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Advice and tips on managing mental health, maintaining a positive outlook and becoming your happiest self.
4 Ways to Overcome Depression
Depression can negatively affect our privacy, work and sense of importance. It comes swiftly, sometimes gradually, the way the weather changes. So much sometimes it is arduous to see anything else than the cloud that surrounds us, this unavoidable aura.
By Jessica Miller5 years ago in Psyche
What is Postpartum Depression Market and It's Market Report?
The birth of a baby can trigger a jumble of powerful emotions, from excitement and joy to fear and anxiety. Most new moms experience postpartum "baby blues" after childbirth, which commonly include mood swings, crying spells, anxiety and difficulty sleeping.
By Denny Dones5 years ago in Psyche
Songwriting: the soundtrack to my life
You know what they say, what's bad for your heart is good for your art. For me, that’s always been true, and a silver lining of life’s tough experiences has been getting to take the pain and transform it into a story that other people can connect with and feel seen and heard within. I believe everyone has this gift, and that’s why art in all shapes and forms has an intangible value and quality to it that can’t be measured or put into words. Instead, it can only be felt.
By Lauren Reinas5 years ago in Psyche
Renounce THEM All
"Never forget who you are," said Mom. "How could I?" I groaned. And yet, during two very unrelated times in my life I had done just that- totally forgotten, no even forsaken, who I truly am and who my family is. And yet, I was never embarrassed, nor ashamed directly of my past or upbringing. It was so much weirder than that. On these separate occasions I had managed to build a lifestyle around a myth, the myth of my "Positionality." Yep, that was THE term as I had learned it in college. What it meant to me then and what it means to me another 20 years later, those are complicated stories, indeed.
By cora lynnish5 years ago in Psyche
Citalopram and I
True Story I was sitting in the waiting room with a teenage boy. He didn’t look at me, he was staring at his feet, tapping fingers on his skinny thighs. I don’t remember his face, but I can still picture the weird, black cartoon ACDC T-shirt he was wearing. He reminded me of my brother, a sad metalhead whom no one understood.
By Lili Grosserova5 years ago in Psyche
Why death is a blessing
You’re sitting on your couch, watching tv, scrolling in social media, playing video games, or watching some youtube videos one after another, suddenly and out of nowhere, a shocking and staggering thought falls on you from the sky, dropping on your head a load of existentialist questions:
By Isaak Newborn5 years ago in Psyche
Why Traumatised People Aren’t Inclined To Tell You What’s Going On
(Originally published on Medium.com 13/05/2021) Something I’ve found from my own experience of PTSD, is when you have mental health issues caused by trauma, and your struggles are finally out in the open, it can be a minefield trying to negotiate your relationships.
By The Duffers Diary5 years ago in Psyche
Imposterism and Faking Adulthood
I began feeling like an imposter in my early teens. I never expressed it much or learned the term "imposter syndrome" until much later in life. Then it all began to make sense. As someone with diagnosed anxiety and depression, I constantly compared myself to others and wondered why I was achieving at the same level as them. One of the roots of imposter syndrome is failing to recognize one's own achievements.
By Cait Patel5 years ago in Psyche
Abuse Is Never OK
I just got off the phone with the DA (district attorney) who is assigned to my case from a domestic violence incident that took place in November 2020. I have been reading all the self help books, seeing counselors, contacting my local domestic violence victim witness programs, everything I can think of to help me make better choices to get myself out of this cycle of abuse.... but I have still made some not so great choices in regards to the person who continues to hurt me. I know I'm not alone, so I'm going to share with you some of the things I learned today from speaking with the DA assigned to my case, as well as some things I have learned on my own "the hard way".
By Wendy Sanders5 years ago in Psyche
No, They Really Are Trying to Make You Crazy
…a form of psychological abuse in which false information is presented with the intent of making a victim doubt his or her own memory, perception, and sanity. It may range simply from the denial by an abuser that previous abusive incidents ever occurred, up to the staging of bizarre events by the abuser with the intention of disorienting the victim. - Wikipedia
By Julie O'Hara - Author, Poet and Spiritual Warrior5 years ago in Psyche
5 Reasons Why I Choose to Talk About My Problems
I don’t get small talk. Hello. Hello. How are you? I am fine. (I am not okay, and I haven’t been for a while. Life’s hard. But, I am aware of my problems and trying very hard to work on them. You can’t say that no one cares. No, saying that I am okay, is lying. This exchange is what is wrong with the world, all of us pretending to be fine when we are not. Pull yourself together, just say I am fine).
By Debdutta Pal5 years ago in Psyche
