Anyone can be a Social Soldier! Find out more here!~ (OLD THREAD)
Welcome to the official forum thread for the Social Soldiers! Im glad youre here; youre amazing, and Im glad youre part of the community.
Introduction
The Social Soldiers project was created with the intent on eliminating the stigma that comes along with mental illness on social media, guiding those who are depressed/having a hard time/need someone to talk to right here to 7CupsOfTea. As Laura explained in her lovely thread right here, we need to be here for people who may feel as though they have no other place to turn.
What are Social Soldiers?
Social Soldiers are people that use 7Cups-designated social media to guide people in the right direction, hopefully leading them to the site where they can talk to someone who truly cares. They use the handles Twitter, Reddit and/or Tumblr, and check the tags for depression, or self harm, or anything along those lines.
Who can be a Social Soldier?
Anyone! Thats the beauty of this project; literally anyone can get involved with it.
What isnt a Social Soldier?
Sharing your own personal social media with other members/listeners.
Someone that shares their personal social media in this thread.
Just to debunk a question that may be asked, you can totally share your referral link on your personal social media handles, however we do ask that you dont share your personal social media handle here. If you have a big following on Twitter, and youd rather use your personal account to spread the word, thats totally okay, just do not share with other members/listeners your personal account. If you have any questions on this, feel free to PM me.
How to get involved?
Read through our post on the new team, to understand the changes a little more as well as to find the links to apply.
Project Leadership
@ArwaS - Project Leader
@Erato - Twitter Team Leader
@Yendi - Tumblr Team Leader
Find 7 Cups on social media here - Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest
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By me being a listener on the site not only makes others feel valued and important but also myself. Helping others is a big passion of mine and thanks to this site I can continue helping others and make them feel positive about themselves
I think this site is absolutely amazing to have, I feel so many feel like someone cares about them here.
I've shared 7 cups of tea on my facebook account
I love helping others
It's therapeutic to help others :)
Helping others is a healing process for everyone.
I absolutely love helping others
Shared on GooglePlus and Facebook! Making others feel better is a better way to feel better about oneself.
I just want to share how giving it is to help other people. That is my passion. This community is a gift to both listener and those in need
@Kathie the site is amazing
I found this site when I needed someone to talk to about my depression. My battle with this cruel mental illness was the reason for me to choose this topic for an exam in German and I would like to hear what you guys think: What has to be done in order go integrate people, who suffer from mental illnesses? Many of these people can't find a job because of their sickness and that makes it even harder to get enough money to survive in this world. I would like to hear your opinion on this topic and when my work is done, I will share it with you in both English and German ( and Bulgarian, if anyone is interested in that).