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by LoveMyMoonflowers
Last post
 November 22nd
...See more Hey everyone (: I hope your all doing okie 💙 and if your not (': we *do* care about you and we would really love to be there for you whenever you need us. 💜 I really hope you know that you don’t have to do this alone, buddy.  i don’t know what your going through right now, exactly. i don’t know how you feel (': but i’d like to remind you that it *is* okay to *feel* 💙 and it’s okay to take your time when figuring things out. it may be hard to explain how your feeling as well and i get that. 💜 (it’s important to take some time for yourself also 🥰 please do try being kind to yourself 🥺)  and some days… it just feels like too much, doesn’t it? we feel like we can’t take it anymore, we can’t go on anymore. Things just get too overwhelming, life just gets too hard… and hope seems like a distant dream. i know i’ve felt this way many times (': i think many of you might be able to relate 💙 but honestly, i need to remind you that there *is* hope, and you really can keep going. your never ever alone 💜 and you’ve never been truly alone.  And even though you might have never seen it, you are strong. stronger than you think you are. You’ve come *this* far and I am so so proud of you. i know it hasn’t been easy. i’m so proud of you. 💙 i’m sending so so so much love your way 💜 you deserve it, you really do 🥺 we love you, we care about you *always* and yes, there *is* hope for you. 💙 i promise.  🌙 Ni 🌸 @HealingTalk 
Weekly Prompt #41: How do you perceive your own resilience and ability to cope with challenges?
by ASilentObserver
Last post
 November 19th
...See more Hello all, I hope you are all being easy on yourself this week. A few weeks ago we discussed: How does your depression affect your ability to care about and take care of others? [https://www.7cups.com/forum/depression/General_2427/WeeklyPrompt40Howdoesyourdepressionaffectyourabilitytocareaboutandtakecareofothers_336335/] Thank you to all who participated and shared their thoughts and questions for discussion. They were thought-provoking questions and thoughts. I hope you all did too. If you didn't share yours, please share them here [https://www.7cups.com/forum/depression/General_2427/WeeklyPrompt40Howdoesyourdepressionaffectyourabilitytocareaboutandtakecareofothers_336335/] and I look forward to reading and discussing them with you This week's prompt: How do you perceive your resilience and ability to cope with challenges? To perceive your resilience and ability to cope with challenges, you can reflect on your past experiences, identify your strengths, ways to embrace a positive mindset etc. Let's get started and share your thoughts with us. I look forward to hearing all your thoughts and ideas.  Join us in the 24/7 Depression Support Group Chat [https://www.7cups.com/connect/groupChatrooms.php]
Your Poem...
by EmmaE
Last post
 July 17th
...See more Hi everyone, I came across this poem prompt and thought I'd share it here if anyone would like to try! ------------------------- My Poem (Title) My name is (name). Today I feel like a/an (adjective) (noun) (verb)ing in the (noun). Sometimes I am a/an (noun) Sometimes I am a/an (noun) But always I am (adjective). I ask the world, "(question)?" And the answer is a/an (repeat your words from line 2). ------------------------- If you’d like to join the depression support team, please check out THIS POST [https://www.7cups.com/forum/7CupsLeadership_188/SubcommunityHelpWanted_2306/HelpWantedDepressionSupport2023_295219/] for more information. To join our tag list and receive notifications, click HERE [https://www.7cups.com/forum/DepressionSupportCommunity_52/DepressionSupportLeadershipTeam_404/NEWautomateddepressionsupporttaglist_274831/].
Depression Can Feel Like a Lonely Fight-Let’s Support Each Other
by soulstrenght
Last post
 27 minutes ago
...See more There was a time when I couldn’t see past the heaviness of depression. It felt like I was stuck in a never-ending cycle, constantly battling my thoughts and emotions, not knowing how to break free. I’d have days where getting out of bed felt impossible, and even the smallest tasks seemed overwhelming. But over time, I started learning how to navigate through it. It wasn’t easy, and it didn’t happen overnight, but little by little, I began finding things that helped. I remember discovering certain strategies and mindset shifts that made a difference—small but meaningful steps. It was those moments that gave me hope that I could take control again. As I continued this journey, I ended up writing a E-book, The Silence [https://payhip.com/b/HhnJu], about my struggles with anxiety and depression. I wanted to share what helped me in the hopes that it might help someone else. If you’re feeling like you’re in a similar place, just know you’re not alone. We all have our battles, but together, we can get through them.
Welcome to a New Month of Healing and Hope! ❄️✨
by Angelanj
Last post
 3 hours ago
...See more ⋆꙳•̩̩͙❅*̩̩͙‧͙ ‧͙*̩̩͙❆ ͙͛ ˚₊⋆ Welcome to December! ⋆꙳•̩̩͙❅*̩̩͙‧͙ ‧͙*̩̩͙❆ ͙͛ ˚₊⋆ Newcomers, we're thrilled to have you join our supportive community! This is a place where you can share your experiences, connect with others, and find understanding. Returning Members, welcome back! Your presence and resilience inspire us all. Quote of the Month: "In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there’s an invincible summer." - Albert Camus December is Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) Awareness Month. If you're feeling the weight of the shorter days and colder weather, know that you're not alone 🫂. SAD is a type of depression that’s related to changes in seasons. It’s estimated that around 5% of the global population experiences SAD each year. Prompt of the Month : Share your experiences with SAD. What strategies have you found helpful in managing your symptoms? Fun Facts About SAD: * SAD can affect people of all ages. * Symptoms of SAD can vary from person to person. * Light therapy is a common treatment for SAD. * Regular exercise and a healthy diet can help manage SAD symptoms. Remember, you’re not alone 🫂. Let’s work together to overcome the challenges that come with December.
A break from depression and 7cups.
by CallumKing2000
Last post
 4 hours ago
...See more Okay well here I am, back with another post, I know they are not the best when I post and they can get depressing but this time I have to do this. To those who may have forgotten me i was Kingburger23 but recently I got a name change to my real name which you all know me as CallumKing2000 these days, however that is not what this post is about, I am making this post to let people know and my cups friends, I hope they are my friends, that I am taking a small vacation break, you see some of you knew today that I went into the sharing circle to share and I shared my feelings and thoughts, and when I shared I went back and I got so so sooo anxious to ask again so I logged out had an anxiety attack and logged back in and shared a few hours after explaining I need a break in General, so if people can pass on the news to the mindfulness team and just explain I won't be there for a while. As of tomorrow I will be booking into a hotel for a week to clear my mind and have some me time as I am not used to being around people alot, I just wanted to let people know that I am okay I will be taking time and I'll be doing mindfulness while alone. I just wanted to let folks know around here that I'm thinking of them and what they may be going through, so I will take my leave for tonight and get some rest and be freshed up for tomorrow. Look after each other guys. And I'll see you all when I get back. I love you ❤️ Tags: @iampapaya @SolitaryBird @Patienceimpatient @Bestvase7265 @TinyWhisper11 @VictoriaLove7 @Accidentaltentacles @adventurousBranch3786 @amiablepeace77 @Kala @Mymelaninnarritive @compassionateOak202 P.S, I also wanted to tag goldenpear but she has numbers in her name and I was looking for her. Thanks 🤜🤛
Sad
by Kendallj28
Last post
 5 hours ago
...See more Feels like depression is back and seems like my cousin has mental health
Not feeling well with new meds
by SmollOne
Last post
 5 hours ago
...See more I started Zoloft today, starting low at 25mg, half a pill, getting a really bad headache and feeling so nauseous, its a little difficult to eat. my psychiatrist said it may give me some stomach issues but uhg I feel not so great. Really hoping it doesn't last long. If I still feel like this tomorrow, I think I'll have to call in from work again
Hello
by agreeableCherry1356
Last post
 5 hours ago
...See more I’m quite new here, and I have a couple of questions. They are : What do I do when I’m depressed? Could you tell me more about depression? I would be really grateful if y’all answered them!! Thank you for reading this too!
help
by Phoenix1234theythem
Last post
 5 hours ago
...See more im not doing well at all just getting worse thoughts getting worse depression worse everything is worse. ik im so lucky to have a fab support circle but not enough anymore, i need professional help so im gonna ask my parents for a therapist. except i am bad at opening up so probably even the therapist won’t rlly be able to help cos they won’t even know what’s wrong with me. heck i barely know what’s wrong with me myself.
My 7 Cups Dream Journal
by integrityblues
Last post
 6 hours ago
...See more Entry 1: The Boxes of Cats It was a little strange but what I remember most is visiting a house that was in my old neighborhood that I’d recently moved from (it really wasn’t, so dream logic) but I came back to collect something I left or my mother left. It was very sad and the people who were there now were sort of okay with me wandering around and looking. I kept noticing the signs that I’d once lived there (painted over places that still revealed chipped paint and stuff I recognized from my apartment). Then I looked beneath a couch or table and found boxes full of kittens. Two boxes were full of meowing kittens in water that the new home owners had no idea were there, and one more box held a very dead cat that was an older one from a previous litter. All of the kittens were starving without their mother and I knew that it was the reason why the older one passed. The new owners suddenly smelled the dead cat and I took it upon myself to get rid of it. When I came back an hour later all of the kittens were gone, and when I was walking past another house I could see all the kittens. They’d all grown up into adult cats!
to stay or to grow?
by lizashii
Last post
 6 hours ago
...See more this is a vent about my work/career growth. at 27 years old, i aspire to live calmly and warmly like a candle. with little stress and pressure, little worries and failures. right now, i am grateful for i have a satisfying paying job. it is my first permanent job after being a temporary worker at previous company. i admire my job for i have the benefits to work remotely, and i got to communicate less to people, no presentations, no projects to manage. i simply work with my computer to key in data and it suits me as an introvert. i enjoy it despite the extreme working shifts hours. nevertheless, there are voices in me that sometimes want to go out out this repetitive tasks in my job scope. i admit that i am a person that gets bored easily and i am starting to feel like that after a year and half staying.  there are a lot of wishes or my bucket lists that i planned that requires money. for example, purchasing a car, owning a house and travelling abroad. with my current salary, they're achievable but they're gonna take years for me to save. while i am also a person who try to avoid financial risk by making loans. hence, i felt like changing jobs.  however, i couldn't help but to feel scared. there were little to no jobs with my qualifications even if they do, their downsides fell onto similar cons like my current jobs - working on shift hours and on public holidays. i am trying to avoid that so i can have more time with my family. i know i might need to keep searching. i also feel anxious about interviews. i've been trying to fix my resumes by learning a third language but it's still on progress and thus, there's not much i can add. while i work remotely, there is not much skills or project achievements i can boast plus, i'm not sure if they will accept my salary expectation. in my searches, most of their salary budgets are below that my current place offering. in simple word, i wanted to work stress free, remotely and less communication with people, higher salary but i am afraid there is no company that would offer this kind of job, yeah? hence, changing jobs feel challenging now. i don't really want to climb corporate ladders, i simply wanted to hop jobs so i can demand higher salary. but ah.. what else can i do if not just being grateful for what i have right now, no? because to face the discomfort of changing seems impossible to me. and my standards are ridiculous too. for living in this temporary world, perhaps it's never wrong to stay rooted at once place? for it's where home is created.  for you who is reading this and if you're facing the similar situation, i wish you all the best.
Horrible Surroundings
by HelloHereWeAre
Last post
 14 hours ago
...See more I am exceptionally depressed about what is going on in the world, and it is exhausting having to keep up. I discovered hundreds of books have been banned where I live, I have discovered people do not support nonprofits, and I have learned terrible things have happened to people. The responses are so apathetical, and I am tired of living around people like that. I am also tired of having to act like I do not know what is going on as a form of self-preservation. I know what is going on and it is horrendous! The hypocrisy is also overwhelming. The fact that there are even discussions about some of this stuff is so beyond my comprehension as well. I feel like I am suffocating in the toxic environment of my surroundings, and I know I need to move. Yet, to be frank, that upsets me too, because I am also tired of having to constantly start over. I also am sick of having to repeat myself. I literally have to repeat myself on an almost daily basis, and it has been that way for almost a decade now. I am tired of being talked down to by people who have less knowledge than me. I am sick of being expected to withhold ridiculous standards which I do not understand and/or even agree with, while simultaneously be talked to as though I am unintelligent and unimportant.
When you feel you're at the best moments of your life, but it's really not
by SHEVARI01
Last post
 19 hours ago
...See more DISCLAIMER: BRIEF MENTION OF A POTENTIALLY DELICATE TOPIC AHEAD Greetings to you, whoever is reading this! At the time I'm writing this, it's almost dawn, I am unable to sleep, with almost 2 months of work done in 2 days, feeling frustrated, impotent, wanting to cry (but unable to do so because of the time and since I don't like that my relatives see me cry) and yet, with things to do later. I know I've been through wrong paths time ago and now I know what I want to do with my life, I am currently studying the career that I have vocation for, yet, I realize how inept I am even for what I aspire to be. At this point, one may think that I am neurodivergent, and the fact is that I am, since I was 10, I was diagnosed with ASD/Asperger's syndrome, but I'm not sure either if my mental condition is the root of all of these situations. As stated earlier, I just finished almost 2 months of work in 2 days, thing that I didn't know about all that time, because if I had known that I had to do that earlier, I wouldn't have been through this situation, yet, not only I noticed that late, but also seems that I was the only one who didn't notice, since the rest of the students in practicum already knew and did their work on time, but for some reason, I didn't know about it for the already mentioned time. Doing this work and finishing left me think that, even at the prime of my life, where I am able to pursue the job of my dreams and feel secure that what I do is right, I still struggle with my stupidity, I'm not very different from the kid who couldn't pass the admission exam for the same school that their older brother was studying in because that kid was disoriented during the admision exam, the same kid who drowned once in swimming class for being the only one in the group who didn't know how to swim... Deep inside, I'm still that kid, just grown up. Despite all of this, in the last 40 days, I had two of the best days in my life, I got to personally meet some content creators I admire at a geek convention and I went to the Paul McCartney concert in town, yes, both moments were as great as you can imagine, but those days have passed now, and while the memories are still there, tough days have come not just to banish most of that excitement, but also, to let me think if I really deserved that, am I worthy enough to have experienced such joy? Thinking about those moments can't bring me comfort for what is comming, even if I still consider those as some of the best highlights in my life. Another thing is, I know if I tell my professors and classmates about my insecurities, they would say that there's nothing to worry about because they asume that I'm a good student and good at what I do (because yes, I am studying a career in languages and English is not my native language) but if there's something they don't understand is how "left behind" I am when it comes to understand my place where I am and how often I keep doing mistakes where no one else does, since I'm the kind of person who would get lost walking in a straight line, and how scared I feel for my near future in this moment since I am still confused with what remains and makes me wonder if I will be strong enough to keep on living after all this, knowing the last time I was hospitalized was for... Well, I guess you have a clear idea of the reason, and would sometimes hear the nurses and other staff saying that they hope I never get to feel the same way I did before entering, and at this point, the test to know how well I can handle a world I've always felt I don't really fit in is getting more complicated, telling me that I'm not that special if I still struggle adapting where anyone else fits in... In the end, I just hope you understand...
Feeling sad at an Erasmus
by goldenAcai681
Last post
 19 hours ago
...See more Hey, I don’t usually talk about my feelings, and since English isn’t my first language, this might come across as a bit rough. Last year was really tough. I moved back in with my parents after spending three years living partly on my own in an apartment near my university. Adjusting to life with my strict dad after having the freedom to "do what I want" was challenging. I had to follow his rules—no parties unless I told him in advance, always being home for family meals, and even asking permission to go to the gym. On top of that, I had to take a three-hour round-trip train ride every day, which was exhausting. During the second semester, I got an internship at a mental hospital for kids just 15 minutes from my mom’s house (my parents are divorced). Naturally, I decided to stay with her during the week and return to my dad’s house every other weekend, as it was about 45 minutes away. This caused a huge family conflict. I struggled to explain myself to my father without getting angry. He was upset because he believed I wasn’t being honest about my reasons—and he was right. My brother and I didn’t like staying at his house because of constant shouting, lack of privacy (sharing a room with my brother), and difficulty studying due to the noise. I was too scared to admit all of this to him, which only made the situation worse. Tensions ran high, and it felt like everyone in the family resented each other. My internship was incredibly hard. I couldn’t get the children to respect me, which led to a lot of physical confrontations and anxiety-inducing situations. After that semester, I went to Italy for an Erasmus program, hoping it would solve my problems—but it didn’t. I’ve always struggled to make friends. Although I found a group of French people, I still feel like I’m not fully part of the group. The experience has forced me to confront parts of my personality, like my lack of confidence and deep social awkwardness. I’ve come to realize my issues aren’t tied to where I am but are reflections of myself. Two weeks ago, my father called to tell me that my 13-year-old sister had attempted suicide for the second time (the first was in June). This attempt was much more serious—she took 50 pills from one of my father’s medications. He told me that if they hadn’t found her in time, she wouldn’t have survived. That news broke me. I feel helpless. I’m studying psychology, yet I can’t seem to help my own sister, which makes me feel incompetent and useless. Lately, I haven’t wanted to see my friends. Being around them feels unbearable because they seem so happy, while all I want to do is cry. I’ve tried to push myself to socialize, but it’s incredibly hard. Today, I was planning on going to the library with a friend to study for an exam, but I returned home after a few hours, not feeling good. I don’t know what to do anymore, I want someone to help me, but no one seem to reach for my hand. There is one girl who study psychology with me who I talked a little bit about the situation (I just said that my sister was in a difficult situation), but I don’t know how to talk to her about it. I ́ve never talked about my feelings to someone, and I don’t want to be a burden...

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Community Resources

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- 9 Types of Depression and How To Recognize Them 

- You don't have to understand, you just have to be present by @MarianaFilipaSouza6

A beautiful testament to the nature of depression

- Rethink Mental Illness: Depression

Basic information and facts

- Resource Masterpost by @Sealiously

A plethora of amazing links

- Depression Self Help Guide

Discover some ways to help manage what you're going through

- Safety Plan

Here's a safety plan for those who are passively suicidal. Your life is important

- Resources to Help Manage Depression

A collection of helpful links for more information and support

- Depression Community Path

A path that helps guide you through dealing with depression on a day to day basis


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