7 CupsReviews 718

I have started using 7cups since October 2015, I mostly used my listener account just to chat to people and it really decreased my loneliness over those years. I have also used my member account as well if I ever needed to talk to someone. However after 7 years of using 7cups, I have officially decided to step away from it because I feel that the amount of pressure from listening to peoples issues strained my mental health even more. I'm not saying that I haven't talked to decent people but when you hear people in crisis and you can't even help them because 7cups doesn't have the resources, you feel often times helpless of yourself as a listener. I feel that 7cups doesn't give a toss about listeners mental health or even try to make the service legitimate for everyone to feel they are in a actual safe space. When you're a member, you get people who shouldn't be listeners in the first place. All you have to do is complete a easy childrens playbook training with involving two parts and boom you're suddenly a listener! I'm baffled that this type of process is not even police vetted to ensure that listeners on the site are real and can actually help people who go through tough times. There's hardly any security on the site and empathy from listeners that I have mostly spoke to!

My advice for anyone going through a hard time, don't use 7cups at all. It's not the best "self help" site out there. Instead go to a mental health professional, use a mental health text message service or chat to a helpline.

I have been both a member and a listener for almost two years and 7 Cups has serious quality issues. If you are lucky you find the sweetest and kindest listener as a member, but unfortunately many listeners have low quality and are not well enough educated. Becoming a listener is way too easy. Only thing you have to have is an e-mail address and then do a simple test and then you are set to go.
As a listener you have the opportunity to grow and help out with many things. However there is a clique of listeners that stick together and watch each other's back. If you by any chance report one of them it will come back to you. The admin team probably do their best, but they have way too much on their plate and sit in different parts of the world which complicates things. Another thing I've noticed is the fact it's very American in how it's constructed with titles and hierarchies and it's tricky to figure everything. Also the website is almost impossible to manage when it comes to finding things again. And there are many old outdated posts. The rules are constantly changed which is very confusing for many members and listeners. Finally, 7 Cups is highly addictive, so if you want to become a listener on the site, make sure to set boundaries on how many and how much time you want to spend there and stick to it.

Undoubtedly what all communities lack. A place where we can listen and help each other worldwide, without prejudice, just with understanding and compassion. Very proud to be part of this community since 2012.

7 Cups works to connect teens to trained and caring listeners that not only provide helpful resources and comfort but also a new bonding friendship. There are many great assets about this free platform. Such as being able to connect to a listener from the same timezone as yours through the specified search menu or joining group support chats to connect with multiple people on this lovely platform. Listeners and members on 7 cups work together in improving their livelihoods and overall enjoyment of life. Join this platform if you would like to meet many new caring friends and check out the self-help guides (available to listeners) as well as the community paths to better your everyday.

One of my friends directed me to this website and it was helpful. I found the website easy to navigate and pretty self explainable. I will recommend this service to my friends as well because sometimes you just need someone to talk to.

I've been using 7cups for a while and I've been a listener on 7cups for 3 months now. It has been a great help especially for mental health and even with listener support. It has helped me with my communication skills and made me more empathetic

7 cups has been a great experience for me. It was easy to use the service and i was talking with someone way faster than i anticipated. I like that i can continue to talk to the same person if i choose to. I would tell someone else to try 7 cups if they need someone to talk to like i was.

I came to this website to help, listen and support. And i am not alone. There are many many maaaaany more people just like me, which creates a safe space for struggles, active listening and people in need

So amazing, completely anonymous and very helpful. This has helped me so much. I really recommend. I know so many people it has helped, I became a listener, and they have you take a short course to be able to be a listener. A very thorough website and user friendly.

The free, volunteer listeners on this website gave me space and time to just vent and release difficult emotions. I'm really grateful for their volunteer time.

7 Cups is a place for people who want to interact with people anonymously and offers a platform to discuss as much or as little as the individual feel comfortable too. You have nothing to lose by signing up

As someone who went to a few therapists and didn't feel like I was heard, it's good to have an option like 7cups where I can feel more heard by a range of different people. However, I would definitely give this a 5 stars if therapy on 7cups was cheaper and perhaps they encourage more people with genuine experience with working on people's mental health as listeners rather than expecting people with little experience to grow as they do it.

There's some stuff that's meh about this site but for years I have used this as a tool just so I have a place to talk. It's not legit counseling no one here is trained for everything or knows what to say but heck if it's not better than the crisis hotline. If you're looking for 100% legit therapy don't go here I always recommend an actual brick and mortar place for that if that's an option but if you need a place where you can just talk and have someone listen instead of keeping it all inside or talking to yourself then this is the place to go.