Welcome to 7 Cups! Introduce yourself here!!

Hi everyone! I’m really excited to join the 7Cups community as a listener. I truly appreciate this platform for being a safe and welcoming space where anyone can seek support during challenging times. I hope to contribute, even in little ways, to this wonderful community by being a listener.

I’m looking forward to connecting with such a caring group of listeners and members. I hope to be a helpful presence for others, and I also look forward to learning more about both my own mental health and mental health in general through this experience.

Things are a bit busy with school at the moment but I’m hoping to gradually start picking up chats and begin my journey here on 7Cups!

Hi everyone, new here finding it helpful to be a listener

@Heather225 hi everybody I'm FB. I'm looking for good vibes. And I hope to share some good vibes with y'all.

@Heather225 & everyone! I am not sure where to start so I'll answer the suggested questions :)

What brought you to us? I cannot afford to pay for therapy and was googling any potential free resources out there. I felt a HUGE benefit from when I use to attend therapy but since my husband switched jobs (no blame on him, his previous job covered 95% of insurance costs but he HATED his job so a change needed to be made) and we cannot afford insurance through either of our jobs. So yeah was hoping to find a form of free to EXTREMELY low cost therapy which doesn't appear to exist. Which I get, therapists have bills to pay too.

What do you hope to find here? I guess a way to cope with my stress and anxiety... find healthy outlets and maybe a neutral source to talk my problems out with and verify I am making healthy choices for myself... overall... 

What are your goals for being part of the community? To get to a better place mentally. I feel like I am on the edge daily of making terrible life choices (like quitting my job haha. No bills will be paid without that) and love myself and be able to "save" myself when I am having a hard day... all very shelfish goals right now... 

A little more about me. I am married (will be ten years next October) overall happy marriage I would say 80-90% of the time. Two kids 9 and 14 both of us work full-time and bought a restaurant in Sept 2024. I also clean houses on the side but reduced from 9 clients/week to 2 clients. Only one is a consistent week to week job Wednesday after my 8-5 job. 

I LOVE dancing, painting, camping, hiking and I feel like I forgotten anything else I like to do with how busy I have become. I lost 105lbs between 2017 and 2019 and have gained 20lbs of that back. My previous therapist mentioned I have a food addiction and that's my fall back when I feel anything but happy and my clothes are getting tight which doesn't help my mental state... okay I need to stop haha

Hi everyone. I am sorry that is not the best introduction but I told myself I wouldn't hide things here or put on a happy face just cause....

Hope everyone is doing well. Welcome to 7cups.

Hi, my name is Ivan, I just found this app and thought that it could be worth a try, so here's a bit of an introduction of me. I'm 23, I'm trans, and I'm in online classes to get a graphic design degree. I've managed to isolate myself quite a bit in the past several years, so I guess I came here to try to find people to talk to, maybe make some friends and find a community.

@Heather225

Hi, I am Michele, and I am a new intern.

@Heather225

I'm GentleFish,

As I continue growing on my own personal journey, part of understanding where I could improve is by engaging in a community where many different personalities come together on one shared interest. Mental health support. I'm not seeking support for myself. Rather I am trying to connect and understand what the experience is like for other people who have either gone through similar issues I've dealt with. Or to find new perspectives on things I may not have thought of, experienced, or considered.

I signed up as a Listener to drive home that connection with other people. I work in the mental health field, not as a licensed counselor or therapist, as an integral part of facilitating treatment to various clients. I work directly with individuals from all walks of life. Calling myself a peer supporter isn't quite accurate because I do more than that. Overall, the goal is the same. To provide support.

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Hey all, I'm new here. Glad to be part of this community. It is refreshing. I look forward to getting to know more about the 7 Cups community! :)

I’m cyrus