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Perception
She whispers secret words as she stands on the roof top of the skyrise apartment building she’s lived in for the past two years. The sounds carry away on the wind as it whips around her, but the naked longing in her voice travels on the breeze to wrap around the pedestrians that stand on the sidewalk beneath her. They all still, they all inhale deeply and hold it, unknowingly responding to her call. They are mesmerized by her sorrow, though they can’t name the feeling as it blankets them and holds them captive. Above them, scalding tears leave a rosy trail down the slope of her cheek. She cups her hands together and holds them against the agony in her chest.
By Mae Jupiter5 years ago in Psyche
HACKING OF SUBCONCIOUS MIND!
I will tell u why I am using this word and in which context I am using this. Guys when we say hacking what first comes in our mind that hacking is something that we are making efforts to find someone secrets or to access someone private matter illegally and obviously we heard about it in our digital world so what do you think hacking is only done through any machine in order to hack all other machine and you know in this, hacking is not done by ourselves it is done by outsiders without our reach till the point we came to know things have gone too far so guys have you ever think that we are using our mind to hack things ,so is there any possibility that our mind can be hacked?
By ANSH CHAUHAN5 years ago in Psyche
Are a narcissist person?
Narcists? What does this word really mean? Let's see here; it means that a person who has an excessive interest in or admiration of themselves. But here the true meaning of this word and the actual meaning of the word; Narcissism, in its most basic terms, is self-absorption to the point of being unable to empathize with others. It is a generalized personality trait that can be thought of as selfishness and self-centeredness which is taken to the extreme. Well we got that out of the way. I lived a normal life since the age of 10 years old, since I can remember. I don't remember much around that age but as I started to grow up little by little I started to notice how my own mother started to treat me? She never once called me her daughter she always called me by my name Alice. I always tried to be the miss perfect daughter towards her and did what I was spouse to just so she can be proud of me as a child that she can call me her own daughter, she didn't even budge.... I always tried getting good grades in school, I always made sure I did my homework once I got home, and I made sure the house was clean! But it was never enough for her to even once call me "daughter". That made me sad but I didn't think to much of it till I got into my teen years that is when I really got into depression, and anxiety hit. I once even tried killing myself but something told me to call for help and I ended up calling the police and told them exactly what I was doing and I needed help and if I didn't I wouldn't be here today. My mother didn't know what was going on 'cause she would always tell her friends every little fucking details about her kids. It was fucking so damn stupid, she would tell them exactly what I told her a couple of hours earlier. I stopped telling her shit, and I was happy that I did. So I ended up in a Mental Hospital for two whole months, which was a good thing it was during summer, 'cause I didn't want to miss school. So two months past and I am back at home with my parents, my mother Lora took days off of work to watch over me and make sure I didn't do anything. It seems sweet and all in the beginning, wait till I get into my high school years and after high school. So time went on and I started getting older by time and etc. There have been times when my mother wouldn't be home and I had to ask my father where she went? Around this time I was probably close to being 18 years old. She never tells me shit especially where was going when you think your parents will be home but turns out they are gonna be home super late. So my dad told me that my uncles was hurt!? Honestly I forgot on what he got hurt for... Me and my friend Annie, we had always been friends since late middle school years and we been super close in high school. Next thing was when my mother would always forced me to study for my drivers license none stop. Especially when I was 16 years old and she never stopped doing that! This might not be a narcissist family in your eyes but there is always a whole different part in other peoples life who have it a different ways! Here's couple of things to look out for while I tell a few little areas I have been. Here we go;
By Ms. Thomas5 years ago in Psyche
Art is a Good Medium for Expression
Tolstoy (1828-1910) stresses that art express worthy feelings. Art as emotional expression finds great exposition from the work of Benedetto Croce (1866-1952) and R.G. Collingwood (1889-1943). Croce, starts, "intuitions", the immediate knowing of impressions and transformation by active imaginative unified images or organic wholes. Intuition is regarded as expression of emotion to express the personality of the artist and evoked to the “larger soul of man” Holcombe,2015).
By Shanie Walker5 years ago in Psyche
How My Game Club Continues to Impact the Lives of Over 100 Kids and Adults With Autism
Before I get to the exciting and inspiring things about my game club and my members, let me give you a quick background on ASD; Autism Spectrum Disorder. In 2013, the DSM-5 changed the way Autism, Aspergers (high functioning autism) and PDD (Pervasive Developmental Disorder) were recognized and determined. In the past, all aspects and different levels of Autism were recognized as their own separate entities. It was quite beneficial to know the exact diagnosis of an individual as it leads to better gauging how to treat them and have a better understanding of their abilities and functioning at a first meeting. When the DSM-5 decided to change their guidelines and lump all forms and stages of autism into one title, Autism, it made it more difficult at first meeting to develop a course of treatment plan for the individual. Hopefully in the future the change will be reversed and each stage of autism will be recognized as separate entities again.
By Sadie Colucci5 years ago in Psyche
Depressive disorder
Joanne had struggled with depression ever since her divorce 3 years ago. Her self-esteem was at a real low point and her confidence was shattered. The depression took over her life making her sad with low moods swings. In its most severe form, she continually experienced feelings of helplessness, hopelessness, and despair (Destroy Depression, 2019). She began experiencing depressive episodes that flowed over into her life experiences to a decrease in her social activities, problems with relationships, and an increase in crying (ABCT, 2019). When she was not crying, she had a desire to cry even when she could not get the tears out. The depression was now a common psychological problem, and an inclusion to most experiences in her life, affecting her quality of life. These experiences of low mood became severe enough for Joanne to seek formal treatment.
By Shanie Walker5 years ago in Psyche
Animal behavior
Our brain is an ocean of data. We store a lot of data throughout our life. It is assumed that those data passes from generations to generations. So remember what you’re doing now is going to have a great impact afterwards. Think about those most common things we found out on our own. This shows the strong processing power of human brain. Enough with humans, we can normalize all the craziness by actually communicating. It’s a shame to use the word actual communication while being guarded with emotions in the front lobe though. What about the inter-species communication. Since we share same home with them and they have an important role in balancing the environment, isn’t it necessary to have a close communicating capability with them?
By Subash Poudel5 years ago in Psyche
Therapy vs creativity
The sign that the intellect has produced something useful is when it becomes embodied in a person. Posture, basic responses and vocal tone are altered. Therapists should be, but aren't, good poets. (This is tied to poetry's origins as a spoken art form).
By Nick Birthday 5 years ago in Psyche
PTSD Treatment using Art Therapy
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder which results from the experience or witnessing of traumatic or life-threatening events. The stress resulting from traumatic events triggers a spectrum of psycho-emotions and physio pathological consequences. PTSD also has profound psychobiological links, which can damage a person's existence and be life threatening. (Iribarren, Prolo, Neagos, and Chiappelli, 2005). PTSD Trauma treatment, (2010-2014) enlightens patients that suffer trauma, at times cannot express themselves through words to explicate their post-traumatic emotions. Sometimes words are imprisoned within a person’s unconscious, restricting them from verbalizing their emotions. To heal, patients need to express their emotions, work through them, and regain a positive focus. Some patients with PTSD can find a way to heal by expressing themselves through art. Art Therapy is an accepted intervention that insures effective and efficacious treatment for the benefit of the patient.
By Shanie Walker5 years ago in Psyche
Mental Health
Mental health today is perceived as a state of wellbeing where individuals can realize their own potential to cope with normal stresses of life, work productively or successfully and contribute to their community (Beyond Blue, 2019). As an opinion, mental health is linked to wellness as well as illness, with some experts using phrases like “good mental health”, “positive mental health”, “mental well-being” and “subjective wellbeing”, even “happiness” to emphasize a person’s mental state and wellbeing functioning. Whereas, mental illness or poor mental health can be represented on the other end of the mental health spectrum to present mental health conditions or symptoms to affect thoughts, feeling and behaviors on a negative scale (Beyond Blue, 2019).
By Shanie Walker5 years ago in Psyche
