Latest Stories
Most recently published stories in Psyche.
Rise Up
Rise Up Showing kindness to people in recovery I am a recovering alcoholic. I have been sober for over 10 years. At the core of the recovery program is serving others. We learn to put others first and lose ourselves in service work. It is easy to forget my own problems when I am helping someone else and often, I end up feeling much better afterwards. I have always had a heart for serving others because my mother used to take me to volunteer at the nursing homes and the Red Cross growing up. I was also a candy striper at the local hospital.
By Staci Harrison5 years ago in Psyche
“I Want To Die, Please Help Me live!”
Words fail me when describing the day that I wanted to take my life. The very thought of attempting to write about that dark chapter led me first not to a pen or a piece of paper but back to those ambivalent and all-consuming emotions that I never wanted to recall; moments I wanted erased from my memory forever.
By Jesnel K A5 years ago in Psyche
It's The End of the World as We Know It .
2020 was the year we did not know we needed . It was a complete and utter right hook .. something so rapid and unexpected and profound . 2020 forced us to learn to enjoy being with ourselves , it caused us to realize that life can completely shift right before your eyes #2020Vision.
By Briana Dias5 years ago in Psyche
How 2020 Nearly Destroyed Me
2020 started off as a bad year before it was ever Covid. On January 4, 2020 after a two week break from work, I returned only to be sexually assaulted before the end of my first shift back by a coworker I had worked with a handful of times prior to this happening. After reporting what happened to my direct supervisors, I left that night and never returned. I had already suffered from PTSD from being in an abusive relationship for 8 years in my early 20s. After this happened, I went into shock for a week. I had no idea I hadnt reacted to what had happened, until one week later when my husband and I got into a fight; even as I write this, I couldnt tell you what the fight was over which means it was a dumb fight that never should have happened.
By Jenna Jones5 years ago in Psyche
Are We Living the Dystopian Nightmare?
I woke up one morning, it was my 25th birthday and I propped myself up on my elbows and looked at the time - it was 4:30am and my alarm was about to go off. I got up and started doing my morning yoga, completed a routine by 5am and then my phone goes off. Not just that but my watch goes off. And again, that's not all - I get a notification from my bank account. Each stating that they hope I have a happy birthday. One by one: Amazon, Twitter, Apple, Facebook and even various websites where I did not even know I had an account - some I do not think I have heard off in a while. It made me aware of dystopian this nightmare really was that I was living in. The question to me was no longer 'what happens when the AI takes over?' but now it has become: 'well, it's taken over - now what do we do?'
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Psyche
A New Start: 2021
Everybody always talks about the new year like it's a magic portal where everything changes, and then they get disappointed when everything is the same as last year. It's the same thing every year, but "new year, new me" takes effort and most people don't do anything to make it come true, this year I'm doing it, let me explain to you how I'm truly getting my fresh start for 2021.
By Chloe Noel5 years ago in Psyche
Change After Change
Hello counselor, I am 5 years old and today is my first day in kindergarten, its cold outside and my clothes aren’t completely dry because we don’t have a washer or dryer at home. I’m excited to make friends, they all smell like bubble gum and flavored color markers! Me and my parents and my newborn baby brother just moved from Mexico, we are all staying in a 5 ft by 4ft room with a space heater, I stop drinking water by 6 pm because it has been snowing and its cold to go pee in our porta john.
By Leydi Herrera5 years ago in Psyche
