coping

Life presents variables; learning how to cope in order to master, minimize, or tolerate what has come to pass.

Room 1404
I lazily watched a bird dip in the sky and out of sight in front of the setting sun. I coughed and held the oxygen mask over my face as I breathed in deeply. It’s not fair. I watched as another bird flew back in my view through the window. It seemed to hover over a power line for a few seconds before it veered left, back out of my view through the window. I wondered briefly if it was the same bird I had just been watching. It doesn’t matter if it was the same bird.
By Randi Valtierra5 years ago in Psyche
Me, We and I
'We' are looking at 'me' through 'I's' point of view. There really is a lot that 'me' went through. 'Me' may not have known it at the time,
By Melissa Gracia5 years ago in Psyche
How To Untangle Your Depressed and Anxious Thinking
A little learning is a dang'rous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again. -- Alexander Pope
By Erica Ball5 years ago in Psyche
faulty signals
I'd like to tell you I'm on my period and that's why I have been crying for an unknown better portion of my day. I'm a girl and I'm emotional- is why I'm breathing heavy and sniffling hard. I've just gone through a tragic breakup, someone died, my parents are divorcing, someone I love has cancer...
By Hayley Matto5 years ago in Psyche
The Clinically Depressed Girl's Guide to Life
According to the DSM-V trouble making decisions, (even minor ones) and fatigue are common symptoms of Depression. If you have Depression you know how easily that escalates to being unable to take care of yourself.
By Jesse Rothberg5 years ago in Psyche
Fasting - Tidying up - Productivity: A Chain Reaction
We can use this by triggering positive chain reactions in a targeted manner. I am currently experiencing one of these chain reactions myself. This article is about it.
By René Junge5 years ago in Psyche
An introduction to Mindsmatter — I Wish I Could Be Normal #1
Have you ever said to yourself: "If only I could have peace of mind, mental and emotional well-being, and control this anxiety or depression better, then I could enjoy my life, go out more, enjoy time with my family and friends, achieve my dreams, spend time with the people I love and be happy"?
By Mindsmatter.5 years ago in Psyche
Conquering Depression and Anxiety
Depression and anxiety can affect the self in a variety of ways that can impact mood, sleep, eating habits, and the perception of ourselves as well as the world around us. However, taking the necessary steps with exercise, nutrition, supplementation, and meditation, one can battle back to breakthrough the darkness of night into the daybreak of the light.
By Bobby Bushnell5 years ago in Psyche
The Obscure Side of Love
It all started with a dose of this medicated power Then the prescriptions kept repeating themselves: wanting more and more
By Kali5 years ago in Psyche
Mad City, Dirty Waters
“I got tired of dancing with your demons and I was over it. I felt like you robbed me of a part of myself. Not physically, but I don’t feel the same. Time is of the essence but if that would have been all you walked off with, I wouldn't have minded at all. It crushes me that imminently nothing is wrong but 7 months, fifty-leven days, umpteen hours later ( for my usher fans) and I still don’t feel okay. I can't fake the funk, I cant. I'm hurt, I'm sad, I'm tired. I could still feel your energy, chaotic, angry, grudgeful and I hate it. My first love, you genuinely hurt me. I hurt me. I put my love FOR you over the love of myself and in turn I got robbed. Hurt people, hurt people. I don't feel the same. I want the me that I was before you back. I knew better but I failed myself, you helped me find my discipline, my strength but within that I lost my peace, my shine, and my spontaneity. I don't feel the same. I go into hermit mode, I meditate, I do yoga and I know that one day I will finally find the reset button on myself and I will feel normal again. One day I will, but I'm not sure if that's today so to make up for it , I cry and release it to the universe.”
By Sorae 5 years ago in Psyche
Masked Perceptions
“You don’t understand,” I said. I heard my voice break, and I knew I was going to start crying again. I had marched into my doctor’s office for the third time since returning to work from COVID like someone demanding to see the manager. Yet as soon as I had started to explain why I was there, again, the embarrassing tears streamed down my exhausted face. “I Have to work,” I explained, “there has to be some way to fix this!”
By Cait Page5 years ago in Psyche
No one's perfect
What is wrong with me? A question I never get an answer to. They say no ones perfect, everyone has flaws, just be yourself but if thats the norm, then I'm not normal at all. There are so many things that go on inside my head, that would make you scream and run. Thats why I keep it hidden away. Where no one can see the real me. I am to afraid of what they will say if I tell the truth. If I let my demons come out to play, but they get a little to rough sometimes. So, it's better they stay inside.
By Shelby Schwartz5 years ago in Psyche