Anyone can be a Social Soldier! Find out more here!~ (OLD THREAD)
Welcome to the official forum thread for the Social Soldiers! Im glad youre here; youre amazing, and Im glad youre part of the community.
Introduction
The Social Soldiers project was created with the intent on eliminating the stigma that comes along with mental illness on social media, guiding those who are depressed/having a hard time/need someone to talk to right here to 7CupsOfTea. As Laura explained in her lovely thread right here, we need to be here for people who may feel as though they have no other place to turn.
What are Social Soldiers?
Social Soldiers are people that use 7Cups-designated social media to guide people in the right direction, hopefully leading them to the site where they can talk to someone who truly cares. They use the handles Twitter, Reddit and/or Tumblr, and check the tags for depression, or self harm, or anything along those lines.
Who can be a Social Soldier?
Anyone! Thats the beauty of this project; literally anyone can get involved with it.
What isnt a Social Soldier?
Sharing your own personal social media with other members/listeners.
Someone that shares their personal social media in this thread.
Just to debunk a question that may be asked, you can totally share your referral link on your personal social media handles, however we do ask that you dont share your personal social media handle here. If you have a big following on Twitter, and youd rather use your personal account to spread the word, thats totally okay, just do not share with other members/listeners your personal account. If you have any questions on this, feel free to PM me.
How to get involved?
Read through our post on the new team, to understand the changes a little more as well as to find the links to apply.
Project Leadership
@ArwaS - Project Leader
@Erato - Twitter Team Leader
@Yendi - Tumblr Team Leader
Find 7 Cups on social media here - Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest
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7 cups has helped me in so many ways. It helps people deal with their feelings a emotions, when they don't have access to a therapist or someone else to talk to.
Love this website, I have seen how it has helped both me and others. I
7cups is helpful for many be them users or listeners
How
I love when you get an open and honest chat, it helps both the person and myself. Feels so fulfilling, however these are only 50% of the chats it is so hard to be open in life about ourselves- this is the reality.
This makes me so impressed with the job which a professional therapist completed every day. My feelings toward them is that they take a lot of load and love to be so open.
I shared 7 cups on my facebook and I hope it reaches someone who needs it.
7 Cups has helped me move on especially by being a listener cos I get to empathize with what other people are going through and it rremind me of how much human we can get and that makes me feel wonderful. It feels great to be able to connect to everyone on some level even if we're not going through the exact same experiences.
This community is so supportive, I have already helped so many people as a listener! :)
Despite this really being part of my Path, I do love the community.
Shows just how powerful people's minds can be, and how useful something as just listening really is.
Wel i've been here since February 2016 and i already feel like home!
