy, paste, sign and date the following NAMI Oath within this thread: NAMI Oath I pledge a moral oath before my fellow active listeners, 7 Cups members and NAMI supporters. I pledge to help support NAMI's mission and to dedicate myself to building better lives for anyone affected by mental illness. I pledge to always try my best to be a positive influence and make a difference in the lives of others. I pledge to be #stigmafree and respectful of anyone who may be experiencing a mental health challenge. I will educate, advocate and listen to others' experiences without judgment or bias. I will encourage acceptance and understanding. When I see that someone needs more than the peer support I can provide, I will refer them to professional help and appropriate resources. I pledge to make my own self-care a priority and recognize when I need to take extra time to take care of my own mental health. I will keep these promises and I will do everything in my power to promote mental health, healing, and wellness within myself, my fellow members and my world. I believe that no one should face mental illness alone and I pledge to provide peer support to anyone who reaches out to the NAMI Community for help. Signed: Date:
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[Listeners] Farewell/Taking a Break/Returning Thread: Send Your Regards
by MonBon
Last post
 September 7th
...See more This is the public support counterpart of this thread [https://www.7cups.com/forum/ListenersOnlyForums_38/ListenerSelfCare_95/FarewellTakingaBreakReturningThreadSendYourRegards_4132/1/] [L] so that listeners can let the whole community know if they are leaving or if they have come back. Below excerpt taken and modified from the original thread: Some Listeners decide, at one point or another, to take a break or in special cases to leave the site as a Listener. During their time here they may have made connections with others in the community and sometimes people aren't aware that they have left or are misinformed and thus never get the opportunity to sent their warm wishes. Thus, this thread is meant for Listeners to inform the community that they are leaving or taking a break and leave their appropriate comments for others to read. Moreover, returning Listeners can post here as well to inform the community that they are active again. Returning to 7 Cups after a break? We have a welcome Back Committee now, you can find information here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/ListenerLearningJourney_149/WelcomeZone_2385/WelcomeBackCommittee_295611/] (clickable), and reach out. Your peers and mentors are here for you. <3 Lastly, others in the community can send their regards to these Listeners. [L] indicates a Listeners Only thread [Welcome back committee information added by Sunisshiningandsoareyou, 02/10/23]
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Listener Classifieds (September 2026) Listeners Post Here and Members, Check Out Our Listeners Accepting New Chats!
by Heather225
Last post
 September 6th
...See more Happy September! This space is for Listeners currently accepting chats to introduce themselves to the member community! Members, if any listeners pique your interest, you can then check out their bios and see if they might be a good fit for you! Here are some things you can consider sharing (only share what's comfortable): * Are you an adult, teen, or ATL? * Gender: * Languages you speak: * How long you've been a listener: * Topics you'll support: * Topics you don’t support: * Lived experience: * Are you open to taking on members for long-term listening support? * Your availability (in EST time) and day(s), if applicable Do you support DID? Follow the link to this post. [https://www.7cups.com/forum/generalsupport/Classifieds_360/ListenerClassifiedsDissociativeIdentityDisorderDID_339333] Thank you for being a valued volunteer in our community and a vital part of this life-changing work! ------------------------- If you're getting value out of 7 Cups, please consider donating to keep our community going. Back us here. [https://www.7cups.com/back-us/] 💙
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How do you make an impossible decision?
by littleMango5306
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 2 hours ago
...See more I found out some things my husband was doing online and actively lying to me about, and confronted him. He was unapologetic and said it was my fault, and said it’s up to me to decide if we stay together or divorce.  That I had to decide if I considered it cheating or not, as if none of it mattered because it wasn’t in person.  We have three pre-teen/teen kids. He wants me to commit to a decision right away to either leave or pretend everything is OK and I can’t think clearly. How do you make a decision when both choices feel impossible? 
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Collective Grief Diary
by inthequeue
Last post
 Monday
...See more I'm going through multiple grief for several years now. I have so much to say but nowhere to say it. So, I'll write down my thoughts about grief here, and everyone else going through grief can also write in here. I hope this collective diary reaches our loved ones who are departed. 30 August, 2026 I discovered my father's diary today. It was written at the time when all of us were going through a really painful time. The thing that haunts me, and perhaps would haunt me all my life- is that he always misunderstood me. He got a lot of pain because of me. Because no one told me I was neurodivergent and there was help. No one helped me. And it strained my relationship with my father. This'll haunt me forever. I feel like it's sealed on my forehead. 
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47 years. Still here. Still listening.
by LeoInPerpetuity
Last post
 August 27th
...See more Good afternoon, my friends. Today is my 47th birthday. It’s a quiet one. I find myself away from family, sitting with hours and minutes that feel heavy, and a lack of motivation that makes even small things feel like mountains. It’s a strange paradox to feel so empty on a day that is supposed to celebrate existence. But as I sit here, I realize that while the fire of my own motivation may be dim, the ember is still warm. I am still breathing. I am still here. And I am still able to offer a hand to someone else who might be struggling today. I don’t have the energy to celebrate myself. But I have the energy to sit with you, to listen, and to remind you that you are not alone in your loneliness. Maybe that is the quiet gift of today. Not balloons or cake, but presence. For myself, and for you. If you are feeling lost, unmotivated, or forgotten today, let’s sit in this space together. We don't have to fix it. We just have to be here. Thank you for being a community where I can be honest about the struggle, yet still be seen as someone who can help. Yours in solidarity, A 47-year-old soul, still learning how to live.
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genuinely asking, is it weird if I don't wish my friends a happy birthday
by hopefulencounter
Last post
 August 26th
...See more because they didn't wish me on my birthday? we've been friends for so long, it's weird that they forgot. I even think maybe they have another group chat without me, because the one I'm a member of is very inactive. Or maybe they chatted/wishing birthday privately now. I feel like I'm done wishing them 
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I Missed Her...
by ObitoSadBoy
Last post
 August 16th
...See more As you see here in the pictures is Obito Uchiha and Rin Nohara from anime Naruto Shippuden...🩵 ------------------------- ------------------------- She was my rin, and I Lost her forever... Missed her so much, I wish If I can just see her someday somewhere in this world. Her name was sumaya. She was compassionate and cute. She loves babies and old people and cats. She literally was a sweetheart 😊 supported me a lot during our academic period in 2024. She checking up on me everyday and forcing me take my medications. She was like my other little mom. Just remembering our time together brings me joy and satisfaction. We were really getting along just like obito and rin in Naruto 
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I no longer enjoy birthdays:( || sharing my tangled thoughts
by hopefulencounter
Last post
 August 6th
...See more Birthday, it's like a day with a lot of pressure now, getting older but still immature. I was such a good student back then, though, got good scores, But now it's nothing to be proud of. It's sad how I thought if I got good grades and achievement in school, then my parents would reward me with family vacation that never happened.  I hate people, I even hate being around a kid. I think of not getting married because I'm not ready. I'm very impatient around my niece. Also the thoughts about drama around relationship and marriage also make me feel scared; problems like affair and v!olence. I don't have the energy for all that.  I must fix myself first before going for a committed relationship right? Well I'm still not mentally healthy :( I don't know when it will be  I'm an introvert who used to keep my feelings inside, but lately I have expressed my anger and felt bad about it. Maybe it's true how being sad for a long time can turn sadness into anger??  I'm worried that now I have anger issues, since I sometimes hit things when angry. I don't know what I'm feeling, can't get help. This site is my only way to talk about how I feel.  Need some people who accepted me the way I am without making joke of me being sad and anxious. 
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A little story
by IsmV
Last post
 August 5th
...See more Once, when I was younger, I got in a fight with my brother. We both got agree, we started calling the other names. He called me a "zero" told me I was nothing. I always cared about what he thought about me so I started crying and went in my room. Having heard the voices, my father came to see what happened. He saw me crying so he asked the story. I told him what had happened. He didn't tell me my brother was wrong. No. He told me that zero in maths is the most unique and maybe most important number. He told me that if my brother used it as an insult, he made a fool of himself. He made me feel like a zero. A unique one. Even now, years later, this moment has stuck with me. His words, the way he made me feel fine in seconds. I aspire to do something similar one day. 
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Back pain?
by heartfulHeart81
Last post
 July 26th
...See more Does anyone on here suffer from really bad tension in their back? I get it really bad and I do yoga for it. I'm just looking for any other things that work for people to make it better
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Childhood internet access ruined me
by GreenLeaving
Last post
 June 19th
...See more *Potential trigger, no graphic details given* I am just now coming to terms with how much my unsupervised internet access has shaped my brain development. I was online from the age of 11 in the early 2000s, when there was almost no regulation and I could visit any website I wanted. I viewed horrific materials more often than I can remember, but not because I wanted to, but because I had (still have) a high sense of morbid curiousity. I would look at every extremely taboo thing I could because I knew it was wrong. This leached into my adult years and I still occasionally looked up things (not illegal, I knew where to stop) that are extremely graphic. The majority of society would view me as disgusting and evil for looking at these materials, and even though I found it disgusting myself, I would still watch. Not often, but even once in a while was enough. I am going through some relationship issues due to me pulling back from intimacy and forcing my partner to find affection somewhere else, which I regret. I identify as asexual, but I was doing sexual things online which is hard for my partner to understand. Then there's the hiding and lying about what I was doing online. The shame I felt made it nearly impossible to say what I did or was doing. Now, because of this, my partner no longer feels they can trust me. They looked through my phone and accounts to find some of what I was doing, I eventually admitted to some other things. I don't hold that against them, it obviously got to a boiling point. I was living in my own world where I felt what I did wasn't a problem, but after being faced with the reality of my hidden online activities coming to light, I have realized how wrong it was and have no desire to engage in that behaviour again. It's been 6 months since I was confronted and I haven't had an urge or thought about it. I still try to defend myself though, telling them that as messed up as it is, what I did was abnormal, normal behaviour. People have a scary desire to view obscene and graphic matierls. That's not an excuse though, just a reasoning. My partner wants me to seek therapy for this, and I am resistant. I feel as though I am a different person now than I was before and them confronting me has rewired my brain. Just the thought of doing what I was doing before makes me feel sick. I think short-term therapy may be beneficial, but I don't know how to accept it fully. I never thought about any of this in my daily life or questioned whether or not I had a serious problem, but with therapy being mentioned, I am beginning to think; "what if I am a monster?". My partner is so unsure that they have thoughts about me taking my internet usage into the real world and hurting someone.. which I have never done nor would ever do. I feel like therapy we could both attend would be the most helpful. Has any other millenials struggled with how their childhood internet access has affected their adult life?
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my mom passed away nearly 3 years ago and not a day went by without me missing her
by hopefulencounter
Last post
 April 25th
...See more i wish she's still there, because just a year after she died there's a newly opened store that she must've loved. maybe it would be different for my fam if she's still around. she's the one who always listened to my stories very patiently. i miss her so much :(
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i let people go
by hopefulencounter
Last post
 April 15th
...See more i'm kinda done forcing friendship, i realized how they left. made me wonder how come i became their friend at the first time 😔 maybe i have changed, not sure if i changed for my best or the other way around. i feel calmer even now it's lonely. i want to stop thinking how others see me. maybe one day they'll stop seeing me and maybe that's also okay. 
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i think it's getting worse
by hopefulencounter
Last post
 April 4th
...See more i told my sis i may be needing help, need real support, maybe i need to see a mental health doctor but she said "it's no use,  they'll only tell you to write down how you feel on a notebook then maybe give some medicines, and you will only feel happy because of the medicines." 

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