♡ Newbie Hub – Check-In ♡

@theriverissinging Good morning! I am extremely tired from trying to catch up my school work and adjust to a new workplace, but everyone is being so kind and understanding with me, so I remain positive!

My reason for being here is to listen and provide a judgement free zone to talk because I didn’t have that when I needed it. I don’t want anyone to feel as isolated and misunderstood as I did for so long, and this is a step I can take to help!

Hi, kind of having a long, drawn out meltdown about my life and feeling that I've come to a stage of needing to make huge change or else huge changes might come to me, unprepared.

One of them is sexuality and not knowing who I am. It feels really late in the game in my thirties to be having this switch. But on the other hand, everything in my life might switch! I'm wandering lost right now.

I really don't know what I want from this website but I'm having a look around and just having a go at whatever I see! I'd like to talk to people because I feel very alone so if I find anyone in similar circumstances that would be great. Otherwise, I'll just post I guess :) hoping it helps someway.

@theriverissinging

HI thank you and want to get to know you all. If you need me I am just a click away.Xx

Thank you for letting me know. We like this site.

@theriverissinging hii

Already a dozen days 🙃 and I do appreciate the community sprit and the learning options here 🥰

@theriverissinging

Hello everyone,

I could be doing better. I’ve been having some anxiety. Feeling stuck. I haven’t been able to find a job and it’s stressing me out. I spend most of my days laying on my couch watching TV trying to distract myself from my feelings of inadequacy. I have financial and relationship problems. Right now my only hope is that things will get better with time somehow.

I joined 7 Cups because I needed something to focus on. I remember using the site as a member many years ago and decided I wanted to be a listener this time. I am hoping to gain experience and skills. I would love to become a licensed social worker and work as a therapist. This seems like a great place to start. But I worry that I’m not cut out for school, and that even if I somehow managed to finish a graduate program that I won’t be able to get my license. I don’t want to be a downer but I have to be realistic. I would really hate to waste my time and money.

In the meantime, I applied for the internship program here at 7 Cups. I hope I get accepted. I will make the utmost effort to finish it. And I’m hoping that something good will come out of it. At the very least I hope to make a difference in someone’s life by just listening to them.

@theriverissinging 
Hi how are things? I'm new here, I didn't know about this page and I really liked its mission and the help it offers to those who need a voice "on the other side." I hope to have a great time here.

^{Hello everyone,
I am new, I joined 7Cups yesterday and I am kind of overwhelmed (in a good way) by the amount of information and resources that are available here, I am not sure where to start! I hope posting my introduction here in this section is okay and not breaking any rules.} 

<sup>I am looking for support groups and I stumbled upon 7Cups and I am really glad I did. I have been facing (and still am) many challenges over the past couple of years and I often feel isolated, sad, lonely. I especially need to connect to people who have or are familiar with OCD (especially contamination OCD) to share my experiences, to just talk about stuff and share my thoughts, worries, etc. I also hope to be able to help others along the road.

I better stop here or this introduction post starts to look like a novel.

Thank you for reading.</sup>

@theriverissinging 

Questions

🟪 How are you doing? That can be a loaded question, I think I am mostly ok. I am in the midst of a break up/unsure type of situation which can be taxing, and I have some newfound knee pain. On the Brighter end, I am mostly healthy, I have lost 8lbs, I have slept better this week than I have in ages, so I guess I'm pretty ok.

🟪 What are you looking for at 7 Cups, if anything specific? Anything you are hoping to achieve/obtain while being here? I'm really looking for listeners, gentle advice, and just someone to talk to.

I am a fairly young mom of an 18 year old and 14 year old, both girls. I love them with everything I have, and they have been a blessing in my life. I am a lover of food, pets, art, and photography. I also love reading, comics, gaming, and just being a goofball. I am working on my sense of self, image, growth, being positive and gentle to my mind. I have recently started a weigh loss journey with my physician, which is exciting for me because I have tried on my own for years with no progress, and with his help after 3 weeks I have lost 8lbs! I have been with my high school sweetheart for 19 years, with many many ups and downs, but I love him and will always look for the positive to try to make it work. Ultimately working on myself growth is the biggest goal to help my current relationships. 

Hey nice to meet you all, i am not sure what to write, but  i am  so glad i found this site, i have been looking around  it for the last week, and feel it has help me open up some what,  here i go i have cut  myself of from nearly everyone i know, i just feel like everyone is fake.

This could quite possible be the out come of my childhood traumas that i am only just now started to  look into.

I have separated from my husband after almost nine years of marriage  a few months ago and even though we have to live in the  same house together this has proven to be quite hard at times,  the last few months, i have have gone through so much that i am now so tried mentally, emotionally  and just feel like it might be easier to just give up, i know that i will not give up do as i have so much to continue on this joinery for and i feel that every day i wake up and i am grateful for the the new day ahead, I just wish i could find my purpose, my children have all grown up and even though my son has disabilities, he is more then capable  with dealing  with life choices even though i am happy to help  out when ever i can, i just find i am just stuck.