Latest Stories
Most recently published stories in Psyche.
Do You Have A Negative Self-Concept?
SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF A NEGATIVE SELF-CONCEPT Knowledge Acquisition and the Social Self Social cognition seeks to explain how people perceive themselves and other people. When one understands that cognition is acquiring knowledge, one can then understand the meaning of social cognition. The most straightforward meaning is acquiring knowledge about one's social environment through the impressions formed based on bias and our subjective impressions. Humans function differently in an ever social setting based on the expectations of others as well as their expectations (Bargh &Williams, 2006).
By VNessa Erlene4 years ago in Psyche
Vocal Is My Therapy. Top Story - September 2021.
Why do I need therapy, you ask? Well, I'm experiencing a lot of anxiety for two reasons. One, I got a new job that's been stressful. Two, my birthday is coming soon. I will be turning thirty this year (as I am writing this). To be honest, I am not looking forward to it. For the first time in my life, I'm not looking forward to my birthday. Sad, right? To me, thirty is the end of being young and the start of getting old. I know that's dumb, but it's how I feel. I want to either repeat my twenties or stall the aging process altogether. But life doesn't work that way. I got to learn to accept that. Luckily, I have found a place of solace and peace. It's a place of belonging and artistic thinking. That place is called Vocal. Why is Vocal therapy for me?
By Sarah Loyd4 years ago in Psyche
Working Wordsmiths (Series/2)
What is Writing for Wellbeing? Writing for wellbeing is about exploring and expanding knowledge and understanding of our own health and wellness through the power of words. Too often we dismiss or undervalue our everyday thoughts, feelings and experiences. Yet research has shown that reading and writing activities actively promote health and wellbeing. Writing for wellbeing can even help us manage long-term conditions and can help with a range of issues including mild to moderate depression, isolation, dementia, recovery from stroke and other illnesses that impact on individual identity.
By Elaine Ruth White4 years ago in Psyche
Introvert or Extrovert?
Most likely you have been asked "Are you an introvert or an extrovert?" for school or perhaps your workplace for an odd interview. But have you actually thought it through and connected the dots to see how much of an extrovert or introvert you are?
By Lovely Lucia4 years ago in Psyche
Awareness
*Motifs of mental health and suicide please do not read if it will bother you Awareness is something that I think a lot of people tend to forget about. Awareness that even when you are kept late at work and have to deal with traffic and suddenly remember that you need to pick up something from the store and have to go through multiple lanes before you can find a parking spot and then have to weave your way through a large crowd of people who are also doing last minute shopping on a Monday night and even though these are all small tedious things, they have piled up and now it seems as if the whole world is against you, that even then, there are people around you who are struggling as well. There is a fight that so many of us seem to have within ourselves and we become so focused on our own fight we forget that there are others who are also fighting something similar, maybe something worse. Sometimes the fight we are struggling to win becomes too difficult one day and all of the emotion and torment that has been building up within us comes out in a torrent of carelessness and lack of compassion for others blinding us from seeing their pain...
By Elisa Budny4 years ago in Psyche
It’ll Never Happen to Me
”It’ll never happen to me.” That’s what I used to tell myself. Until it did. It happened. Suicide happened. To the last person I would have ever expected. That day will be engrained in my memory, and my famiily’s memories, forever. I was driving to CVS, in between petsitting and babysitting jobs. I know what families I was working for that day, I even know what I was going to CVS to buy. Everything after that for the next 12 hours is a blur. I know I went home, I know there was a lot of crying, and I know I was making calls and packing quickly so I could get to Maine. But I was numb. I was trying not to feel anything but feeling everything at the same time. I was heartbroken and in denial and angry. I just wasn’t able to process anything. Because I always told myself “it won’t happen to me.” But it did, and I had to face it head on.
By Hannah York 4 years ago in Psyche
On Being of Service
Some recent conversations, experiences and explorations into religious themes got me reflecting on the notion and nature of "service" of late. What follows isn't meant to be some great final truth, but rather something that can maybe give us all a little more breathing room.
By Emma Scott Lavin4 years ago in Psyche
Getting into an Inpatient Drug Rehabilitation Treatment Facility in Bend Oregon
If you are suffering from addiction to drugs, an Inpatient drug rehab in Bend OR is the best option for you. Inpatient drug rehabilitation centers provide treatment through their drug detox program. This program helps an addict to battle with his dependency on drugs. This is a 12-Step program which will facilitate the patient to take responsibility of his addiction.
By Ada Walter4 years ago in Psyche
