Latest Stories

Most recently published stories in Psyche.

Negative Emotions and Positive Psychology
Negative Emotions and Positive Psychology Firstly, we talk about positive psychology and then the existence of negativity in life or Negative Emotions and psychological facts about it.
By SAIMA AFTAB5 years ago in Psyche
All For Nothing
My life was ruled by an invisible force, a killer that was silent in it’s taking of innocent souls. I was consumed by the emptiness it provided to my mind. The ability to forget about the world around me as my mind was consumed by the comforting darkness. I never saw myself being the type to allow my will to be taken so easily. Though iIt calls to me as though a siren to a sailor, clinging to the mess of a mind that I now hold to my name.
By Jaianna Johnson5 years ago in Psyche
Blue Eyes
The day Meera found out she was pregnant was the happiest day of her life. But that all changed when her son was born. “Push!” the doctor called out.
By Jazmin Hedrick5 years ago in Psyche
Pride Induced Agony
Mauna Kea pierces the atmosphere above the big island of Hawaii at 13,752 feet. It is the longest continuous uphill bicycle climb in the world. That’s why I was there in 2017, to climb it on my road bike, along with five others I had coordinated with online to reduce costs.
By Raisin Brazon5 years ago in Psyche
Humanity
The world is slowly cracking open all around us, revealing multitudes of corruption and greed that has kept us in chains for too long. Rome needed to fall.
By Miss Riddle5 years ago in Psyche
Autism Is Not a Disease
When I was two years old, I was diagnosed with Autism. After my diagnosis, my mom quit her job at Pitney Bowes to arrange my ABA (applied behaviour analysis) sessions at home. During my childhood, livng with Autism was both meaningful and frustrating. I would have constant metldowns in which I would engage in self-destructive behaviours like head banging. I also had awesome talents and character traits like extraversion, memory and most importantly, I appreciated and valued life!
By Talia Devora5 years ago in Psyche
Holding
When my father died he left me a ratty black Moleskine notebook, the kind he’d carried with him at all times in the last twenty-seven years of his life. The notebook had a letter addressed to me on each page. In the back was a wad of checks totaling $20,000.
By Ava Nona5 years ago in Psyche
Element of Hope
As the old saying goes: There is a calm before the storm. Most do not understand at that exact moment of calm, the next step you take determines a chain reaction. Too much and you are drowning, too little and you are deprived of an element that you need to survive, yet finding balance requires so much more than you could ever imagine.
By taylor jones5 years ago in Psyche
B U R Y I N G
The sun has set. The spoon dripped honey. I let it pool on my tongue and it slid down my throat. It was thick and felt hot as it pooled, a sweetness beyond sugar, beyond gold.
By Sunniva Vann5 years ago in Psyche
The Library
The Library Challenge Day One “Hey dude, you still alive?” The southern tinged voice is accompanied with a hand shaking my shoulder, dislodging me from my dream.
By Caleb Thompson5 years ago in Psyche
The Little Black Book
The time for feeling sorry for myself is over, it is time to buck up and get on with my life. Hey, my name is Riley Prestan. I am 29 years old and just got out of a bad break up. How can you just let go of something you spent so long trying to fix? We never had the best relationship but, when he wanted to, Alexander could make me feel as though I was the only person he would ever love; he made me feel so special.
By Jessie Eyland5 years ago in Psyche
Life of a Neurodivergent
Change can be terrifying. That first step into the unknown can take your breath away and leave you wondering why you ever left the comfort of normalcy in the first place.
By Jennifer Parr5 years ago in Psyche