selfcare
The importance of self-care is paramount; enhance your health and wellbeing, manage your stress, and maintain control under pressure.
The Importance of Staying Positive
“What is down in the well comes up in the bucket. Fill yourself with positive things.” – Tony Dungy. Wise words from a man who has faced his own share of personal hardships, from the inherent stress involved with coaching professional football teams to the suicide of his eldest son. Life is not a straight path forward - it takes unexpected detours and turns, and obstacles both trivial and monumental make the journey treacherous at times. Positive thinking allows you to keep putting one foot in front of the other on life’s path, has numerous health benefits, and can even redefine your perception of yourself.
By Stephanie Nielsen5 years ago in Psyche
Mindful Strides
Mindfulness, the phenomenon of truly being conscious and aware, too often lingers in the shadows of our perceived realities like a ghost. It lets you know its there through that in-explainable urge to choose one path over the other with the confidence of an omniscient being. It even lets you see it at those moments when you realize you’re truly happy, so happy that it feels as though your heart is smiling and your entire body may literally burst with joy.
By Lana Marie5 years ago in Psyche
"LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!"
Like so many of us today, I have a constant fight with depression. We’ve all had those terrible experiences in our lives which have affected us for the rest of our lives. But rather than dwell on the negative, I want to FOCUS on the POSITIVE.
By Ruth Elizabeth Stiff5 years ago in Psyche
Self-Care
One of the things that really helps me cope with the woes of depression is making sure that I can recognize myself in the mirror. It is so easy to go deep into that rabbit hole of weariness where you don't brush your hair, you might skip a shower or two and you haven't washed the three day old makeup off your face. One thing for me is that I would go days without making my bed. I would literally sleep on a bare mattress with my down comforter and felt fine with that. I just didn't have the energy to straighten up my room even if it was to just make my bed. As of Monday, I went almost a month without making my bed. My mom would beg me to stop living like that and I was like "my mattress is clean." Looking back two days later, in my extended moment of melancholy, sleeping on a bare mattress because you can't muster up the energy to carry out day to day activities is not ok and that's why it is so important to remember to embrace SELF-CARE.
By Dishanta Lopez6 years ago in Psyche
Something new and something blue
For once the reason I stopped writing for a while was a positive one, I’ve been so wrapped up with making changes in my life. I needed one of those spring cleans but for my mind instead, instead of the empty water bottles on the side cabinet it was negative thoughts and doubt lingering in the air. You could say it was just a mess.
By The Soul Whisperer6 years ago in Psyche
Stress is killing me.
“Engaging with the self, starting to treat ourselves as if we were a living, learning surprise, worthy of existence despite our constant fears, enables us to engage in a real way with others, to see others as possible surprises and even gifts.”
By Ashley Beeby6 years ago in Psyche
The Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Emotional Competence
Emotional intelligence refers to a person’s ability to accurately understand and assess his or her feelings. It involves being acutely aware of how one responds to different situations as well as how other responds to one’s actions. It involves the desire/motivation to resist impulsive actions or utterances that may cause relational tensions or conflicts (such as anger-motivated verbal outbursts). Therefore, emotional intelligence constitutes people’s capacity for self-motivation, knowledge, and understanding of personal feelings. In addition, it includes the ability to regulate/manage one’s feelings in various social contexts. It also enables to recognize the emotions of others as well as the ability to handle interpersonal relationships.
By Alice Grey6 years ago in Psyche
Inside the psycho
Sh.... They might hear you. Who? The voices..... If there is anything I have learned from being in a mental hospital, it is that the craziest people in the world? Are not within these doors. I have never felt more at home than I have inside these rooms. Every door leading to another place where for the first time in my life, I am not ashamed to be. To simply be, with no contests. To finally, truly, exist in my own right without the added self loathing I am forced to wash myself with every time I shower.
By Nathan Hobba6 years ago in Psyche
