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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so cool
hello hello!
I forgot to post in here that my 7cups twitter is @iSydCup :D
hey @15Sydney if you would like to be part of the tea you can follow the application for from the origional foum post above!
Be part of the Social Soldiers twitter team?
I'm already a proud member of it! :)
If that's not what you meant I apologize for my confusion xD @Gracey
I very much like being a social soldier to get the word out about 7 cups of tea because there someone out there who need us but donot know how to contact us.. When you tell one person and then that person tell two of his /her friends the cycle of help starts. I am glad i am a listner for 7 cups of tea sharing my exprience and help people find the right path for them and making choices and they are not alone.
If you are feeling down, don't just ignore it. Talk to us about it. You can either talk to me on here or on twitter. My twitter username is Kellytiancam. Don't be afraid to message me. Live a happy lifestyle😃
Byeeeee
Hi all. I hope you are well. I just want to post and bring a downer on you all. But it's important. I recently spoke to two people. One of which was going to kill himself and confessed this via chat. The listener said "okay" and disconnected the chat. This is such a bad thing to do I'm sure you are all aware. I know there are some instances where connection could fail. But the speaker said the listener was still online. And I checked to confirm this by speaking with them. The second case was from a teenage boy who had received razor burn or shaving rash. He didn't know what it was. He spoke to three listener's. This is what they told him. One listener told him to go to the emergency room or call for an ambulance. Another told him it would scar for life. And the third told him it is cancer! The speaker was very very distressed and before I could reassure him that it would most likely go away in a few days he disconnected out of panic. Just a note. Unless you are trained in health care you should never ever ever give out advice. Even if you think you know what it is. You could cause some serious damage. Psychologically people behind a keyboard tend to give themselves what's called "Internet qualifications" and because they are in a "virtual" world they have an understanding that it's okay to pretend to be knowledgeable in a sector that they are in reality not. Both of these issues I have escalated higher and whoever is now dealing with this will be able to see who these people spoke to and what was said. Please remember your limits. If you're not sure of something that then tell the truth otherwise you can really hurt somebody. I'm sorry for the rant but I'm sure you will agree that it was necessary. Please pass this on to other listener's that you speak to. Thank you.
@MystyDay
Thank you for your concern, lovely, and for your desire to improve listener quality. Everything you say about giving advice or diagnoses is so true, thank you for reinforcing the point.
I really do understand how angering it can be to receive reports of bad listeners from our members, but as horrible as it is to hear, it is never appropriate to reach out to those listeners ourselves - the best thing to do is to encourage the member to report the listener, explaining why this is the best course of action and allay any fears they might have about doing so
You can read more about the reporting process and its effects here
this certainly is an extremely crucial post.....
our service here is one of great sensitivity....resposibility and above all care, concern n love.
i keep all the above in mind when am in a session with someone with utter patience n compassion and that makes all the difference !!!
i had one person who was extremely difficult...judgemental n cranky, come back after a month to say he hadnt thanked for all that i did for him....... this was the result of my handling him with TLC = TENDER LOVING CARE :)
gosh was i overwhelmed.....
My 7 cups tumblr is http://followyourarrow-7cups.tumblr.com/ :)
I don't have tumblr... I find it unuseful :/
i posted my link on xbox live and sent it via xbox live messages to all my friends on there :)
That's an awesome idea bdish!
I sent out messages on twitter and reddit.
@Harsvin
Have you applied to be a part of our Reddit team officially? We'd love to have you.
xLee
I've only posted on facebook- but this gives me some ideas moving forward!
