Latest Stories
Most recently published stories in Psyche.
Did my boyfriend kill himself on purpose or was it an overdose?
It's hard to talk about. But he may have swallowed something right before my very eyes that made him vomit his bottle of water. In retrospect I came out as a therapist defending our sex life even though my apartment water wasn't running correctly, reported to City of Toronto and I was feeling sick. especially at that point two days later when he was still sick from the ight he had visited my apartment and died two days later in the ambulance says his Baby's Mom who lives across the street from Tony and beside Tony's family.
By Heather Cunningham5 years ago in Psyche
Walk through the door.
Dust blanketing the kitchen, cracks snaking up the walls, weeds taking pride place in the garden. Adele stumbled through the lounge, dazed and in disbelief. ‘How can this be the same house?’ she wondered. Bottles now emptied of the wine that once coloured them were scattered atop the coffee table, their number drawing her eye. ‘Well, some things haven’t changed’.
By Juliet Emaranth5 years ago in Psyche
Is this child a demon?
"No, I really mean it, the child never sleeps, but she has so much... energy... every morning, night, and day." My mom wavered into the phone, exhausted, depleted. No body believed her yet she was right. I slept a mere hour, when I did, and yet I bounded to life at sight of the sun each day as if living on a heavy dose of meth each day, alike my bio mom.
By L.D. Malachite 5 years ago in Psyche
No One
No one gets me I feel like I am alone. No one cares enough to pick up a phone. I am searching for someone who can understand. I feel buried alive. I cannot breathe in the sand. The water is rising and I cannot get out. No one can hear me in the deep ocean, even as I shout. I am lost and I am trying to be strong. I am looking through the map and I wanted to see. I found out I was not in the right place all along.
By Gina R (Gibana)5 years ago in Psyche
Day 3
Today I find myself in a Brave New World of healthcare professionals that I'm bribing to actually give a sh#t. What worries me is the plethora people without financial ability or emotional support to get to this point. They just continue spiraling ever downwards, ever so much more in pain in trauma.
By Jarett Dunn5 years ago in Psyche
It has a name
I have been MIA. Things have been busy, I have been working which is awesome, dealing with virtual schooling (not so awesome) and of course therapy. I have continued with that and have been making progress. It's weird that every time I share something from my childhood that deals with trauma, my therapist says "you are doing great!" It's weird because never did I think that sharing this kind of stuff would be good.
By Erika Torres5 years ago in Psyche
Black-Out Awakening
AWAKE FROM THE BLACK-OUT, NORMAN BATES “WAKE UP, SUNSHINE” I have given up the desire of liquor for good. The intoxicant in which relaxes the mind through the depths of reality should be the savior for people. I used to drink to relax because the anxiety of being surrounded by strangers is not natural for me. Drinking made me open up more because beneath the surface I was uptight. I used to judge everyone I see and meet thinking I am wasting my time because our conversations weren’t going anywhere. Drinking helped me let loose especially if I seen someone interesting I wanted to talk to.
By LAiney Bee5 years ago in Psyche
My Swan Twin - The lonely side of being different
The painting above, is one I made of a lonely swan. Should I use the word lonely? Although it seems befitting, it may not be the appropriate word. I was inspired because this swan reminded me of me. Hence, the name My Swan twin.
By Amby O Asonye5 years ago in Psyche
Clothes or mindset what you will change?
Eve teasing has become a focused topic in this digital world! No woman, of any age, color, character, ever deserves to be sexually violated or what some might lightly call “eve-teased”. In Bangladesh, the non-profit organization The Hunger Project found that eve-teasing not only harms women, it actually has a negative effect on human and social development. Woman is molested in India every 15 minutes & 80% cases go heard, reported but result is most of them didn’t get justice! According to BBC report, 42% of women face verbal teasing. Only 48% women are aware of existing laws & 67% of women taking measures to defend themselves. Women are not the sex object only they are human. From watchmen to policemen, everyone on the street makes women feel uncomfortable with his looks and acts.
By Aysha Khatun Lisa5 years ago in Psyche
