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Listener Classifieds (November 2026) Listeners Post Here and Members, Check Out Our Listeners Accepting New Chats!
by Heather225
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 8 minutes ago
...See more 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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NAMI Oath
by Kate
Last post
 Friday
...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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Listener Classifieds: Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
by Heather225
Last post
 October 3rd
...See more This space is for Listeners who actively and currently support the topic of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) to introduce themselves. Members: review the replies below to find someone who aligns with your needs. Remember to check their listener bios for further information before connecting. Listeners, please share the following details: Are you an adult, teen, or ATL (Adult-Teen Listener): Gender: Languages you speak: Are you open to taking on members for long-term listening support? Your experience with DID: Any other things a member should know: (Optional) Your availability (in EST time) and day(s) if applicable: (Listeners, if at any point you no longer accept DID chats or wish to update your information, contact me or CheeryMango to delete or edit your response)
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If I trust myself better I believe I will feel smarter the problem is that im not confident and I feel stupid most of the time
by hopefulencounter
Last post
 5 hours ago
...See more How do I help myself? 
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Need Helpp
by MidnightMuse55
Last post
 October 10th
...See more My little brother is not a shy person at all. He used to be known as attention seeker. He has always been super dramatic. He loves attention and gets that a lot too. He didn't get school education. In class 2 he was switched to a Madarsa(an Islamic school for the learning of Quran solely) so his normal school education was dropped. Now he has only few months until he would be a Hafiz so we decided to put him in an evening coaching.  The problem is that he has told me that there are times when he is not able to complete his sentences like he knows what to say yet he still can't complete his own phrases he used to stutter as a kid but that was long alo. I thought it could be a confidence problem but by looking at him I don't think he is less confidant but maybe he can be in his coaching due to lack of experience.  I don't need advice as I know listeners or people can't give them. I just want you guys to acknowledge me with your knowledge so I can decide what to do next. 
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The open book of Danny: ask me anything
by DRHerrington
Last post
 October 8th
...See more Hello. I'm Danny. Feel free to ask me anything, or respond to my personal journal here.
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I miss my dad (tw incarceration, drug use)
by cammyleigh123
Last post
 October 3rd
...See more my dads been in and out of prison since I was 7 years old and even before that he had shared custody so it wasn't like he was a major part of my life but I miss him so much and it hurts so bad.  I know he chose drugs over me. but I cant help but cry every time he calls because he calls me everything he used to say when I was little and for a moment it feels like he's there and he's my dad again and not just some voice over the phone.  I miss him so much and I'm trying not to cry while writing this. but its complicated because what do I really miss about him? I barely remember my childhood so what is it I want??  I think I just want him there? I guess? just to have a father figure and a parent who shows affection. my mom doesn't like really showing affection and her boyfriend is just.. there. he doesn't want to be a dad and he doesn't try to act like one.  idk why I'm writing this out of nowhere. he hasn't even called today its just.. blahh.  I feel entitled for saying I wish I had a dad because I DO its just.. he's not there. and it hurts. I should be used to it. I'm 14 now. I'm gonna be 15 soon. I need to get over it and I'm too old to want a super loving parent again. but I just feel so jealous of all the other girls that still have that. I just want my dad back. but I'm not gonna get him back until I'm in my 20s to 30s. I feel like I got something stolen from me. I just want to feel loved. I miss my dad so much.  tangent over. advice welcome if you feel like it :) if not I understand and its ok to skip :)
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I rather post this here than talk to AI about it
by hopefulencounter
Last post
 September 30th
...See more  I always respect differences in opinion of likings, like if they don't like the movie that I like, then it's okay. I tell them that it's fine, people have different interests. But then they bring it up again, "That movie is so ugly, weird how it still in theatres now." That made me  feel like a weirdo for liking and recommending them to watch it I even jokingly said, if we all have the same opinion and interests then we basically have the same mind.. 
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How do you make an impossible decision?
by littleMango5306
Last post
 September 18th
...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
 September 14th
...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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