Members - Welcome to 7 Cups! Introduce yourself Here!
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This post is dedicated to welcoming members. If you are a listener, please show support to the members who post here! Listeners can introduce themselves here.
Hi there! We are so excited you joined 7 Cups! Allow us to welcome you by posting in this thread!
Please tell us why you are here and what topic are you seeking support for?
How can we best support you?
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edited by ASilentObserver as of Feb 17, 2021
ciao. to sum it up - people sigh when i walk into the room, and it's never a compliment. i joined feeling like crap and i still feel like crap just a little more high-quality. nice place. could do with a fireplace to burn regrets, but otherwise a very enjoyable website.
@duke14
Hi, welcome to 7 Cups. We're happy to have you here and it's nice to meet you. We hope you're having a great time in this website.
Welcome @duke14 - a fireplace to burn regrets - love the image that immediately hit my brain when I read that. This place gets better with time, especially when you connect with a listener who really "gets you." There are many awesome listeners and forums on this site, and I hope you find just the perfect fireplace at some point soon and leave those regrets in ashes.
@duke14
Hi there, well I didn't sigh, when I saw your name!! (Haha, I mean that jokingly not sarcastically) so that's good, right? Nice to meet you and welcome, I hope you find what you're looking for! 😃
Me also new here and just learning how this all works....43 female Canada lots of issues, lots to learn! Feeling brave and putting myself out here/there today, which has taken me some time but I'm figuring this is the only way to get to know people, right? To converse with them?
@Hope I joined 7 Cups to develop my active listening and cnversation skills that will help in my career as a therapist
@NewDr4All
Hi, Welcome to 7 Cups. We're really glad to have you here.
@NewDr4All So glad to hear that! Wish you the best luck to be a future therapist. You got this!
Hi! I joined earlier this morning but haven't done much yet. I am a female from the states. I struggle with anxiety, depression, disordered eating, quite a few medical struggles and probably more. Things have gotten bad mentally which are starting to really effect me physically. I draw, sing, play video games, and love to talk. I guess that's all I'm going to say for now
@MyCupRunneth
Hi, welcome to 7 Cups. Thanks for sharing with us. If you have any questions about this website/app, feel free to let us know. We'll be happy to help you.
@MyCupRunneth Welcome to 7 cups, i am so sorry that you are going through a tough time. I really hope everything gets better and never forget that you are an amazing person. Wish you the best of luck
Hello everyone! I am here to try to learn to control my moods. I am high key in denial about being bipolar ii-- I was hospitalized a few years ago and went off my meds because they were trying to switch me from anti-depressive to a mood stabilizer. I left AMA before they could add that diagnosis to MDD and GAD, neither of which I think I have. However, the depressions following hypomania are impeding my ability to live on my own and succeed in school (I'm already on leave and am still not in the condition to return). I cannot go to the doctor but im trying to get functioning. I finally bit the bullet because I'm starting to fall back down the slippery slope of a serious major depressive episode. I habor a lot of self hatred because I think I dont have any real reason to struggle doing this basic stuff as I do. I just want to feel like myself again, and I don't want anyone I know to know how much I am hurting. Ive always been a caretaker, so this seems more reciprocal than regular old therapy. We'll see; I am hopeful.
Welcome to 7 Cups, @amiontheedge - glad that you are here and know you are in a great place full of listeners who can provide support and encouragement as you figure out your path. Take care!
@amiontheedge Welcome to 7 cups!!
I just joined and have just been trying to familiarise myself with the community. I get bouts of depression sometimes and have suicidial thoughts once in a while. I have never been to therapy or counseling in the past. Hoping to just have a place to help me tide through the bad days as I try to tough them out.
Hello @mrsherbo, we are so glad you are here! Our support community is a place for you to make your home on the internet. Through building strong connections with the community in the group rooms, 1-1 chats, forums and utilizing the support resources available, you can join a path towards a more peaceful, pain-free life. There will be struggles along the way, we want you to lean on our community through life's ups and downs. We are really glad you made it!
This is my personal link
https://www.7cups.com/111218584
Hello!
I am new. My name is Mario and I struggle with anxiety and depression after my painful divorce.
Now I am remarried and I have a 1 year old son but my anxiety/depression symptoms sometimes are overwhelming me and I feek very guilty towards my spouse and my kid for that.
I have done therapy in the last 3 years and things have gotten better. I want to give this a try because I think I may find lots of good support here,
@DIDMARIO
Haha welcome Mario, when you read MY post right before yours you will see why I'm laughing...of course YOU had to be the first MAN I meet on here! Open mouth, insert foot!
(Nice to meet you though!). I too suffer from depression, anxiety and PTSD....it's definitely helpful to realize we are FAR from alone! 😁
@DIDMARIO So sorry that you are going through a tough time. I really hope that 7 cups can help you in the best way possible. Hope everything gets better!! Welcome and i am so happy that you are here
@DIDMARIO hi! My boyfriend also had a terrible divorce and just started therapy so that he doesn't project those issues on to me ( he already has though 😔). Do you have any advice on how I could support him or make him feel better?
Hi all!
New 43 year old female from Canada (are there even ANY men here??) Lol...not that I need (a man) or want one (haha) I already have one of those and he's ENOUGH! LOL. I'm just saying, it seems like we're mostly women here, I guess because we are the lovely gender who needs to vent in order to process our feelings generally speaking...no offense to any guys here who need that too!! I hope you all find what you're looking for!
Looking forward to getting to know more of you and letting you get to know me! Ask me anything I'm an open book! 😁
@Doglovercward What is your favorite thing to do for fun? And Welcome to 7 cups! Happy that you are here
Welcome to cups. I hope u wil. Find help on cups.
Hello,
New to 7Cups but not self-help chats.
@Traveller52659 Welcome! So happy to have you
@sallysalad1233 Thank you.
Hi I'm new here, I have complex post traumatic stress disorder and find it so hard to get through the days as I have nobody whoi can talk to on weekends and evenings. It's the lonlieness that I'm afraid of.
@proactiveCranberry5089
Welcome to 7cups. We are glad to have you here :) It is tough to deal with CPTSD. You are very brave to be here. The loneliness caused by it could be difficult to manage at times. I hope you feel better and healthy with time. Here is a link which you might be interested in https://www.7cups.com/forum/TraumaSupport_60/ComplexTraumaPTSD_786/
@proactiveCranberry5089 Welcome Cranberry! You got this