Teens - Depression Support Update
Hey everyone,
It has come to my attention that there is a significant level of ongoing hurtful and unsupportive behaviour in the Depression Support room (teens). This is not what 7 Cups is about. The Depression Support room is supposed to be a safe place for teens to talk about and share what you're going through. If you're using that room, please take extra care to ensure you are being kind and supportive to others. If another person is bothering you, please mute them, rather than engaging in conflict.
We will be taking the following measures to rectify the problems in this room:
- Suspending members who are persistently causing problems
- Locking the room temporarily to be available to members only
- Ensuring there are regular, moderated support sessions
If you would like to share any other concerns about the teen Depression Support room, please PM me directly.
Thank you!
@Heather thank you so much for this update; it was definitely needed and I hope that the room calms down some now!
Love it! I always see people slating admins and moderators for not removing the hurtful members, or not paying attention to the problems with group support...In the mind of some people it's almost as if admins & moderators simply don't care..They do, and that is so so obvious, things are done to make sure the rooms are the best they can be, though people may not see those changes, they are there, and the admins are always trying to make sure that 7 cups is the best it can be.
The thing is, I see people who have encountered these hurtful & trollish people, they notice that they're there to hurt people, they begin to think that 7 cups is not a safe & supportive website, but that is anything but the truth. 7 cups is so so amazing, but 7 cups cannot control human nature, and that is the problem! 7 cups cannot always govern how people present themselves in group rooms, the goal of 7 cups group support is filled with love and care..but there are people who are not filled with love and care, and that is out of 7 cups control, all admins can do is remove those members from the site.....Group rooms are amazing, but it's the people in them that are trusted with upholding the welcoming & supportive title, and that's never as easy as it looks.
(I am incredibly tired as I write this, so it may not make sense)
@Joe2017 spot on 😊😁😁
Feeling lots of guilt. I genuinely dislike my family. They love me and I love them but everyone knows how I feel truly. I feel like a monster!! Happiness = loosing my family.. keeping family=sadness.
Guess it's a loose loose either way
I don't know how to do this .-. I know nothing of this app :')
Does anyone have anyone who how to handle anexity? I have work pressure/ stress, lots of things go wrong and gets escalated and I start to worry about my job, and then I start to become emotional about how worthless I am or why I can't improve and feel overwhelmed.
any suggestions for trying to calm down?
@Lexicon91
It helps for me to write it out, since I have an issue with always keeping my emotions locked inside me until I implode. It may be just because I like to write in general though, so it depends on what your outlet is.
Good luck <3 I know the feeling.
Hey! I just joined, here and I'm already, so happy to see just others like me and just clean support from others, without judgment. I'm also struggling with deppression and anxiety, it has taken my old life away. I joined just now, because I have been feeling really suicidal lately. I dont know it their called suicide attempts, but I was so close to killing myself two times this month,I was ready, with the tools and a letter. But somethimg always stops me. I really want to get some help, but my mom is the only one who accepts my deppression and anxiety as a real issue, a real ilness, so I don't want to upset her by telling her what I am dealing with right now, she's very emotional. I haven't found any private listeners here that would work for me, but I'm really happy I found this place! :)
@Heather I have seen a major diffrence in the deppresion support and teen support also. It would be good to lock it up for a while.
I am depressed,,, my dream bf which i have all everything of me.. finally he give up about being with me .. feels like my life is like no where .. hehe..
