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Join the One Line A Day Journaling Challenge
by SoulfullyAButterfly
Last post
 June 4th
...See more It might not seem like much, but putting pen to paper and writing down our thoughts and feelings can do wonders for our well-being. When we journal, we create a safe and private space where we can express ourselves freely and without judgment. This can be especially helpful if we find it hard to share our feelings with others. Journaling also helps us gain clarity and perspective on our thoughts and emotions. We can identify patterns in our thinking and behavior, which can help us recognize triggers and make positive changes in our lives. It can also be a powerful tool to manage stress, anxiety, and other mental health challenges. By writing down our worries and concerns, we can release some of the tension we're carrying around and feel more at ease. 7 Cups has recently launched a Journals & Diaries community and we’re kicking off the launch with a fun challenge you can join! To start and maintain a journaling practice, we are launching a One Line A Day Challenge, where you are invited to journal only one line a day, for 1 month (or more!). Here’s how to join in: * Subscribe to the Journals & Diaries subcommunity at 7 Cups by clicking “Join”. * Consider taking the Flourishing Assessment [https://www.7cups.com/assessment/Flourishing] before you begin the challenge to get a sense of how well you are thriving. This free assessment helps you get insight on your strengths too! * Click the “One Line A Day” topic on the right-hand side of the Journals & Diaries community homepage. Create a thread for your journaling journey. An example thread is “SoulfullyAButterfly’s One Line A Day Thread [https://www.7cups.com/forum/JournalsDiaries_219/OneLineADay_2524/SoulfullyAButterflysOneLineADayThread_301755/]”. You can mention your starting date and any other requests you would like (such as whether you prefer people only read or are ok to get supportive replies) in your first post. * Feeling stuck? We will also create daily journaling prompt threads under the “One Line A Day” topic/section to help you reflect on different things. While this is optional, you can use the prompts for inspiration and can respond under those threads (feel welcome to copy the prompt/response) onto your own thread if you feel like having everything in one place! An additional feature 7 Cups offers is your private journal and timeline. To view it, feel welcome to click here [https://www.7cups.com/path/]. Will you be joining the One Line A Day Challenge? Let us know below and tag other users you think may enjoy this!
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7 Cups Private Journal Feature: Your Personal Safe Space
by SoulfullyAButterfly
Last post
 August 4th, 2024
...See more Having a safe space to reflect and document your thoughts and feelings can be a valuable tool in your wellness toolbox. A lot of us at 7 Cups have been journaling and self-reflecting, and I wanted to highlight the private journal feature which currently lives on our profiles as well as under the path steps we can take:  With the Private Journal feature, you can: 📝 Create Personal Entries: Document your thoughts, emotions, and experiences in a completely private setting. It's your space to express yourself freely, without judgment. 📆 View on Your Timeline: Your journal entries are organized on a timeline, alongside other site activity like messages, hearts, path steps taken, and assessment score data. This timeline provides a holistic view of your progress and self-care journey. Have you tried out this feature yet? Feel welcome to share feedback and any ideas on how you would want this feature updated to meet your journalling needs.
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Space for Space?
by IzzyGamer
Last post
 2 hours ago
...See more Well... I'm not sure why I'm making this but I guess I decided to make a place where I can express how I feel. Or I guess just to write out all the chaos that's inside my head. Or just completely random things that have nothing at all to do with anything. 🙃 Since Ive never had a place where I've felt safe to express myself I guess this will my little corner of internet where I do feel safe. (Maybe)  I honestly don't mind replies, just be nice... Please (: 
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Rambling again yayyy
by Malecfan
Last post
 7 hours ago
...See more I’m not super talented. I don’t have a niche, or something I’m weirdly good at. I’m not an artist, yet I can get by. I used to have artist friends so I picked up some things but I’m not good. It’s not my thing. I’m not a writer, yet it’s something that helps me get all of the thoughts out of my head. It’s a tool, not a talent. I’m not a sports person, I’m not a massive talker, or a photographer or the millions of other things that exist. That sucks. More than what makes sense. If you have something, thats your thing. You can base your entire life around it and you can follow the passion. I’m a decent artist, decent writer, decent at sports and anyways. I’m decent, passable. I’m smart but not genius levels smart. I can run a takeaway but I’d never be able to own one. I can have ideas, I just can’t pursue them becuase it’s not a passion. It’s a mere fixation that claims me for a while. It sucks, not having a built in direction to follow. People tell me to follow my dreams, but I don’t have any. People ask me why I work at a takeaway and I tell them I enjoy it. I do, but maybe I’m just trying to cling to the one thing I’m more than decent at. I’m decent at relationships. Great even till it gets too serious, till they expect more. Not more as in material or physical. More as in childhood stories, deepest traumas, the bad days. I can’t do all that. I can buy you flowers, I can make your day but I can’t be all that. I can do it all, but you won’t be wowed or impressed. You won’t want more, becuase theres nothing more. I think that’s sad? Living a life just being average at everything. And sure, people might think that oh cool. Yk? Like woah you can do anything? Obviously everything is an exaggeration. But no because I’m not good at anything and for someone with a decade of depression under their belt and much more to come that’s like walking without a destination. There’s no purpose, no motivation. Not unless you look hard for one. Not unless you use any random thing for it, a flimsy escape from reality. Cuz nah, I don’t have hopes and dreams. Nah I have nothing I really enjoy, nope I’m not great at anything. But hey I have my job. My job. Which I still, after four years, have no clue if I enjoy it or if I’m just used to it.
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Does it worth?
by Amymimy2711
Last post
 1 day ago
...See more Nothing seems worth it, so welcome to my diary. I’m Amy, but that’s not my real name, and nobody else’s name here is real, either. Maybe it’s not a diary, though, my mind never stays stuck on just one day I’m always drifting off in my thoughts. IIt would be more like lots of monologues toguether.
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Little’s Public Diary
by Little09
Last post
 1 day ago
...See more 🌸 Little’s Public Diary 🌸 I will be posting in here as frequently as I can (hopefully daily), in reply form. Feel free to read, comment, or skip past! Replies to my entries are welcome as well as appreciated. Some are happy entries, some are uncomfortable, and some may just be about my day! I’m not 100% sure if there are any TWs that I may miss, so please proceed with caution. I want this to be a space where I can express my true, raw emotions without filtering myself. Thank you for reading and stopping by! <3 About me: My first introduction post [https://www.7cups.com/forum/welcome/WelcomeIntroductionsto7Cups_1163/IntroductionHopefulNervous_391110/] ------------------------- Lastly I can’t promise the consistency of my tagging, but I will attempt to use the following: [My Day] / [Pet Update] / [Life Update] (What kind of post/what its about) [Positive] / [Negative] / [Vent] (The tone of the post) [Yap] (just rambling / self explanatory I hope)
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sometimes i wonder
by placidPapaya9970
Last post
 1 day ago
...See more i sometimes think about why i did not just give up but thats when i remember who i am i am someone who wants to have a life .something to be proud of i said to myself i already got this far why stop now and ,, make it count ,, but i never really used that to the full i am not exactly doing everything to have a good life and all that but its not horrible . its okay i just take it slowly since when the last time i rushed it i got a burnout and it was like adrenaline you do everything but then you are tired and can do nothing but if i just take it slowly i can test how things have a impact on my life how i feel and more . before i thought setling down was weak but turn out my opinion was weak because i did not think it trought but i learned so at least thats good and taking it slowly does not make me weak like i thought before, it makes me smarter since i expirinced it i learned it and now i can try to see how it can be just like many other things in life [ and i had to roast myself because its funny to me at least to me i just like to roast myself for my mistakes so at least its funny ,not something i think of later and cant get out of my head , its a nice way of telling my brain nothing to see here just some memories you dont need to remember ] 
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The Forces That Shape Reality
by CradleDuck
Last post
 1 day ago
...See more Reality isn’t shaped by one force. It emerges from countless interconnected forces: physics, chemistry, biology, evolution, ecology, psychology, culture, religion, education, science, technology, economics, politics, law, media, power, energy, resources, geography, history, and human behavior. Each influences the others. Technology changes economics, economics influences politics, politics shapes laws, laws affect incentives, media influences perception, culture shapes behavior, and human behavior changes the environment we all depend on. If we really want to understand why the world is the way it is, we have to look beyond individual events and ask deeper questions: What is being rewarded? What is being punished? What is being optimized? Who controls resources and information? Where does power accumulate? What physical and ecological limits exist? What feedback loops are being created? Reality is not a collection of isolated problems. It is an interconnected system, and understanding those connections is one of the first steps toward understanding how meaningful change actually happens.
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@fossilfellow — Small wins.
by fossilfellow
Last post
 1 day ago
...See more I'll write small things I did for myself to get through the day and take care of myself here 💚
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Exhausted by my illnesses, my family's toxic positivity, and a narcissistic partner. I don’t feel safe to be sick.
by adaptableMelon5342
Last post
 2 days ago
...See more Hi everyone. I’m new here and just really need a safe space to talk where I don't have to pretend to be okay. I am navigating an incredibly heavy list of diagnoses: lupus, fibromyalgia, Sjogren's, endometriosis, chronic migraines, a stroke in my eye, and past TIAs. My body is constantly fighting itself, and the physical toll is exhausting. But what’s making it harder is that I don't feel emotionally safe anywhere. My family constantly pushes this "think positive, don’t speak it into existence" mindset, shutting me down whenever I mention a symptom. Worse, I am in a toxic relationship with a highly narcissistic partner. He has major "main character syndrome" and has explicitly told me that my health conditions are an "inconvenience." Every single time I have to go to the hospital, he picks fights with me about it. I have two kids who depend on me, but whenever my symptoms prevent me from completing daily tasks, he starts arguments, telling me I’m not meeting expectations and cruelly saying he "no longer has expectations of me." It feels like it is a crime for me to be sick in my own home. I am carrying all of these severe diagnoses, trying to protect my kids, and constantly being emotionally punished for being unwell. Has anyone else navigated severe chronic illness while dealing with a narcissistic, unsupportive partner? How do you survive this when your body and your home both feel unsafe? Thank you for reading
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I m kinda sick 🥲
by cheerfulKiwi1776
Last post
 2 days ago
...See more Hey evweyone so... I want to say that these days I wont be active a lot because I m sick and I cannot focus on the aote right now. I ll log in everyday ofcourse but I wont be that active as before. Thanks for the understanding 🤍
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Take the hit
by Malecfan
Last post
 3 days ago
...See more I will wait here as my soul rots because I am nothing if not loyal. I’m impatient which is a funny thing. I won’t wait in lines, I’d rather just leave it alone. I don’t have patience for most people honestly. Yet if you mean something, if you matter to me. I’m endlessly patient. I allow the comments. Passive yet hurtful because I hope that you’ll pick up on it. Hope that you’ll notice the hurt. I allow the ghosting. A week, a month, more. I’ll wait for a text or a reply because you matter. I won’t mention it, I won’t make you feel bad because that’s not the type of person I am. I’ve been used in many different ways by many different people. It doesn’t stop me. I’m still loyal to a fault. Still shoulder more than I’m able. I‘ve seen the destruction other people can cause. I’ve been hurt by other people. I know the pain. I don’t want to inflict that. So if I have to keep taking the hits, keep taking the unbearable loneliness that accompanies it I will.
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Thoughts
by cutegrapes
Last post
 3 days ago
...See more Messed up thoughts , feelings
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I fear
by Malecfan
Last post
 Sunday
...See more Advice isn’t helpful in this topic, neither is niceness or platitudes. I’ve been here before, I’ve said all of this before and yet my mind keeps playing on repeat and my feelings just keep on marching on. I miss her, still. It’s been a year since we last spoke, about two since we were dating. I’ve dated. I’ve been in talking stages, I’ve gone on dates, one or two per person. It doesn’t fit. Each person feels wrong. Like I’m trying to fit into whatever box they want me to be in. Talk more to avoid the silences, avoid topics that I never know how to talk about. Try not to come on to strong, try to be interesting enough for them to want me around. Text but not too much. Push pass the small icks, act like things don’t bother me. I’m good. I’m good at being the second choice, at allowing people to push past my boundaries. I’m good at adjusting, at being what people want. Then I remember you. Or well, you pass through my mind like you always do and I stop. I pause, and I think. I stopped talking to the guy who I made out with on a second date. Who wanted to come to my place for the third date. He pushed, I let him and pretended it was okay. We spoke for 2 months before our first real date. You knew that I flinched at sudden moves, you listened, you paid attention and I felt comfortable. You didn’t push, I didn’t have to pretend. I miss you. Not because you’re perfect. You hid me from your family because you were embarrassed, ashamed. I told you it was okay because I thought it was. It wasn’t. I’m not that guy anymore. I didn’t know that at the time. I’ve dated people who’ve used me. Who used me to decide what or who they’re into. So they can figure out their type, what they want in a guy. I’ve dated people so they can come out to their parents, or p1ss off their homophobic ones. I’ve charmed homophobic parents, I’ve made them far more accepting. That was years ago. Now I just want to love without someone being afraid of loving me back. It’s you. I know it is. I can’t explain why though. I can go on about your looks, how I think you’re gorgeous, stunning beautiful. I can go on about how I felt comfortable, safe, loved in your presence. I can go on about how I love your brain, your personality, your attitude. Theirs so many reasons why I love you. But nothing matters more than the feeling in my bones. I’ve always relied on it. I can tell if an employee will be good or not just after a day. I’m always right. I can tell what customers are going to be an issue or not just after a glance. I know if my mums boyfriends are going to be trouble or not just by a feeling. The moment we got talking, I felt it. It settled into my bones and made no attempt to leave. Even when we fought. Even when we broke up I felt it, still do. I’ll still go on dates. Still be clear about my intentions. Yet I fear I’ll settle so I don’t d-e alone. And I fear that even in 10,20,30+ years that I’ll have this feeling. I fear that some part of me will always be waiting.

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