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How Taekwon-do and Other Martial Arts Improve Your Spiritual and Mental Health
I practiced Taekwon-do for a couple of years, mostly to get myself some confidence and to be able to defend myself. In the end, you'll learn a lot more about yourself and your discipline.
By Bryan Dijkhuizen4 years ago in Psyche
Let's talk about Logical Fallacies (Part-1)
Debate or argument is our day to day event. We do it most often formally or informally. When you are debating with someone, you want to use all of the resources in your disposal to convince the other person that you are right, That’s pretty good until you are not ending up with logical fallacies to just establish your point whereas your point is becoming invalid.
By Tanvir Rashik Shafim 4 years ago in Psyche
Moments of Weakness
At the moment of loneliness you think about one person. One feeing that makes you happy. You choose to focus on the things that make you happy so you don’t have to feel so lonely. Sometimes it works. Most times it makes you more sad because you are not feeling that now. Times of isolation and loneliness, you think about one thing more than before. From a touch to their warmth. The feeling overcomes you because in those moments of loneliness it becomes all that brings you joy.
By The Kind Quill4 years ago in Psyche
Journalism can change the world
I wanted to get into Journalism from a very young age, because I believed it could make a difference to the world we live, in a peaceful and democratic manner.
By Sarah Morgan4 years ago in Psyche
I just turned 27. Here are my 10 life lessons I learnt #millennialstyle
I turned 27 recently #lockdowncelebrationathome As I am moving towards the end of my second decade.... I would like to share some of my #lockdownlessons:
By 🇻🇳 Journey with Juju 🇦🇺4 years ago in Psyche
Beep Beep
On the night of April 5th, 2012, I almost died. I should have died. Had anything gone differently, even by a hair, I would have died. It was the single most traumatic experience in my life and shaped who I am today. Here, let’s take a trip down memory lane. Don’t worry, it’s safe, but you might want to buckle your seat belt.
By Solina Silverfire4 years ago in Psyche
Reeducation, Addiction Treatment, And Alternative Sentencing Should Have Been Tried Before Mass Incarceration.
Incarceration should never have been the only answer to dealing with criminality in America. The changes that have started in the country are actually overdue. Unfortunately, anything long overdue and being done to fit political reelection goals will work out poorly. While change is needed, and I've believed this for years, it should be tempered with wisdom. Wisdom, knowledge, and a clear-cut plan of action are the only way to find ourselves with a better system than we had before.
By Jason Ray Morton 4 years ago in Psyche
R U OK?
It's the second week of Septemer, which means R U OK Day is coming up. Founded in 2009 by Gavin Larkin, R U OK Day was intended to raise awareness of mental health and suicide prevention. It came to national attention in 2011, and inspires somewhat mixed feelings in the general populace. On R U OK Day, people are encouraged to reach out and strengthen personal relationships by asking a simple question: R U OK?
By Natasja Rose4 years ago in Psyche
Inpatient Drug Rehabilitation Treatments Around Hollywood Florida
"Inpatient drug rehab in Hollywood FL can be your answer to overcoming drug addiction. With our highly trained staff, patients can begin the road to recovery from addiction and one of the most effective ways to do so is through inpatient drug rehab. If you or a loved one suffer from addiction, it's important to seek treatment before the situation becomes out of control. The sooner you can get on the road to recovery, the better."
By Anthony Turner4 years ago in Psyche
What do you have to be sad about?
As someone diagnosed with depression, I hate this question. The point of depression is that I’m sad without really having a reason to be. I can’t help it. If I had a reason to be sad, then my feelings could be considered sadness. I’ve gone through some hard times in my life where I did feel very sad because of my circumstances, but for the most part my life has been pretty good. Even so, I was diagnosed with depression when I was 18 years old. I was sad all the time, I didn’t want to go to classes or even leave my dorm room, and I started self-harming. All I wanted to do was sleep most of the time. I had a dorm room to myself, so I spent most of my time isolated from others. I would occasionally leave my room to go get ice from the ice machine downstairs or use the bathroom, but some days even leaving my room to take a shower was too much for me. My dad was in the army and deployed to Iraq at the time, but other than that I didn’t really have anything to be sad about. I was smart, I got into a good university, I had a boyfriend, my family was supportive, and I was financially comfortable. By all standards, I should have been happy right? Unfortunately, I wasn’t. After a few months of self-harming, I finally decided to see a doctor to discuss medication. I was put on Zoloft, and I expected things to get better. My life continued to go on and I continued to achieve things that people would expect from me in hopes that I would be happier. I graduated from college, got married, moved to a new state with my husband, and even finished grad school. I still wasn’t happy though. Finally, I attempted suicide. After seven years on varying doses of Zoloft with no improvement, I was overwhelmed. I couldn’t fathom the idea that I was so young and had so many more years to live in my current state of misery. A couple weeks before this attempt I took a genetic test that my psychiatrist recommended. While I was in the hospital recovering from my attempt, my doctors were able to get the results from my psychiatrist. Turns out, my body doesn’t absorb SSRIs. Over those seven years, multiple doctors had increased the dosage of my medication, but no one ever recommended I try anything else. After getting those results, my medication was changed to a different drug class. It took a while to adjust to the change, but the results have been amazing. I finally feel like a “normal” person instead of someone that just wants to lay around and wait for their life to end. Before, my energy continued to decline over the years which made it hard to find and hold down a job, but now I have so much more energy and I feel like I can live a normal life. I still don’t have anything to be sad about, but now I don’t feel sad either. I do still have depression though. People like to think there’s a reason and that you can cure depression, but that isn’t always the case. Depression and sadness are NOT the same thing. Sadness is a feeling that you experience, and depression is a medical condition. Some people have success treating their depression with therapy, and that’s great. Others need medication though, and that’s fine too. So, my depression isn’t gone, but it is treated with medication just like any physical health condition would be. Just like those with chronic physical conditions, I follow up with a doctor routinely and take my medications on a regular schedule. I don’t expect my condition to be magically cured, so I fully intend to continue taking medications for the rest of my life, and I’m fine with that.
By Ashley K4 years ago in Psyche
The Wonderful World of Me
Oh hey, you came back, when last we spoke, we went from my childhood to me discovering what was really wrong with me and doing something about it and now we are going dive into how I deal with these issues on a day-to-day basis. Living with an issue that you have never had properly diagnosed is really hard because you know what is wrong with you but trying to explain it to people especially family can be difficult. Most of the time when I try to tell people, they assume it's an excuse because it always starts out normal but then they ask me to go out with them, and therein lies the problem, going out or even talking on the phone causes internal issues. I want to find love but don’t know how to do that with anxiety, because of the scariness of what could happen, it’s not even attempted sometimes, plus I get bored so easily that I will download a dating app only to delete it after a day or so. That is just what happens when it comes to dating and trying to explain to people what is going on with me even if they don’t believe me for most of the time.
By Brittney Mckinney4 years ago in Psyche
The Anxious Elephant in the Room
Congratulations, America, we have created the land of the free and the home of the anxious. Over 40 million Americans, ages 18 and older, suffer from the most diagnosed mental health illness, Anxiety. Why are we just accepting this? Why are we allowing this to happen? We allow this, we accept this because we think it is normal. Anxiety is an illness caused by many factors like genetics and disease. However, it is also caused by environment, trauma, and upbringing. I know being "stressed" and having anxiety are not the same thing. However, being stressed, experiencing regular stress can lead to Anxiety.
By Kevin Slimmer4 years ago in Psyche