Latest Stories
Most recently published stories in Psyche.
Sonder
Salman's Shop, an odd cafe that served tea and coffee with quite peculiar dishes for the guests that sought sustenance from it. Kinds you wouldn't ever order with coffee or any of the teas sold there. Dishes like rotted fish gut fettuccine, jelly moose nose pudding, and pickled camel cream with lots of other unfitting alternatives.
By April Perez5 years ago in Psyche
Parting Gift
Parting Gift By: Carie Johnson Dusk deems the cityscape elusive, mottled and unknowable. I walk through tunnels of foreign conversations and streetlights boasting marble and steel. The lights fold into greys smitten with speckles of gold and jasper. My shoes fleeting beneath me astute and alight. I drag a comb through the city until the thoughts of men before me fall at my wonderment. Architecture, rusting archaic tells the tale of industrial pining. And I a cellist meet a fate so strung out. It’s my twenty eighth birthday and blown is the candle of my youth. I breathe in deeply the pixelated reeking of my conundrum. A stray cat stares at me as I turn the corner. Wearily, I blink until the city is gone.
By Carie Johnson5 years ago in Psyche
A Bipolar Checks in during March
Not everybody knows or will admit that mental health is connected to bodily health and spiritual health. Last year, I was looking and feeling good about myself. This year it's all gone downhill. Last year I weighed about 165 pounds and I liked what I saw in the mirror and in photographs. This year in March 2021, I'm up to 200 pounds and I hate myself.
By Shanon Angermeyer Norman5 years ago in Psyche
I Quit Facebook ‘Cold Turkey’ Over a Year Ago And I’m Saner For It
My Year on Facebook During my year on Facebook, I found some things that I liked, such as reconnecting with old friends and staying up-to-date with what my friends and relatives were doing, as well as sharing photos. At one time, I had a following of over 500 people, including many new acquaintances from all walks of life.
By Terry Mansfield5 years ago in Psyche
A Parable of Hope
The child had heard much about a new friend that she would meet someday soon. There was no way to know when this friend would arrive, only that the child could expect it sometime soon. Though she had not yet met this new friend, the child had old friends, and they kept her company.
By Debra Criss5 years ago in Psyche
ADHD Demystified
Everyone seems to think they know all about ADHD and its symptoms. I'll be out somewhere and over hear people say things to their friends like, "I'm so ADD right now!", because they'll be on their phone while also working on their computer, and they cant decide which device to devote their attention to. I've also talked to many people who don't believe ADHD is a legitimate issue or that it was created by big pharma just to sell drugs. What's worse are the numerous stereotypes and stigmas that are associated with having ADHD. When people hear that I am ADHD, cue the eye rolls and endless suggestions of dietary changes, more exercise, less screen time, it's a conspiracy, or worse, "it's all in your head", comments.
By Wendy Sanders5 years ago in Psyche
A Letter to the Boy who Hurt Me
I wish I could have recognized your abuse when we were together; maybe I could have helped you see how harmful it was, for both of us. But I wasn’t meant to play that role for you. I hope you’ve learned something since then, and that you haven’t treated anyone else the way you treated me. But, if you abused another the way you abused me, maybe they needed to learn the same lessons. It’s not an easy role to play, and I thank you for everything I learned from our time together. And, what I learned is how I don’t want to be treated. When I came to my senses, severed our connection, and asked you to leave my life, I had finally become aware of some of the abuse I suffered throughout our three years together; and since then, I’ve recognized even more.
By Maeple Fourest5 years ago in Psyche
Bipolar disorder
what a world and the minds we share. Being bipolar is horrid and there’s so much mysticism and mixed realities. Being bipolar brings loss of consciousness, understanding complex emotions, being able to feel and understand what has someone gone through in the past through stories and mass empathy. it’s a scary place it’s like a whole other realm of hurtful but blissful thoughts and moods. Confusion is a big fluctuate I deal with and try to overcome. I hurt those who love me without realizing what’s happening to me.
By Alejandro Bojorquez5 years ago in Psyche
Sleeping During the Day Doesn’t Make You a Failure
--- I'm waking up stumbling, my eyes half closed as I look at the time, 6pm. It's really 6pm for the second day in a row. I've been trying to wake up early enough to get time sensitive things done for days and I am feeling like I've failed…again.
By Kailey Drake5 years ago in Psyche
Part 2: Why You Can’t Stop Looking at Your Phone and What to Do About It
In my previous article, I discussed the role of dopamine in our constant need to check our phones. Often, designers manipulate our brain chemistry in relation to dopamine with the hopes of increasing the amount of time we spend on their apps. In this article, I will provide you with tips on how to try and overcome this, with insight from Catherine Price’s How to Break Up with Your Phone.
By Simran Lavanya Saraf5 years ago in Psyche
