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Most recently published stories in Psyche.
The Quiet Storm Within
Full Story: The room was silent except for the faint ticking of the clock on the wall. Lina sat curled in the corner, knees pulled close to her chest, eyes staring into empty space. To the outside world, she appeared calm, even collected. But inside her mind, a tempest raged — a quiet storm no one could see.
By VoiceWithin7 months ago in Psyche
The Soldier Who Forgot His Name
He didn’t remember his name. That was the first truth he had to make peace with. When he woke up beneath the crumbled wall of a nameless town, with ash in his mouth and blood drying on his fingers, there was no name echoing in his mind. Only a low humming, like distant thunder that never struck, and the heavy silence that follows a scream too loud to hear.
By Azimullah Sarwari7 months ago in Psyche
A Search for Identity. Top Story - July 2025. Content Warning.
My name is Elizabeth Woods, and I am a survivor of child abuse and life changing trauma. I survived one of the worst childhoods you can ever imagine and I have written my story in a memoir: The Sex-Offender’s Daughter, available on Amazon.
By Elizabeth Woods7 months ago in Psyche
When the Mind Becomes a Maze
My mind is not a home anymore — it’s a maze of echoes I can’t escape. There was a time when thinking felt like clarity, when my thoughts flowed like quiet rivers winding through open valleys. But somewhere along the way, those rivers turned into loops — endless, echoing circles of “what if,” “why,” and “was it enough?”
By Azimullah Sarwari7 months ago in Psyche
