psychology
Studying the complexities of the human mind and its many functions and behaviors.
More than Pretty Pictures
Art Therapy is a therapy that is used in way to express one’s self in a creative way to improve their overall well being, physically and mentally. Art Therapy is “to explore with the patient the things that are preventing them from advancing in his or her life” (qtd. in Art Therapy Credentials Board). Though many Art Therapy Interventions are often mixed with other modalities, studies from the Journal of the American Art Therapy Association show that isolated Art Therapy sessions are beneficial for change and growth in both children and adults; art is more than just making pretty pictures.
By Victoria Hartley8 years ago in Longevity
My Definition of Loneliness
Loneliness. As a society, we have accepted loneliness to be a bad thing, but that isn’t always the case. In my almost 22 years of life, I have experienced loneliness on more than one occasion. In those moments that I have felt truly alone, I grew. In the terms loneliness, we tend to think that it means that you are completely alone. I think that people don’t realize that often when someone is feeling lonely they have others around them. Loneliness is not defined by one definition out of a dictionary. It is defined by each person who experiences it. It is defined by the way that each person experiences it. This is my definition of loneliness.
By Abalean Miller8 years ago in Longevity
The Pursuit of Happiness
Are you happy? With yourself? With what you have? As society progresses, the people living in it seem to believe more and more in an external happiness. A happiness that is in objects and the many physical pleasures of the world. People will often say "I'll be happy when I get a better job." Or "I'll be happy when I find a girlfriend." Only to find out once they have these things that nothing has changed. They find themselves still searching for more, not yet satisfied.
By Justin Henderson8 years ago in Longevity
Dream Child
Around mid-July I was listening to the radio, just cruising in my red truck, with my radio blasted on an average day to work. My ears were suddenly perked up by a story I began to listen very intently to on WM-PR. This was the story of a woman whose name was Tanya. In my mind I imagined her as woman who had ruffled, short, Jet-black, and spiky hair. She wore a leather jacket and a crop band tee-shirt along with stone-washed, ripped jeans.It wasn't so much the punk-rocker image as much as the angry glare on her face and the craving for darkness that stuck out to me. As she began to evolve to me I fell deeply into her story, I fell in love with this image that so accurately described me seven years ago; I was tough,and I was hardened. My heart was impenetrable and I loved only as deeply as I could feel; which wasn't much more than a paper cut. I became quiet, dark, angry, fiercely introverted and deep into myself. I understood Tanya, and the pain she felt. Tanya had a rough childhood, she had been abused, unloved,and no one could reach beyond the dark tower that she had built around her heart. For a person who loved words and connecting with people, I became the opposite for many years; a person who could only connect with my demons.
By Jordan Sophia Thomas8 years ago in Longevity
I Never See Facial Expressions
In an art class in high school, I drew and painted a picture of Harry Potter flying a broomstick in the Hogwarts Quidditch Stadium. When I took my completed painting to the teacher, she asked about why none of the people in the picture had facial expressions, as they were all showing the same blank face. My answer was that I drew and painted them as such because that’s the way I see people in real life. Due to my autism, facial expressions are very difficult for me to both notice and interpret. Whenever I look at a person’s face, I just see their physical features.
By Rebecca Sharrock8 years ago in Longevity
Enabling Autistic People to Cope with Change
It’s a well-known fact that those of us with autism have a lot of difficulty coping with any sort of change. These include changes of routine, changes of environment, and also times when things don’t happen the way in which we had expected them to. Autistic meltdowns (episodes where we may yell, thrash around, and lose control of ourselves) are almost always attached to some kind of change from our usual situation. I myself am autistic and experience anxiety from changes of various kinds, and I’ll mention a few of them in this piece.
By Rebecca Sharrock8 years ago in Longevity
The Soul and the Subconscious/Conscious Mind
It is crazy but I have this theory or this belief if you call it, that we are all souls/energies in a physical form. But the secret to you truly living, living out your real and honest desires, becoming your greatest version, is to become at one with who you are! The first step is identifying that you are a soul in a physical form. Souls in a physical form you say...
By Rasheeda Loves8 years ago in Longevity
Autism: Women and the Struggle for Diagnosis
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a complex developmental disability; signs typically appear during early childhood and affect a person’s ability to communicate and interact with others. ASD is defined by a certain set of behaviors and is a “spectrum condition” that affects individuals differently and to varying degrees. 1 out of every 68 children has been identified as being on the spectrum.
By Jenna Logan9 years ago in Longevity
Are You Your Own Worst Enemy?
The Southeast Bully is the part of our inner self that acts as a bully to our own soul. This bully uses dependency, attachment, judgment, comparison, expectation, self-importance, and the wounded child we experienced when our image makers made us feel unworthy of love to manipulate us. These emotions can stop us from following our Sacred Dream and fulfilling the plans our soul made for us in this life.
By Hyapatia Lee9 years ago in Longevity
