Brook-7Cups

I'm Brook a verified active listener on 7cups. If you need someone to talk or vent to then visit 7cups http://www.7cups.com/1221780 and connect to a wonderful and caring listener. 7cups also offers some really helpful exercises like mindfulness or a range of mood boost activities. A quote that inspires me is "Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." -James Dean

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Accept yourself the way you are :) You are amazing and unique and that is a wonderful thing! If you need someone to talk to visit 7cups http://www.7cups.com/1221780 and connect with a lovely and friendly active listener! 

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If you need help or someone to talk to visit 7cups http://www.7cups.com/1221780 and talk to a dedicated caring active listener who will support you through anything you are going through.

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This is one of my favourite quotes and it is so true. Never ever let the world change how you are feeling!! Don't let anyone or anything get you down :) If you are feeling sad or feeling a bit down then please visit 7cups http://www.7cups.com/1221780 and talk to a caring listener and please know that people do truly care about you! You do matter. You are amazing. 

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If you need help or someone to talk to visit 7cups http://www.7cups.com/1221780 and talk to a caring active listener who will support you through anything you are going through. 

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Eating disorders are life consuming and can destroy not only your life but the lives of the people around you, who love you. If you are suffering from an eating disorder then please talk to someone about it! Silence is dangerous. 

If you need to talk anonymously to a caring listener then please visit 7cups http://www.7cups.com/1221780 

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You do not need to be at war with yourself. Accept yourself the way you are :) You are amazing and unique and that is a wonderful thing!

If you need someone to talk to visit 7cups http://www.7cups.com/1221780

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Will 7cups actually help me?

I can't guarantee anything but I strongly do believe that it would help. 7cups offers so much. You can connect with a caring listener and talk to them about anything and they will be there to support you. You can do exercises like mindfulness or mood boost activities. There is a really friendly community at 7cups so you can get involved and make forum posts. There are also group support chats which you can get involved in and talk with other members and guests along with listeners. There are discussions about different things like depression, anxiety and much more. With so many things on offer you are bound to find something that you enjoy and find helpful :) 

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Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom

Søren Kierkegaard, The Concept of Anxiety: A Simple Psychologically Orienting Deliberation on the Dogmatic Issue of Hereditary Sin

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Do something (anything positive) that makes you feel happy! It can be singing your favourite song or dancing, walking around the city. ANYTHING! :) If you need someone to talk to or get a little mood boost! Then visit 7cups http://www.7cups.com/1221780

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If you need someone to talk to visit 7cups and connect with a caring listener :) http://www.7cups.com/1221780

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Having an eating disorder can be really tough! If you or anyone you know is suffering from an eating disorder and you need someone to talk to visit 7Cups http://www.7cups.com/1221780

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Body image

Body image is something that is of great importance in our society. Men and woman put a lot of focus on the way they look and how others perceive them. This is enhanced with the extensive media coverage on celebrity bodies and who is fat and who is ‘Too skinny this month’ being smeared on the cover of every magazine and in the news. Growing up in our society today must be damn hard for both genders. As they are constantly reminded of how they should look, the kind of clothes that they need to be wearing, and of course to look fabulous in those clothes you need that perfect body. Which is not only unrealistic but beyond damaging to ones self esteem and general well being.  If that was not enough we have different groups who are body shaming, to be more specific they are fat shaming and skinny shaming and neither are good. To be over weight is dangerous as you can get diabetes, heart disease and numerous other health problems. But to be underweight you can catch infections a lot quicker as the bodies immune system is weak, and fertility issues can arise. A statistics which in all honesty scared the hell out of me is that four out of every five 10-year-olds are afraid of being fat. Does that not sounds insane to anyone else!? 10 year olds are concerned about body image! When I was 10 I did not worry about how I looked, I honestly do not think I had any worries when I was that age. I was happy, I was really happy with myself, and my life. I do not want kids growing up in our society being concerned and anxious about things that they really shouldn't be worrying about at their age. Being a kid is magical, you see the world differently. You don’t think that people are cruel, you don’t have a care in the world. You are free, you can do what you want and be what you wish. I don’t have any kids and I personally do not want any and I can say honestly that part of the reason is because I would be afraid that my kid would not get the chance to be a kid, that they would not have the same wonderful childhood that I did. 

If we as a society as a group that wants a better future does not do anything I really would not want to hear the statistics in 10 years time. 

So what can we do to change this? 

We can spread awareness. We can teach our kids, our nieces, nephews, kids you are babysitting to be a kid. To not try and reach for standards that are not real. To not shame others who are different but to embrace them and their differences. To be healthy!

The media has a huge impact on what people hear and see and they can help out by publishing and reporting on news that is not demeaning or belittling. News that does not have titles such as “ Weight gain disaster” so that more people will buy it. Have some dignity and report proper things, real news! 

Famous people can help too they can teach the world that they are happy being them and they are strong. Celebrities have such a huge gift and that gift is their voice. People listen to them, people are influenced by the words they speak. So if they speak words of positivity and not negativity or body shaming others then maybe in 10 years time the statistics will be ones that we can be proud of not ashamed of. 

If you need any support or need someone to just talk to please visit 7cups http://www.7cups.com/1221780 and connect with a friendly and caring listener :) 

-Brook

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I am much more than a set of symptoms, I am a human being

Terry, one of Mind’s members writes about his experience of schizophrenia (via mindcharity)