Paul01atp and zealousPeace46 Help YOU Now :)
Hi there! Do you ever feel like nothing could help and you just want to give up? Maybe it is just something small that you need to get off your chest? Or... something bigger!? Well, this thread is so that you can get that off your chest, access great listeners, get good resources and so so much more. We love you with all our hearts, souls, and minds. Please do not hesitate to PM one of us and we will help you as soon as possible! Please share this link with your friends and tell them about 7cups.com... and most of all feel better because we care about you and we are here to help! NO problem is to big or to small, get the help YOU deserve! We love you so so much!!
-Maria and Paul <3
https://www.7cups.com/forum/MemberSupport_32/GeneralEntries_39/Paul01atpandzealousPeace46HelpYOUNow_19159/
Hi :),if there's anything bothering you and you feel like telling someone about it, you can talk to us and we'll be sure to listen to you.:)
~~Suicide: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/tcdQ3_MAa1rMU-7sf5hF-gw/htmlview?pli=1
Acceptance and Commitment therapy: https://www.7cups.com/act-therapy-techniques/
Do you feel entangled in your pain? Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people accept their pain, decrease suffering, and move toward things that matter in life.
Adjusting to College Guide: https://www.7cups.com/how-to-adjust-to-college-life/
Beginning college is an exciting milestone. The transition to being away from home and meeting heightened academic demands, however, can be challenging and contribute to stress and emotional problems, such as anxiety and depression. This guide is designed to help college students who are feeling overwhelmed to be better able to adjust to college life.
Alcohol & Drug Abuse Guide: https://www.7cups.com/alcohol-drug-abuse/
Whether you are here because you feel the need to get clean, want to cut back, or are just curious about ways you could stop, you probably have the sense that it is time to stop letting substances control you. This course is designed to provide you with learning opportunities related to overcoming substance use and abuse.
Anxiety Guide: https://www.7cups.com/anxiety-help/
Anxiety is one of the most distressing emotions that people feel. It is sometimes called fear or nervousness and is an emotion that everyone experiences at some point in time. It can be difficult to overcome anxiety without learning what exactly anxiety is and without learning helpful coping strategies. This course is designed to provide you with those types of learning opportunities with the goal being to decrease your anxious feelings.
Bullying Guide: https://www.7cups.com/bullying/
Some facts about bullying: Being bullied is oftentimes thought of as simply having to put up with unpleasant behavior. A more realistic perspective is thinking of bullying as a traumatic, tortuous, and systematic destruction of a person?s self-worth and self-belief (Hayes & Herbert, 2011, p. 16). The damage inflicted can be devastating. Are you experiencing fear, humiliation, anger, despair, or isolation as a result of being bullied? This course is designed to help you rise above bullying and rebuild confidence.
Chronic Pain Guide: https://www.7cups.com/chronic-pain/
Chronic pain negatively impacts the lives of millions of people. In addition to physical discomfort, many people who have chronic pain give up favorite activities, decline social outings, and lose friendships as a result of their pain-induced limitations. There is hope, however, to reclaim your life and alleviate some of the suffering you may be experiencing. This course is designed to provide you with learning opportunities related to self-managing chronic pain with the goal being to decrease your experience of suffering and improve your quality of life.
Coping with Loneliness Guide: https://www.7cups.com/how-to-deal-with-loneliness/
Have you ever been among people, even those whom you like, and still felt alone, inadequate, and separate, or just unable to connect with them in a consistent way? If this is often your experience, this guide is designed to help you cope with your feelings of loneliness and learn how to have relationships that are strong, satisfying, and stable.
Depression Guide: https://www.7cups.com/depression-help-online/
A majority of people experience depression at least once during their lifetime. It can be difficult to overcome depression without support, without learning what exactly depression is, and without learning helpful coping strategies. This course is designed to provide you with those types of learning opportunities with the goal being to improve your mood.
Eating Disorders Guide: https://www.7cups.com/eating-disorder-help/
If you are struggling with an eating disorder, you may be somewhat reluctant to complete this course. While receiving help with certain behaviors like binge eating or vomiting may be appealing, it may be less attractive to address other aspects of the disorder. Many individuals who have an eating disorder value and identify with being able to maintain strict control over eating and losing weight, for example. It can be difficult and take time to shift that desire for control to a more healthy approach to weight management. If you are hesitant to receive treatment for your eating disorder, know that there is hope and that you will likely benefit from following the suggestions in this course and/or from seeking professional help.
This course is designed for people who have an eating disorder and would benefit from learning how to overcome disordered eating.
Exercise Guide: https://www.7cups.com/how-to-get-motivated-to-exercise/
Exercise provides numerous physical and mental health benefits. However, many individuals find it difficult to find time or motivation to begin exercising. Many of these barriers can be overcome by recognizing them and finding ways to exercise that work with one?s preferences and personality. This course is designed to help you begin and maintain an exercise routine. There are three lessons within this course.
Family Stress Guide: https://www.7cups.com/family-stress/
Families can be a great source of support, but they can also be a source of significant stress. Oftentimes we do not have control over situations or circumstances that generate stress, but we do have control over how we respond to the situations and communicate with the people involved. This course on dealing with family stress is designed to help you better cope with family stress.
Managing Emotions Guide: https://www.7cups.com/help-managing-emotions/
This course in how to manage your emotions is based on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). This course will teach you how to think about and approach your life and relationships in a helpful way.
Panic Attacks Guide: https://www.7cups.com/panic-attacks-help-online/
Anxiety is a common human emotion. Some forms of anxiety build gradually while others, like panic attacks, occur abruptly. Panic attacks are typically accompanied by intense dread or fear. Thankfully panic attacks usually do not last very long; however, their intensity and unpredictability causes them to be distressing to those who experience them regularly. This course is designed for people who experience panic attacks and would benefit from learning how to overcome them.
Parenting Guide: https://www.7cups.com/parenting/
Becoming a better parent is a pursuit that is well worth the time and energy required to make lasting, positive changes. Our children are counting on us. This course is designed to provide you with learning opportunities related to improving your parenting.
Self-Harm Guide: https://www.7cups.com/self-harm/
Self-injury is a serious response to stress, depression, fear, or distress. Self-injury, whether by cutting, burning, or otherwise hurting oneself, affects many people of all ages. In 2010, 713,000 Americans visited the emergency department due to self-inflicted injuries (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2010). Overcoming the urge to self-harm can be difficult without understanding what drives people to self-harm and learning healthier alternative coping strategies. This course is designed to help you decrease self-harming behaviors and gain a better understanding of why you do what you do.
Sleeping Well Guide: https://www.7cups.com/sleeping-well/
Getting a good night?s rest is a struggle for many people. Stress, anxiety, medical problems, psychological disorders, alcohol, and caffeine can all contribute to having trouble sleeping. If you are having sleep problems and often feel fatigued, this sleeping well guide will be beneficial to you.
Surviving Breakups Guide: https://www.7cups.com/breakup-advice/
The end of a romantic relationship is tough. Musicians have been singing about heartbreak for years and television shows garner high ratings by putting their characters through endless break ups, but personally going through a break up is anything but entertaining. Regardless of whether you or your significant other ended the relationship, you have still lost a close connection.
Startup support Guide: https://www.7cups.com/startup-support/
.Enable you to feel less alone and realize that all startups are very hard. All. Startups. Are. Very. Hard .Help you identify your fears and how they might be unconsciously driving you. Provide you with coping skills so that your startup can be more manageable. Help you to be more honest with yourself and others so that you and the tech industry can perform better.
Test taking Anxiety Guide: https://www.7cups.com/how-to-overcome-test-taking-anxiety/
Do you find yourself feeling anxious about taking tests? You are not alone. Many people suffer from test anxiety. This guide is designed to help you overcome your feelings of anxiety related to test-taking.
Traumatic Experience Guide: https://www.7cups.com/trauamatic-experience-help/
A majority of people experience at least one traumatic event during their lifetime. Depending on the nature of the trauma and the impact it has on the individual who experiences it, recovery from the event may or may not be an easy process. This course is designed for people who have experienced a trauma and are having difficulty moving beyond it.
Work Related Stress Guide: https://www.7cups.com/work-related-stress/
Work and productivity provide meaning and purpose in life. However, lack of organization, time management, financial burdens, numerous demands in life, or job role confusion can often lead to stress at the work place. American Psychological Association conducted a poll in 2007 where work was listed as a major source of stress. Stress impacts work productivity and physical health.
With advances in technology, people are constantly bombarded with work alerts on the phone or email, Facebook statuses of job promotions, and Internet in general. The line between personal boundary and work is getting blurrier day by day. In trying to deal with stressors in life, people often choose unhealthy coping mechanisms or pay the price of ?keeping up? through physical symptoms such as anxiety, high blood pressure, and irritation. So then, what strategies will help deal with work-related stress?
More great resources to come! If you have a question about which is best for you, please message me orPaul! -Maria
~~~~Suicide: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/tcdQ3_MAa1rMU-7sf5hF-gw/htmlview?pli=1
Acceptance and Commitment therapy: https://www.7cups.com/act-therapy-techniques/
Do you feel entangled in your pain? Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people accept their pain, decrease suffering, and move toward things that matter in life.
Adjusting to College Guide: https://www.7cups.com/how-to-adjust-to-college-life/
Beginning college is an exciting milestone. The transition to being away from home and meeting heightened academic demands, however, can be challenging and contribute to stress and emotional problems, such as anxiety and depression. This guide is designed to help college students who are feeling overwhelmed to be better able to adjust to college life.
Alcohol & Drug Abuse Guide: https://www.7cups.com/alcohol-drug-abuse/
Whether you are here because you feel the need to get clean, want to cut back, or are just curious about ways you could stop, you probably have the sense that it is time to stop letting substances control you. This course is designed to provide you with learning opportunities related to overcoming substance use and abuse.
Anxiety Guide: https://www.7cups.com/anxiety-help/
Anxiety is one of the most distressing emotions that people feel. It is sometimes called fear or nervousness and is an emotion that everyone experiences at some point in time. It can be difficult to overcome anxiety without learning what exactly anxiety is and without learning helpful coping strategies. This course is designed to provide you with those types of learning opportunities with the goal being to decrease your anxious feelings.
Bullying Guide: https://www.7cups.com/bullying/
Some facts about bullying: Being bullied is oftentimes thought of as simply having to put up with unpleasant behavior. A more realistic perspective is thinking of bullying as a traumatic, tortuous, and systematic destruction of a person?s self-worth and self-belief (Hayes & Herbert, 2011, p. 16). The damage inflicted can be devastating. Are you experiencing fear, humiliation, anger, despair, or isolation as a result of being bullied? This course is designed to help you rise above bullying and rebuild confidence.
Chronic Pain Guide: https://www.7cups.com/chronic-pain/
Chronic pain negatively impacts the lives of millions of people. In addition to physical discomfort, many people who have chronic pain give up favorite activities, decline social outings, and lose friendships as a result of their pain-induced limitations. There is hope, however, to reclaim your life and alleviate some of the suffering you may be experiencing. This course is designed to provide you with learning opportunities related to self-managing chronic pain with the goal being to decrease your experience of suffering and improve your quality of life.
Coping with Loneliness Guide: https://www.7cups.com/how-to-deal-with-loneliness/
Have you ever been among people, even those whom you like, and still felt alone, inadequate, and separate, or just unable to connect with them in a consistent way? If this is often your experience, this guide is designed to help you cope with your feelings of loneliness and learn how to have relationships that are strong, satisfying, and stable.
Depression Guide: https://www.7cups.com/depression-help-online/
A majority of people experience depression at least once during their lifetime. It can be difficult to overcome depression without support, without learning what exactly depression is, and without learning helpful coping strategies. This course is designed to provide you with those types of learning opportunities with the goal being to improve your mood.
Eating Disorders Guide: https://www.7cups.com/eating-disorder-help/
If you are struggling with an eating disorder, you may be somewhat reluctant to complete this course. While receiving help with certain behaviors like binge eating or vomiting may be appealing, it may be less attractive to address other aspects of the disorder. Many individuals who have an eating disorder value and identify with being able to maintain strict control over eating and losing weight, for example. It can be difficult and take time to shift that desire for control to a more healthy approach to weight management. If you are hesitant to receive treatment for your eating disorder, know that there is hope and that you will likely benefit from following the suggestions in this course and/or from seeking professional help.
This course is designed for people who have an eating disorder and would benefit from learning how to overcome disordered eating.
Exercise Guide: https://www.7cups.com/how-to-get-motivated-to-exercise/
Exercise provides numerous physical and mental health benefits. However, many individuals find it difficult to find time or motivation to begin exercising. Many of these barriers can be overcome by recognizing them and finding ways to exercise that work with one?s preferences and personality. This course is designed to help you begin and maintain an exercise routine. There are three lessons within this course.
Family Stress Guide: https://www.7cups.com/family-stress/
Families can be a great source of support, but they can also be a source of significant stress. Oftentimes we do not have control over situations or circumstances that generate stress, but we do have control over how we respond to the situations and communicate with the people involved. This course on dealing with family stress is designed to help you better cope with family stress.
Managing Emotions Guide: https://www.7cups.com/help-managing-emotions/
This course in how to manage your emotions is based on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). This course will teach you how to think about and approach your life and relationships in a helpful way.
Panic Attacks Guide: https://www.7cups.com/panic-attacks-help-online/
Anxiety is a common human emotion. Some forms of anxiety build gradually while others, like panic attacks, occur abruptly. Panic attacks are typically accompanied by intense dread or fear. Thankfully panic attacks usually do not last very long; however, their intensity and unpredictability causes them to be distressing to those who experience them regularly. This course is designed for people who experience panic attacks and would benefit from learning how to overcome them.
Parenting Guide: https://www.7cups.com/parenting/
Becoming a better parent is a pursuit that is well worth the time and energy required to make lasting, positive changes. Our children are counting on us. This course is designed to provide you with learning opportunities related to improving your parenting.
Self-Harm Guide: https://www.7cups.com/self-harm/
Self-injury is a serious response to stress, depression, fear, or distress. Self-injury, whether by cutting, burning, or otherwise hurting oneself, affects many people of all ages. In 2010, 713,000 Americans visited the emergency department due to self-inflicted injuries (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2010). Overcoming the urge to self-harm can be difficult without understanding what drives people to self-harm and learning healthier alternative coping strategies. This course is designed to help you decrease self-harming behaviors and gain a better understanding of why you do what you do.
Sleeping Well Guide: https://www.7cups.com/sleeping-well/
Getting a good night?s rest is a struggle for many people. Stress, anxiety, medical problems, psychological disorders, alcohol, and caffeine can all contribute to having trouble sleeping. If you are having sleep problems and often feel fatigued, this sleeping well guide will be beneficial to you.
Surviving Breakups Guide: https://www.7cups.com/breakup-advice/
The end of a romantic relationship is tough. Musicians have been singing about heartbreak for years and television shows garner high ratings by putting their characters through endless break ups, but personally going through a break up is anything but entertaining. Regardless of whether you or your significant other ended the relationship, you have still lost a close connection.
Startup support Guide: https://www.7cups.com/startup-support/
.Enable you to feel less alone and realize that all startups are very hard. All. Startups. Are. Very. Hard .Help you identify your fears and how they might be unconsciously driving you. Provide you with coping skills so that your startup can be more manageable. Help you to be more honest with yourself and others so that you and the tech industry can perform better.
Test taking Anxiety Guide: https://www.7cups.com/how-to-overcome-test-taking-anxiety/
Do you find yourself feeling anxious about taking tests? You are not alone. Many people suffer from test anxiety. This guide is designed to help you overcome your feelings of anxiety related to test-taking.
Traumatic Experience Guide: https://www.7cups.com/trauamatic-experience-help/
A majority of people experience at least one traumatic event during their lifetime. Depending on the nature of the trauma and the impact it has on the individual who experiences it, recovery from the event may or may not be an easy process. This course is designed for people who have experienced a trauma and are having difficulty moving beyond it.
Work Related Stress Guide: https://www.7cups.com/work-related-stress/
Work and productivity provide meaning and purpose in life. However, lack of organization, time management, financial burdens, numerous demands in life, or job role confusion can often lead to stress at the work place. American Psychological Association conducted a poll in 2007 where work was listed as a major source of stress. Stress impacts work productivity and physical health.
With advances in technology, people are constantly bombarded with work alerts on the phone or email, Facebook statuses of job promotions, and Internet in general. The line between personal boundary and work is getting blurrier day by day. In trying to deal with stressors in life, people often choose unhealthy coping mechanisms or pay the price of ?keeping up? through physical symptoms such as anxiety, high blood pressure, and irritation. So then, what strategies will help deal with work-related stress?
More great resources to come! If you have a question about which is best for you, please message me or Paul! Also, I would be more than happy to go through a guide with you!!!-Maria
Hey guys! This is Maria and for some reason they blocked me on my Listener account and I don't know why so I am so so sorry...
Hi Maria :),thanks for your post,I have been looking for you,I hope that you are doing fine.you can email the 7cupsoftea support to find out why your account was banned and they may unblock it.
info@7cups.com or community@7cups.com
Hey Nikos! I am not allowed to use my listener account again until I turn 16 but I can still talk to you if you have a listener account and you tell me the name of it :)
[removed by forum moderator - Member Listener Account]
hi,you can message me :)
@nikosjohnson - Creating and linking yourlistener account in a way that exposes your member account in order to be able to converse with a member because you can't through your member account is not permitted.
Please readthis thread from your listener account.
@goldenWalker84 - If you want to talk to a listener you can find a teen oradult teenlistener through the browse page. Also 7 Cups of Tea asks for parental consent from members 13-18 yearsbefore using the service in order to create a safer enviroment for minors. Also you have to be over 13, there are other alternatives for people under 13 at other places of course.If you have problems with your account please send an email at the place listed by nikosjohnson. Thank you.
Oh i am not under 13 :) I am going to be 16 pretty soon and i have parental consent :) I was just trying to find a way to help Nikos out :)
Hey Nikos,
They wont let us.. Is it okay if we just talk on here for now?
oh Nikos!
You should message the other listener that is on this forum!!
@goldenWalker84 - we have several teen or adult teen listeners online right now, so nikos could contact one of them as well for a private 1-1 chat.
hi,can you connect to the group teen chat support?
I have messaged paul by the way
great i hope everything works out... and idk i think so.