January 2024 Events - Welcoming 2024
Hi DS, Happy New Year!
This month, we will be celebrating Welcoming 2024 throughout the month!
We have lots of different forum posts, discussions, icebreakers, and group support discussions happening in our depression support room! Everything will be linked or added to this master post for easy access <3
Forum posts:
How do you feel about it being a new year?
If you did, how did you celebrate new years?
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@EmmaE
How do you feel about it being a new year?
Time doesn't really exist to me, so it's another year among the many I end up forgetting. Hopefully better than the last, but I've kinda given up on hope.
If you did, how did you celebrate new years?
By a trip to the hospital. Was brought here new year's eve and gotta stay for a while longer for observation and all that. Partner and some friends came over to celebrate, but wasn't really the original plan by far.
@OneErased happy new year ❤
@EmmaE
Hi, Emma,
How do you feel about it being a new year?
If you did, how did you celebrate new years?
1. I'm happy about it being a new year because that means I've only got about 2 years left in school.
2. I stayed in and relaxed the best I could with the fireworks going off.
@purpleTree4652 happy new year ❤ and yaay! Only two more years. ❤❤❤ sends hugs and love your way
@EmmaE I celebrated new years eve by sleeping😁I'm quite excited about the new year. I know it probably won't change much, but I'm hopeful ❤ happy new year
How do you feel about it being a new year?
It just seems like another year gone with no change or improvement, more time lost, and me getting older.
If you did, how did you celebrate new years?
I don't celebrate new year's day. I have no one to do anything with.
I feel ashamed and stressed for being myself. I have final semester examns in less than a week and all the holidays I've been either playing videogames, crying or sick. I haven't studied yet and I had several crisis in the last months.
I've been having terribly wrong sleep schedule, being awake at extremely late hours because I just don't want to sleep uncomfortable with myself so I get distracted with anything untill I'm done. This made me last months be super late at class, not presenting important homework, bad exam marks, being late or eveng not go to the sessions with my therapist, and distancing with my closest friends despite sitting right next to me in the classroom.
They're getting closer to people I'm not that close, and I feel uncomfortable and excluded, because I feel it's fair they do that to me and that I can't react.
@EmmaE I feel a little scared. This year, for a lot of reasons I decided not to try and work. I worry about the future because of this, and how it might affect my little niece. It is not my responsibility to take care of her, but I worry if I am left with it, I won't be able to give her the life she has now. Besides this, I want to try harder this year in a lot of ways.
@michaelR860
Hi Michael,
It's definitely understandable to feel scared going into the new year. I hear you, worrying about the future and how not working might affect your niece should you have to take care of her is really challenging.
Wanting to try harder in the new year is a really great goal! Day by day and step by step. We are here for you. Wishing you the best in 2024 <3
@EmmaE Thank you Emma! It's much appreciated. 😊
1. How do you feel about it being a new year?
This new year is different from the previous new years I have welcomed. It made me actually hopeful and I felt the sense of a truly new beginnings to come. I'm a newbie and oh my how I missed a lot not discovering 7cups earlier when my depression was hard for me to handle alone.
2. If you did, how did you celebrate new years?
I celebrated it with my family. My favorite part is me having the best appetite I have experienced for years of depression messing up my health.
@Ubebe
I’m so glad to hear that you’re feeling hopeful going into this new year! There definitely are a lot of new beginnings to come.
Celebrating with your family is amazing! I’m so happy that you were able to have a better appetite :)
We’re so happy to have you on 7 Cups! Know that you are not alone and this community is here for you ❤️
@EmmaE
1. I feel it time is passing by so fast! I am
not ready for 2024 yet!
2. Yes! We had a bbq hangout to count down. No fireworks this year. Just company with family.