I do not do chats related to breakups, children, domestic violence, parenting, relationship stress, PTSD/Trauma.  I have to be honest, I have no experience in these topics.

Hello there. I am glad you found me at 7 Cups of Tea. I am a trained listener and have done a lot of listening to friends and others over my adult years. I am the proud daddy of Little One (momma) my 12 yr old cat who runs the place...no kidding. I like to read and mess around on the computer. I own a little home based biz. I like to listen to and help folks as much as I can. I have had a lot of folks help me through my down times and have learned a lot over the last 29 yrs, I hope I can help others for years to come.  I am 48 and have been through a lot in my life.  I have suffered from depression, loneliness, worry, obesity, shyness and more most if not all my life.  I have learned how to fight these things with depression being a big fight over the last 30 yrs or so.  When I was a child, it was like I was to be seen and not heard.  I was the middle child and my mom always told me that my 3rd-grade teacher told me that the middle child gets blamed for everything and boy is it true.  I got blamed for everything even if I was not even anywhere near home.  Even after I moved out at around 19 yrs old, I still got blamed for stuff.  I have been through therapy for quite a few years and one of the big things it helped me with was learning how to deal with my depression and also brought me out of my shyness, I would say about 95% out of it.  I was shy around every family member when young.  Friends now days do not believe that I was that shy cause now I talk a lot.  I hope I can help others with my experiences.