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Laraland
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Number of ratings36 Number of reviews13 Listens toOver 18 LanguagesEnglish, Dutch, German Listener sinceJan 23, 2017 Last activeover 6 months ago GenderFemale PathStep 395 People helped48 Chats229 Group support chats23 Listener group chats27 Forum posts156 Forum upvotes143
Bio

Hello there!

I'm Lara, a freelance artist and an intern here at 7 cups of tea.

I enjoy train rides, hiking, writing, cooking for my friends and challenges.


I know how difficult it can be to reach out, but also, how healing it is to be able to open up and lean on someone.

So I am proud of you for coming this far!

Just send me a message, we can make out a time to chat or we can exchange messages email-style. I might take a while to reply, as I'm at a very busy stage in my life.

The subjects I am most comfortable with are Eating Disorders (and other forms of self harm), Sexuality and Migration. (This does NOT mean I take sexual or sexting chats of any nature, ever! This is not the website for that.)
We can talk in English, German or Dutch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Discussion: Eating Disorders and Recovery
Eating Disorder Support / by Laraland
Last post
 May 19th, 2017
...See more Family support systems are amazing -- but they dont always know how to help. What support do you have from your family/group?Welcome to our Eating Disorder Support Discussion on Eating Disorders and Recovery! We haven't had many dicussions in this subcommunity yet, but you might be familiar with our support discussions from other subcommunities. We want this to be an informative, engaging time for you. Lets remember to show kindness and support to each other. If you need support during this time, please visit the other support rooms, or connect with a listener in a 1-on-1 chat here. https://www.7cupsoftea.com/BrowseListeners/ [https://www.7cupsoftea.com/BrowseListeners/] I will be posting a new question or statement daily, and hopefully we can get some interesting discussion flowing! Feel free to comment on each other (in a respectful manner) or ask questions back. All questions for one discussion will continued to be posted under the main forum thread that was created for the discussion in progress. Eating disorders come in many shapes and forms, and are a chronic illness. While we encourage everyone to participate, I ask that you respect everyones experience with eating disorders. If you feel upset or triggered you can visit 7cups.com/BrowseListeners to connect 1-1. Q1. Lets start today off with an icebreaker. What is one thing that you like to do for self care? ~ Question.2 has now been posted to the thread Q.2 Very briefly, I would everyone like to sharing our diagnosis/disorder so we can be empathetic to the needs of all of the room. Feel free not to participate, but also know that there are people here to support you <3 ~ Question.3 has now been posted to the thread Q.3 What does recovery mean to you? Is it, for example, physical, emotional, spiritual ~ Question.4 has now been posted to the thread Q.4 What makes you want to choose recovery? ~ Question.5 has now been posted to the thread Q.5 What makes you continue to choose recovery? ~ Question.6 has now been posted to the thread Q.6 When you are trying to recover from an eating disorder it can often feel impossible. Do you feel like you have enough support right now? ~ Question.7 has now been posted to the thread Q.7 What are some other places you could reach out to for support? ~ Question.8 has now been posted to the thread Q.8 Lets take a step back and be gentle for a moment. What is one thing you are grateful for about recovery? ~ Question.9 has now been posted to the thread Q.9 Do you worry about relapses? How big of a concern is this for you? ~ Question.10 has now been posted to the thread Q.10 Family support systems are amazing -- but they dont always know how to help. What support do you have from your family/group? ~ Question.11 has now been posted to the thread Q.11 What type of support would you *want* from your family/group? ~ Question.12 has now been posted to the thread Q.12 If there was one thing you could change today in your recovery journey what would it be? Discussion completed! feel free to reply to the questions that were posted!
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What was your turning point?
Eating Disorder Support / by Laraland
Last post
 April 5th, 2017
...See more At what point did you realise that recovery was what you wanted or needed, and that you couldn't put it off any longer?
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Difficult foods: which are you going to challenge yourself to today?
Eating Disorder Support / by Laraland
Last post
 March 18th, 2017
...See more Are there especially scary or difficult foods for you, that you would like to challenge yourself to try? Or if you have tried scary or difficult foods in the past week, how did that go for you?
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Very good listener
She is a light in the darkness. 💫
lara is very professional
She is best
An ideal listener.
Easy to understand, nice.
Caring person, who spends time helping others. For that you have my respect.
Thank you.
very open and understanding
very good listener :)
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Amazing. Listened, made me feel normal, was able to articulate my messy feelings into words I could understand. Just yes. Thankyou so so much!
Absolutely amazing, thoughtful. They used great grammar, which was a huge bonus for me.
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