Guidelines: Age Regression in Rooms

As our platform evolves, we occasionally need to revisit our guidelines and make adjustments for the sake of our community as a whole. The topic of age regression and age as it relates to alters has posed some challenges within group support rooms, impacting both moderation efforts and the ability to facilitate supportive and inclusive conversations within the rooms. To address this, we are implementing the following rule, in line with our age policy:

All members must have a host age and current alter age that falls within the established age requirements for participation on 7 Cups.

Teen hosts need to be between 13-17 and alters need to also be between 13-17.

If a teen has an alter or age regression that is out of that range (13-17), that alter or age regression cannot be (participate) on the site. This is because there have been repeated conversations about how alters and regressors are considered individuals, and so the site guidelines need to apply to them too.

Adult hosts need to be 18+ and so do their alters/regressors.

Main reasons for this rule:

Safety: Ensuring that members and their alters/regressors are within the specified age range helps protect individuals from exposure to age-inappropriate content and interactions.

Support Capabilities: Our volunteers may not have the training or expertise to effectively support members who present as children. Sticking to the age guidelines ensures that our support remains within the scope of our capabilities.

We understand that these are coping methods beyond the control of the individual. Still, ultimately we feel these limits are necessary to maintain a safe and supportive environment for as many members as possible in the group spaces. Note: These rules apply to interactions in the group rooms and anyone not in the correct age group. You may continue to utilize the support of 1:1 chats.

For further DID support, there is a dedicated forum space to share and make connections with members and listeners under Dissociation & Related Disorders.
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Update September 30: Co-fronting (when users with DID have two of their alters "on" at the same time) is the equivalent of two people using the same account and is prohibited in rooms.