Latest Stories
Most recently published stories in Psyche.
Living With Anxiety
Anxiety doesn’t discriminate. It comes in all shapes and sizes, and like a leech...it latches on to its victim and sucks the life out of them. It can be so crippling, that thought of a stranger asking “How are you?” makes you afraid to go out into public.
By Hailey Alexandria Baldwin5 years ago in Psyche
How to Trick Your ADHD Brain into Cleaning (with Science!)
My sophomore year in college, my dorm room was invaded by an army of fruit flies. It was my own fault—I had misplaced several avocados a week earlier and they had started to rot. Unfortunately, finding and disposing of the decomposing avocados was not an easy task. The topography of my cluttered room had begun to resemble a J.R.R. Tolkien map: Were the rotting avocados hiding beneath Dirty Laundry Mountain or Damp Towels Butte? Perhaps they had gotten stuck behind the Twin Towers of Loose Papers and Books I'll Eventually Get Around to Reading. Had they sunk into the Swamp of Textbooks of Semesters Past? Maybe they had rolled into the Cave of Abandoned Hobbies—aka under my bed—where a broken skateboard, half-finished sewing projects, a wood burning kit, two manuals on sailor's knots, and a sundry assortment of my other short-term interests had all gone to quietly die.
By Sam Strauss5 years ago in Psyche
Teenagers, Depression, Social Media and the Pandemic
Depression is something that I don't think that even today we take seriously enough. Not only can it lead a person to hurt themselves, but it can also lead to afflictions such as: cancer, heart attacks, stroke and many more - all with serious consequences. Depression is something that is known to take over your life and, as I have researched, makes it almost impossible to function in the worst of times. During this pandemic, depression in teenagers has been on the rise. This is not really a steady rise but instead, it seems to be a spike with more teenagers than ever seeking out mental health help.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Psyche
Coming Up on One Year of COVID-19: Tips from a Crisis Counselor
Alright, alright, alright - I know what you’re all thinking. “It feels like last March never ended, and now here we are again, still in the middle of this godforsaken pandemic, penniless, exhausted, and trapped in our homes, and you have the audacity to publish another empty-worded self-help article tellings us to get our lives together?!”
By Anaakhya Kavi5 years ago in Psyche
WAYS ON HOW TO COME OUT OF DEPRESSION
1. STAY AWAY FROM SOCIAL MEDIA: The first way point of how to come out of depression after break up is stop using social media. As much as helpful social media is it can also result in doing the exact opposite. It might contain posts, pictures, and various memories of you and your past which will make it all the more difficult to move on. Also, Social media can create a lot of hatred and anger with different posts about relationships especially when you start to relate with them. We might refer to social media platforms for refreshment but it certainly won’t be refreshing enough after a break up which can lead to being more depressed.
By Zyan Malik5 years ago in Psyche
Understanding Shadow Work
Shadow Work is how you integrate the aspects of your unconscious psyche into your conscious experience and allow the positive aspects of the shadow to express themselves. When properly used and channeled, the shadow-self has traits that you can use to further your own personal development. Everyone carries a dark side ,even if we don't like to admit to our flaws. Shadow work can sound creepy or a means to what goes bump in the night. Some parts of it may be rather uncomfortable for most but it is necessary work to uncoil the true joy that is beyond those skeletons and fears. Especially the one That we keep tucked away in the closet of our own mind.
By 8illionaire Marketing5 years ago in Psyche
Her Name Is Hope
10/13/19 “Her Name is Hope” I think I might be in love with Death. The problem is that I can only meet him once, so, for now, I have to settle for his cousin, Hope. Hope is a disease. She feeds me the belief that things will change, that things will get better. Logically, I know they won’t. I know that Hope is lying. But here’s the thing about Hope: she’s manipulative, but you can’t help but love her. She’ll tell you everything will be ok and make you trust her. And then she’ll break you. She takes you out at the knees and stabs you in the back. But you’ll forgive her, love her again with her sweet and beautiful face. You’ll breathe in her promises of next times and live her lies. She’ll get you high just to break your mind.
By Emery Pine5 years ago in Psyche
The Trek of Life
Mental health is a subject I both enjoy and loathe talking about. I’ve found sharing my experiences with others is both incredibly cathartic and uncomfortably vulnerable. Which is why I love fiction writing. It often feels safer to explore tough situations, traumas, grief, and shame through the emotional distance a character can give. But fiction is not a substitute, it is a tool. It is necessary to face real discomfort in order to heal.
By Allison Moore5 years ago in Psyche
