Latest Stories
Most recently published stories in Psyche.
Which way to the lucid dream?
Just a moment ago, you flew around the world with mere arm strength, fought a saber-toothed tiger in the jungle, or accidentally did your weekly shopping in the supermarket without pants. Then the alarm clock rings, and you realize - sometimes disappointed, sometimes relieved - that it was all just a bizarre dream. It's different from lucid dreams, also known as lucid dreams. Here, sleepers are aware from the start that they are just traveling through an artificial world. More than one in two have experienced such a lucid dream at some point in their lives. Depending on the survey, about a quarter report regular lucid dreams, i.e. more frequently than once a month.
By AddictiveWritings5 years ago in Psyche
Psychiatric Hospitalization Survival Guide
There may come a time during your mental health recovery journey that inpatient psychiatric hospitalization is required. Thanks to the stigma we face, common misconceptions being passed as fact and a slew of other factors many of us look at mental illnesses differently than we do medical illnesses. In fact, it’s typical that mental illness is viewed as scary or dangerous...even contagious. I could (and believe me, I will) write an entire article on this aspect of mental health advocacy, but that is for another day. I bring this up, however, because stigma, misconceptions and other issues make the difficult decision to be hospitalized for your mental health even harder. This is serious because it literally involves matters of life and death, when we require inpatient care we are experiencing a life-threatening emergency.
By Uilliam-Cillian Beamish5 years ago in Psyche
Common Phobias People Have
Fear... We all have felt it, Right? The cold electric chill running up your spine along with your heart beating like a fast drummer. Your breathing intensifies as you try to gasp for more air, and the adrenaline starts to spike making your body feel the rising heat.
By Jevmar Hex5 years ago in Psyche
The Perfect Chocolate Cake
It was the perfect chocolate cake. The first one she’d made. Oh, not the first cake she'd make. Not the first chocolate cake either. Oh no, there were many iterations of that. Not the first she had enjoyed. Not the first that looked good. She didn’t even know how it tasted. And yet somehow she could tell. This was a perfect cake. The first perfect cake she had ever made.
By Elizabeth Camilleri5 years ago in Psyche
Ava's Phobia.
In the summer of 1973, two little girls rest in the grass of a shared acre of land located on the outskirts of Texas. Ava, a blonde-haired blue-eyed girl, is the daughter of the longest-living family on the ranch. The only child of The Holoson family, well-known for all the wrong reasons. The mere sight of people seethed their souls. Unfriendly. Griffith Holoson moved to the area in the mid-’60s with his wife, Judy. They were the only people located on the acre until their daughter, Ava, was born in 1970. A house was built on the land, angering the couple. Angry letters to the Governor went unanswered, and four separate homes were built on the property. Friendly gestures from the neighbors were immediately shot down. “Good morning's" were ignored and stepping within 5 feet of their property warranted constant calls to the police. The last home to be built belonged to the Smith's, the only black family on the farm. The other neighbors couldn’t care less about the Smith's, but the Holoson’s were outraged.
By Sierra Ginae.5 years ago in Psyche
It’s Not a Dirty Word.
With the month of June over, Pride Month has slipped into Disability Pride month. In anticipation, corporations have stopped using their rainbow logos and instead begun to post inspirational pictures of employees in wheelchairs and activists with white canes. The professional side of the internet is abuzz with activity in the meantime— what can we do to make workplaces more accessible? they ask.
By Victoria L5 years ago in Psyche
