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Can You Save Your Children From Trauma?
“ I did not because I knew not”. This quote should be something our guardians say to us while growing up in the early 70’s and mid 90’s. They didn’t know they suffered and operated then raised us in their traumas. Is it truly a thing to save our kids in this generation from their trauma? We are at a critical point in time that we are recognizing and healing ourselves from our traumas and this healing is opening up the doors to seeing the trauma that we could potentially cause to our children.
By LATANYA N CHATFIELD5 years ago in Psyche
Tales from the Dyslexic Side: Part 2
Dyslexics, it is said, have a reduced working memory; we can’t hold as much “live” information in our heads at once. While your long-term memory can be seen as a hard-drive storing retrievable information, your working memory is like a processor, holding and manipulating the info you are accessing now and allowing you to focus on the task at hand. So, to be able to concentrate on something, we need it broken down into nice manageable pieces. And this is fundamentally what being a copywriter is all about: taking something complicated and translating it into the simple terms we can.
By Jodie Adam5 years ago in Psyche
ADHD'S Art
I have always been an artist; whether we are talking about visual arts, audio arts, up to performance arts, I loved it and would always receive high grades or compliments in that area. I think it is important to add that as a child, schooling was never my strong point. Although I have attended more schools than I could count on one hand, I think elementary takes one by itself: this is a whole other story; the importance to take away is that I would always have high grades when it came to art. I have drawn photos teachers asked to keep, I have made oil paintings teachers asked to keep. I even wrote short stories in elementary and high school. On two occasions, my teachers highly complimented the stories. I was also huge in performance arts; unlike dance class, I was the student everyone wanted on their team. I even graduated from an adult school that provided audio and video editing courses; in that course, my teacher used my idea for the entire class. Oh yes, we needed to submit our idea, and from that idea, he created a voice-over, company introduction, and closing summary with his video and audio recording company. The teacher would also often tell the class to pay attention when my work would go onto the screen. Especially for my Tupac- dear mama, music video. Now, of course, we all have our strong and weaker points in arts: I needed a Pencil, Pencil crayons, scissors, cords, scissors, Pens, Paintbrushes, textbook, or canvas boards and sheets, and a stage with a toy mic or my written script. But watch me having to redirect back to the story. In this article, I will discuss how I have tackled most aspects of art and how my, I mean Jessica’s life, took an exciting turn.
By Jessica A. Fox5 years ago in Psyche
Invisible Illness, Visible Me.
I was 13 years old when I first learned that I had JSLE (Juvenile Systemic Lupus Erythematosus), and from that moment, lay in my hospital bed, a thousand and one wires pulling at my skin, my world did not just turn upside down, but was erased and rebuilt. I was no longer certain of who I was. I was now Lupus Jade - sick, fragile, and very much at risk of everything and anything thrown my way.
By Jade Hadfield5 years ago in Psyche
Fear and Love
As humans, we have fear and love within us. We look at a baby, and something instantaneously in us wants to take care of the cute and helpless human. A baby ignites passion in hearts that the parents feel a state of love they never felt before. One of my friends stated, “It’s the kind of love you always wanted.” The baby brings the truth of what we are to the light. We all have a beautiful love inside, waiting to come out at the right timing.
By Fallon Hookailo5 years ago in Psyche
Find a Good Psychologist
Finding a good psychologist is a bit like dating; you have to kiss a few frogs until you find the right one for you. I should know, I've been seeing them for 30 years. I've lost count of the amount of different psychologists I've seen, but out of all of them, I've only found one who works well for me.
By Alyssa Curtayne5 years ago in Psyche
Fury at Last
God, this coffee’s rank. I feel like a bit of a shit for walking out of the wake but you know what? I don’t fucking care. For years she ruined everything for me - playdates cancelled ‘because I said so’, school discos missed ‘because I said so’, hot dates denied ‘because I said so’ and why? Because she fucking said so. That was her ‘go to’ when she had no other reason for making my life miserable. When I was a kid I believed her when she’d say she was only looking out for me but I soon saw the truth. You know you get to that age, that bloody frustrating age when you’re old enough to rationalise and argue your point but ultimately you’re still a child and have to do as you’re told? I’ll tell you, if being a bitch was an Olympic sport my mother would win gold. And, lucky me, I was an only child. Dad fucked off when I was ten. Can’t blame him. He’d had enough and the local barmaid, Liz, was warm and caring and fun and normal. I loved spending time with her and dad. But mostly it was just me and mum for about a decade. Me, mum and ‘because I said so’.
By Julie Murrow5 years ago in Psyche
