What Brought You to 7 Cups?

I was dealing with porn addictions and wanted to change this habit so that i can do better in life

Thats when I stumbled upon this app . I was a bit lonely and sad bcs I had a lot pressure due to entrance exams preparation and I had to spend literally full days on preparing chapters for this exam . Thats when things started going bad and my addictions got triggered.

And now I am here trying to deal with my loneliness so that it helps in curing my addictions

I actually came here two times - the first time, years ago, as a member, when one of my acquaintances (with whom I've unfortunately lost contact, a long time ago) told me about this website/app. She said that it was a great platform to share anything or to find someone to talk to, who will listen to you. Indeed, I gave it a try but for some reason that I don't remember anymore, after some time I deleted this app.

But I haven't fully forgotten about it and it was somewhere there, submerged deeply in my subconscious.

Years went by (I don't remember how many exactly), and time brought some changes along with it to my life. One of them being the realization, that I would like to pursue psychology and become a therapist in the future, as it feels "closer" to me. That's when the memories about this app resurfaced. My inner voice (who is also my best advisor and a friend) reminded me of it and offered to try out this app for the second time, but now as a listener instead. I was anxious at first and had lots of doubts. "Who am I to play such a role? What if I'm not competent enough? What if I won't succeed?" was what my mind told me. These anxious thoughts indeed kept me at a distance, but in the end, the desire to try taking that step appeared to be stronger than my fear. And just like many others, AI also played a certain role. I talked to it/him about this decision and it/he encouraged me greatly.

And I feel like this is only a beginning of something even more grand. No matter how my future unfolds, 7 Cups has already gifted me pleasant memories and experience. I started taking the first steps as a listener a bit more than month ago and feel like there's so much more yet to come.

I am grateful that I met acquaintance girl (who's name is also Sam, by the way) and that we shared a portion of our time having each other in our lives, even though that time was quite short. And I'm also grateful that I still ended up here. It's like I was even destined to come here, sooner or later 😄

Me being unwell n wanting to be seen heard n validated since my family can’t provide this.

Sincerely

hoping we all are staying strong day by day💙💙💙💙

@Heather225 I'm 13 and i was already feeling like i wanted to go see god. At first i tried to chat with AI.(C.AI vent bots to be specific) I know i was dumb for that. I then started ro search for online therapy for free and found this place. It felt nice venting to the AI here. I somehow felt better writing it into these notes (probably because they are more organized) and i overall felt better. I still feel bad. Due to family stress. I now get 6-7 hours of sleep which is good since before i had 2-4 Hours of sleep. I eat 3 regular meals. And I don't try to hurt myself anymore. This site really helped me (i think)

The c.ai therapist bot.

@Heather225

BPD diagnosis and going through my healing journey is what brought me here.

@Heather225 it actually started as helping my friend. I was in counseling at the time, and my friend was in need of help and didn't have money for treatment. We found this site.

Fast forward, and I've given up with my treatment and still no better. So I came back to help myself.

@Heather225

I found cups June of 2016 when I was on Periscope Live which no longer exist and was with Twitter, which is now X, lol. Anyways I was doing a live video and trying to listen to people coming in to the broadcast when someone told me I should check out 7cups. Apparently they meant I should make a member account but I ended up making a listener account instead. No regrets!

For me it was for peer support. I had lost my sister June 12, 2019, from unaliving from her husband and her death was traumatic for me and I joined cups June 2022 I think it was, because I was having PTSD attacks to the day we lost her and seeing the scene of everything I just needed some help and I found 7 cups by chance and I’ve been using it ever since!