Hey! Don't get into traps
HELLO new people out there and also those who are already on 7 cups.
I am Vagisha.. being a responsible listener I thought it is necessary for me to make you aware about this!
Yesterday I logined with my member account cause I needed someone to listen to me. There was a listener 1 let's say ( I won't mention name ) who took my chat.. and tried to help me by providing contact of a phycologist for free.. For a second I thought to go for it!
But on second thought I realized no phycologist is really free just to listen to you anytime!
I didn't got into it..
After that I tried to talk to another listener 2 and I got to know that listener 1 was actually trap.. she told me this👇
Member talked to phycologist he provided.. but later they shared telegram I'd.. That member was actually going through something bad she texted him telling the stuff's... you know when people tell there stuff's to them they will try to console them and give advice.
This guy was like you can stay with me if you wanted too
I will be with you forever, we can know each other well (he was saying stuff like that
By the way he is 30 something
You need to understand that this is community for the people and by the people... we listener are not phycologist we just know skills to listen actively..
You can be a member and a listener too.. you just need to practice active listening skills.. you can be a good listener too... we as listener like to listen to people.. may be we can add value or be the someone who everyone wants for them..
You may think yourself that anyone doesn't provide free service.. there is something behind it..
Think if you become phycologist by grinding in college... would you ever provide professional help for free?
You all can help by tagging people you know!
@rosahere @fristo @suisshiningandsoareyou
@callmemikasa
@sunisshiningandsoareyou
@itsmeakash
@calmingpalm3784
@Vagi
Thank you Vagi for making us all aware of this.
Do share with other people if you know!
@Vagi I don't want people to be scared away from free counselling services. There ARE counsellors where there will be no fee - sometimes they are being paid by an organization, and there are times they will donate their time. For example - there are therapists on 7cups who post to the forums helping people and as far as I know this is all on their own time. https://www.7cups.com/forum/therapy/ is where most of these threads are. This is not 1-1 therapy though.
I definitely agree with you, don't connect with someone who just claims to be a psychologist on 7cups offsite and little else to back up that claim. 7cups offers a database of therapists - both for the paid 7cups therapy option as well as for people to reach out them offsite https://www.7cups.com/therapists/search.php/ This is one of the exceptions where offsite contact is allowed.
In general, I think the trap here occurs if someone contacts a member or listener off of 7cups. It's difficult to verify someone is who they claim to be, even moreso on an anonymous site. 7cups has safety protocols when using the site, if you move to a different platform 7cups can no longer do much to help.
Actually I didn't knew about it.. Thank you for telling this.. what can I do to correct this post.. or if you can just make a new thread for correct information.
@Vagi If you use this form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSePF0i2FXJndT8X0SlZAzqaTawHaBvc_H8yUGeoH4chbm5tPg/viewform
you can put exactly how you want the edited post to look - feel free to copy any part of my post into how you want the edited version to be!
@AffyAvo I am not sure actually.. I mean I just wanted to spread awareness...
@Vagi Another trap I want to share. I have discovered a couple of fake profiles. Both lead to discomfort. Hang on to your privacy.
@TrueSight I am sorry to hear that.. just be aware and spread positivity..
