Student Support Check-in *December 24 ~ December 31 2023*
Student Support Check-in
December 24 ~ December 31 2023
Hello, Lovely Student Support Community! Welcome to our weekly check-in.
Hey beautiful student support community! How are we all doing? I can not believe that this will be the last checkin for 2023! It has been a crazy year for sure. I hope that for those celebrating holidays this month, you have been able to take care of yourself and enjoy yourself. I would also like to give a warm welcome to @ReganL becoming a Room Supporter on the team! Congratulations friend! For you all, What's been going on in your life? I would love to hear updates. I hope you all are managing through and have a good week ahead. We are always here for you and you are not alone <3
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I would love to welcome you to participate in some reflection questions! Feel free to answer as many or as few as you would like. Also, feel free to share anything on your mind or say hi if you would like that!
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For those new to the sub-community, our weekly check-ins are an opportunity to get to know each other a little bit better and offer continual support - they help us maintain our community feels. You can either use the reflections below to help aid your discussions or simply talk and get something off your chest ❤️ Whatever you post; we eagerly await your response!
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Here are some reflections for the week
❀ How are you holding up lately? Physically? Mentally? Emotionally?❀
❀Reflect on this past year… Highlights? Challenges?❀
❀ If you could design your own superhero cape, what would it look like?❀
We hope you all have a wonderful week. I look forward to hearing everyone’s responses, and please don't hesitate to reach out for support.
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@FaithfulZareia
Hi, thank you!
@ToAutumn
Hey Autumn! Welcome to cups! Hope you have an amazing week ahead <3
@FaithfulZareia
❀ How are you holding up lately? Physically? Mentally? Emotionally?❀
I'm doing pretty good physically, I am luckily I have not gotten sick! Mentally it was a challenging week however I am so glad many of my friends and community are still together after this week. Emotionally I have pretty well, a little tried! But that will get better the more we find out new normal here again!
❀Reflect on this past year… Highlights? Challenges?❀
This is a good one. My highlights for this year other then coming to cups would be: The amount of growth I have done. Finding a Community that support me for who I am. Pushing and learning my new limits. Become a leader within my school. Learning some new instruments. And learning not all adults I have to like or trust and I am allowed to feel hurt when they do hurt me. Challenges would be for me a lot of anxiety that I have had to overcome this passed year. Learning how to cope and live with that I think has been my largest challenge in all for this year
❀ If you could design your own superhero cape, what would it look like?❀
It would be this shade of green or this shade of purple with silver glitter on it so I can see it pretty easy! I might but a science simple on it as well with some rainbow shining fabric to give it a little bit of spark!
Thanks for this Zareia, I enjoy being able to answer these questions.
~ Regan
@ReganL
Hey lovely regan! thanks so much for joining our checkin this week! lovely seeing you as always
Im glad to hear that you have managed to stay healthy and away from sickness so far! I hope it stays that way for you, Sorry to hear that its been a bit of a challenging week. holidays and life can really take its toll, its always nice to be thankful fro the people and communities in your life. Hope you get some nice rest even as we transition back into school and exam weeks ahead.
Aw I have definitly seen your growth on cups! you are turning into an amazing listener and leader here at cups, especailly with your hosting and work in tl, all the work you are doing does not go unnoticed. It really is nice to finally find people that accept you for who you are. you have accomplished some pretty cool stuff with school and instruments, It is definitely okie to feel hurt from people how have hurt you. those feelings and emotions are valid, we do get to choose who we trust and who is in our life to some extend, Anxiety is defiinyl something that can be really hard to cope with, I hope that the new year brings you some peace and new ways to adapt. I abousltly love your idea for a cape! I hope you are having a great start to the new year!
@FaithfulZareia
• Thank you for doing these check in, it helps a lot of people out there, I hope everything's going well with you
My Reflections
1. I don't know how I'm doing to be honest, I have no room to process my old feelings, had exams this week and anxiety kept bubbling up and now it's even more anxiety for results, i think it's all becuz of expectations, expectations would give disappointment but I've been always living upto expectations, mine, my parents, my teachers and I don't know how to reduce them now, it's like I'd be meaningless without them, mentally today I've been feeling a little more low, more like burnt out and purposeless even though I've got loads of studying to do
2. Past year has been a Rollercoaster, Highlights yes one good thing I passed my pre med and got into med school which added even more stress but still I've been working for it since 2021 and finally got it, challenges were there adapting to med school was one of the biggest one out of all
3. Thanks once again for doing this
@diplomaticPerson3739
hey dip, thanks so much for joining our checkin this week <3
Its sounds like you have been going through alot, its totally okie to not know how you are doing? it can be really hard when we dont have the space to work through those emotions and experiences. It sounds like a stressful week with exams and now is ht hard part the anxious waiting game, I hope that your results are what you hoped for. I know that we all have expecataions and want to do well, and it can be hard if we dont live up to our own expectations, but remember to be gentle with self, you did your best, you worked really hard, and that is enough, we all have days that we cant do much or feel burnt out, maybe its okie to take that break and recharge before we get back to studying.
oh my gosh congratulations on passing pre med, that is huge accomplishment and must have taken a lot of work and dedication, med school is alot of stress, adjusting to a new environment and routine to live can be quite challenging, I hope that you enjoy your schooling and have a awesome start to the new year!
@FaithfulZareia
cuteee i love this!
i’m doing good:) studying hard so that when break ends i’ll be ready to dominate in math haha. hope everyone is good too!<3 hugs if wanted
@steph8402
Hey Steph thanks so much for joining our checkin this week! So glad to hear you are doing well! It sounds like you have been working super hard with maths! I hope it all pays off! Happy new Year! hugs
@FaithfulZareia
it has been paying off! hooray! *huggies back*
@steph8402
im so happy for you Steph <3
@FaithfulZareia
❀ How are you holding up lately? Physically? Mentally? Emotionally?❀
Pretty good overall, since I handed in my last essay for the term I've been a lot less stressed. The last two days have been harder though. But since I started on medication my head has been a lot clearer than before. I don't feel compelled to do absolutely nothing, I have the energy to do stuff. Now I'm just... choosing to do nothing. Lol.
❀Reflect on this past year… Highlights? Challenges?❀
Highlights were completing my first year of university, starting some new medicines, Halloween and the dinner ladies letting me take home pumpkins from the dining hall to my room, my friend coming round to visit me, and Christmas of course. Challenges were my depression apparently got a lot worse, felt very demotivated, didn't do as well on uni work as I would have wanted. Hopefully the medicine will sort some of that out. I'm looking forward to next year for sure.
❀ If you could design your own superhero cape, what would it look like?❀
A lot of purple, probably pastel colours, easy on the eyes. Maybe a cloud.
@ItsReganingRain
Hey rain thanks so much for joining our checkin this week!
Im super gald to hear that things have been going pretty well overall. I can definitly relate to the immense no stresss when we finally hadn't everything in and get a break from school. Getting on medication can definitely cause a lot of changes, I hope that they are good, and that it helps, its complettly okie to take a break and not do anything. those sounds like som great memories form the year! im sorry to hear about your struggles with depression, its definitly not an easy thing to go through, I hope your new year is ful of all good things!
Hey @FaithfulZareia! Hope all is going well for you and happy new year!
❀ How are you holding up lately? Physically? Mentally? Emotionally?❀
💮It has been a long year but I'm grateful to have found 7 cups a mist of all of it!
Physically: getting a lot of rest. Mentally: deadlines are coming up so a bit worried about that. Emotionally: family is always a bit complicated during winter break but as long as we're able to move past it, we'll be fine.
❀Reflect on this past year… Highlights? Challenges?❀
💮This past year has brought a lot of people into my life that I am thankful for, some that I've also grown apart from unfortunately but, I'm glad to have met
❀ If you could design your own superhero cape, what would it look like?❀
💮Oh I think I would like a lilac cape with flowers on them since I'm quite fond of them!
Hey staw berry! lovely seeing you as always! thanks so much for joining our checkin this week! im glad to hear you have been getting lots of rest with the break! But it can be a very complicated time of year for parents and families. its not really fun to be around all that negativity and problems. I hope everyone able to move past like you said and come out stronger. I wish you the best of luck for your exams and prep I know it can be really stressful but you got this! Its always really nice to have meet good people this year but it also makes you miss the people that you have grown apart from, All those people have been in life for a reason sometimes its just not as long as we would have liked. ohhh that sounds like a super pretty cap, I hope that the new year is treating you kindly friend!