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A Small But Insanely Important Aspect Of Identity That Most People Get Wrong. Top Story - November 2025.
Who Are You? This is perhaps one of the most important, yet completely misunderstood, questions of all time. The goal of the question is to understand our identity...
By Dr. Cody Dakota Wooten, DFM, DHM, DAS (hc)3 months ago in Psyche
Inattentional Blindness
Kristen was an eight-year-old child. He was sitting on a park bench, sad. There was worry, fear and depression on his face. It was evening walk time. The park was full of people. People used to come near him, look at him and quietly move on. A couple also passed by. The couple saw that there were posters about the child in the park. The woman passed near the child. She looked at him carefully. She went ahead and stopped near the poster stuck on the tree. The poster had written in bold letters that this child is missing. Below it, the child's age, height, weight, facial color and name were written and also a photo. The woman read the poster carefully. She came to the child again. She also looked at him carefully and when she was sure that it was the same child, she shrugged her shoulders and moved on. She also did not try to contact the phone number written on the poster. The child sat on the bench for two hours but no one paid attention to him or called the number written on the poster. Did the park even become deserted?
By shahkar jalal3 months ago in Psyche
When the Chaos Stops: What Healing Really Feels Like
This is what healing feels like once the chaos stops. It’s not fireworks or victory parades. It’s the quiet after a battle — a silence that hums in your bones, leaving you unsure whether to rest or run. After leaving an abuser, you begin to understand how much energy survival really took. You were living on adrenaline for months, maybe years, keeping yourself small and alert to every shift in mood, every potential storm. Now that the noise is gone, the body starts to shake loose all that it held.
By THE HONED CRONE3 months ago in Psyche
Your Mind Won’t Shut Up? Here’s How To Finally Stop Overthinking
If you're worrying too much, you're not alone. And if you're overwhelmed with your thoughts, you have good reason to be. New research shows that the average person has about 6,200 thoughts a day. And we want to help you shut down the noise and give your mind a break. We all think too much sometimes. This can happen when we feel insecure when we experience anxiety, self-doubt, or fear. Excessive thinking is usually inappropriate and unhelpful and often leads to feelings of anxiety and worry.
By Tarek Rakhiess3 months ago in Psyche
The Waiting Room
The Waiting Room The waiting room smells like wet paper and lemon sanitizer. I’ve been here before, though the walls are a different color now — pale green instead of beige — as if someone decided recovery needed freshness. It doesn’t help. Everything in here feels used, like it’s been waiting longer than any of us.
By Theodore Homuth3 months ago in Psyche
The Smell They Pretend Not to Notice:
The Familiar Smell of Other People’s Choices If you grew up with chain-smoking parents like I did, you know that smell. It lived in your hair, your clothes, and the upholstery of your entire house. The odds were high that I’d become a smoker too—but I never did. Not because of that smell, but because of something I saw in fourth grade.
By Dr. Mozelle Martin3 months ago in Psyche
Why Women Fall In Love With Married Men
Although falling in love with a married man is one of the most confusing and emotionally complicated affairs a woman can experience, it still happens more often than people admit. There’s something about married men that seems to draw certain women in, even when they know it’s risky and morally complex.
By Zeeshan Ahmad3 months ago in Psyche
Toxic Empathy
Empathy is one of humanity’s most beautiful and essential traits. It’s the bridge that allows us to understand, connect, and care for one another. But like all sacred powers, when empathy becomes distorted, unbalanced, or weaponized—it can turn deadly.
By THE HONED CRONE3 months ago in Psyche
Life without the solace of alcohol
On January 17th, 2024, I had my last drink. For 15 years I was a high functioning alcoholic. Snowed in at home I didn’t have beer, my usual go to, but there was hard liquor. Enjoyed Fireball while I wandered around in the snow. If I had known, it would be my last time drinking I would have done something more exciting. After I finished that bottle I switched to a random vodka. Evidently, I passed out for the night. The next morning, I woke up feeling like shit as you would expect. It was a beautiful day with the sun slowly melting the snow. I was stuck on the couch watching Netflix because of my bad decisions. My first day with no alcohol was January 18th, 2024. As I laid on the couch, I made a list of the reasons why to drink vs why not. The original list is tacked up on my bedroom wall. It continues to grow as I learn more. Looking back on it keeps me motivated.
By Kristine Franklin3 months ago in Psyche
“God-Fearing” Was the Most Powerful Control Spell Ever Cast
When most people hear “fear God,” they imagine trembling obedience — a cosmic authority waiting to punish, a sky-father with lightning in his fist. The phrase summons guilt, submission, and the dread of being wrong. But the truth is more nuanced. The distortion of that phrase — the way it has been weaponized — is one of the most powerful control spells ever cast upon humanity.
By THE HONED CRONE3 months ago in Psyche
Righteousness vs. Moralism: Speaking Truth Without Fear
Exodus 23:1 – “Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.” Proverbs 18:8 – “The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.”
By THE HONED CRONE3 months ago in Psyche
When Silence Becomes Sin: A Prophetic Word for Survivors
These are the verses so often used to shame survivors into silence — as if naming abuse were a greater sin than committing it. But Scripture’s intent is the opposite. It warns against those who twist truth for gain, not those who speak it for healing.
By THE HONED CRONE3 months ago in Psyche
