How I found seven cups

So I had just moved to my new school. As you can probably guess that was a very stressful time. The pressure to find a clique you fit with, make friends, and get settled in. One night, probably at 3ish am as I was not getting any sleep because of my makeup work (I arrived a little late to the school year). It was really stressful and I didn't feel like I fitted in with anyone, I was disconnected from teachers, peers, and even my roommate. Shortly after I began on a downward sprial, school wasn't getting better, I sat alone all the time, and I became isolated.

I was so desperate at that point that I began googling therapy. Wanting something free and chat based was a waste of my time then I just started googling hotlines. Then near the bottom of the search results was 7 cups. I had tried a decent few websites and I was about ready to give up and accept that I would be miserable the rest of the year. I said what the heck and clicked it. Then I connected with my first listener. They were nice and kind and empathetic towards what I was going through. If I could do that too then maybe my struggles would have been worth something over than "bragging" about all the things I've through to my friends. So I signed up, I wasn't very active my first week. In fact I only started taking chats regularly during my second week there. And that's how I became a listener on 7 cups. Yay!