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Advice and tips on managing mental health, maintaining a positive outlook and becoming your happiest self.

Politicians & Media &Conspiracy Theories
They say we live in the information age. For the first time in history, there are more scientific studies than there are theories, which is completely the other way around to how it used to be.
By Dean Gee5 years ago in Psyche
I'm Perfectly Fine In My Comfort Zone, Thank You
If you have more than a month of Medium, you are probably already tired of cheap self-help clichés. Sometimes I wonder why there are so many articles on that topic, especially if we are all so sick of it … then I see how many claps they have and it all makes sense.
By Mindsmatter.5 years ago in Psyche
The Three Choices
I am in a weird crux of my life. The opportunities are abounding; I have accomplished nothing but a mere educational stepping stone towards any and all of my potential paths. But I can't decide which one to go down. Part of me feels like I might pick wrong and end up failing. I can't fail, especially not after all it took to get to this point. The other part of me feels like I'm shutting out all of the other options once I decide what path to go down and I don't like being limited. Then the last part of me in this holy trinity of confusion and stress wonders what would happen if I just turn around and choose another path, one that noone would expect, that isn't as obvious or clearly delineated based on where I've travelled up to now. It's all so frustrating and whimsical and wonderful in an angering way. I take a walk and find myself in an empty park. I look up the flagpole, the bright red maple leaf waving back and forth in the wind of the summer day.
By Arya5 years ago in Psyche
How to Live With Tinnitus Without Losing Your Mind
I’ve been living with Tinnitus for almost five years. Although now I can cope with it (some days better than others), the first 18 months were a nightmare.
By Emma London5 years ago in Psyche
Why Are We Like This?
I used to date a guy who would stand me up CONSTANTLY. He wouldn’t respond to my texts for days, he’d cancel plans for weird reasons and I’d think “I can’t do this any more, it’s over!”. Then we’d meet up and everything would seem totally fine... in fact it was kinda nice... so I couldn’t bring myself to let him go. But then, soon enough, the pattern would repeat again.
By Camille Walrath5 years ago in Psyche
Inpatient Drug Rehabilitation Options in Thornton Colorado
Many people are under the impression that Inpatient drug rehab in Thornton CO will be a horrible experience. The problem is that this misconception is actually made up of hearsay and gossip from friends, family, co-workers and of course the drug rehab center itself. Inpatient drug rehab in Thornton is not for the weak or desperate. In fact, it is a place where people with various kinds of addictions can come and get the help they need.
By Bee Brine5 years ago in Psyche
My Time in Vocational Rehabilitation
We have all known people. Perhaps they are family members. We wondered why they were still living at home in their thirties or forties. We whispered about them and gossiped about them at the dinner table.
By Lawson Wallace5 years ago in Psyche
'Deperson'
What does it mean to deperson someone? This is what I would like to consider today. Note, I do not speak of depersonalising or depersonalisation, though these are indeed associated experiences and referents. The word deperson, as I use it refers to the act of willfully denying another the expression or the meaning that they may wish to convey in an encounter with you. I may also put it as willfully ignoring the situation that the person may be representing to you, a situation in which they may be in, and in which you, through your encounter with them may share. Let us say that I were to ask you as to where you may have found your watch, telling me it's make would not be an answer to my question, and in denying the volition of my agency, you deperson me.
By Arsh K.S5 years ago in Psyche
Mental Health Matters 100%
Hats off to Simone Biles, an Olympic gymnast from the USA who decided to pull out of the Olympic race, not due to physical fatigue, but rather the mental and emotional toll the pandemic and abuse had put on her life; and good on her for taking a stand. This awesome article highlights in further detail all that Simone has been through, in order to make that all important decision. On the flip side, she gained much love, respect, and admiration from people who know her direct, and conversely from others who do not know her from a bar of soap.
By Justine Crowley5 years ago in Psyche
Normalize "No"
I am not an athlete. I do not have pressure from entire countries and endorsements on my shoulders. I do not have the eyes of history boring into my back. I have no idea what it is like for people in such positions. However, what we've been seeing unfold this year, and frankly, for decades, is that at least in the United States (and I imagine this is the case in many other places), we have a mentality that forces people into uncomfortable and dangerous situations where the individual feels either too powerless, or too full of shame, to say, "No. I can't/won't do it."
By Mimi Sonner5 years ago in Psyche
In Her Shoes
A young lady, perhaps one of the world's greatest living athletes made the decision to step away from something she has trained her whole life for because she understood at the ripe old of age 24 something most never will.
By Rebecca Brooks5 years ago in Psyche
My name is Yetunde
I had to come to terms that I had a short afro; and black elbows, and black knees, and wider hips, and a wide nose, and bigger lips,
By Fiona Nneka5 years ago in Psyche