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When life is good
Sometimes life hands you lemons, what do you do? I use to think make vodka Tom Collins. Now I think, squeeze that bitch and make lemonade. I guess that’s not how to start a post that has recovery in the tag. Let’s be real though, recovery or not, vodka always on my mind.
By Ms. Meowtini Straight-Up5 years ago in Psyche
Instagram Ads Saved Me from Myself. First Place in Fresh Start Challenge.
The best way to truly know me is to look at my targeted Instagram ads. No, seriously. Every weird remark I’ve made offhandedly to a friend, every late-night wine-fueled google search, every questionable Pinterest account I’ve pinned for later is all well-represented in the ads I scroll through every five to six images on the gram. And this month it’s Sober, Sober, SOBER (read in a used-car dealership announcer voice).
By Aj Slepian5 years ago in Psyche
Stop Romanticizing Mental Health and Start Helping People with Real Mental Illnesses
Everyday that I get on Facebook, I see a new post from some person saying something like, “Oh, I’m so ADHD because I’m so random, or “I’m so bipolar because of such and such”. There are other posts about things related to other mental illnesses, but these two seem to be the most common. When did it become popular to want to have a mental illness? I, for one, never once signed up for this.
By rachel west5 years ago in Psyche
Dream House
I was ten years old when I first wanted to be an architect. At the time, my immunization documents were completed to join my mother in the United States finally. My grandmother and I went to the embassy so I could get an interview as the final step to getting my visa approved. I remember sitting in what felt like the most oversized living room I had ever been in. I was way too short for my age, so I felt a miniature size green army doll. I looked up and could not look down for what felt like hours. The detail had me mesmerized. The walls were ivory white with high ceilings and columns in every corner. I felt as though I was in a house within a house. Squared tiles hung from the ceiling as it stood still. I don’t remember every detail because memories of me freaking out over the first time I got my period drowns it. I left the embassy with the lingering thought that I want to build something like this one day. To me, whoever could create something so big had a mental capacity most lack. The patience that older generations don’t seem quite to grasp. To me, whoever built that embassy had no fears, and I also wished to lack in that department.
By Jayceon Kai Royale5 years ago in Psyche
Can't We All Just Pretend to Love Me?
I'm not entirely sure where to begin because the world I live in isn't whimsical nor horrific. I have every reason to be normal, every reason to be happy, but...I'm not? In fact, I can list a hundred thousand reasons why I'm not. The problem is there's not a soul who cares. Oh, I know, there's so many wonderful people in your life, Cici! I've heard it all before. I hear it from my two happily married parents, from my two sisters, occasionally even from my kid brother, from my best friend and his wife, from my husband, from strangers on the internet.
By Cici Woods5 years ago in Psyche
Celebrity Worship. Top Story - January 2021.
There's something really nice about being a part of a fandom. Personally, I am a part of the Bob Dylan fan culture (the Bobcats), the Michael Jackson fan culture (the Moonwalkers), the 50s Rockabilly fan culture and various movie and literature fan cultures. It is a lovely place to make friends online with people who are interested in the same things as you. This is why I hardly ever really feel lonely because it is like I always have at least one person to talk to out of all of these. But when I'm on social media, I also engage with these cultures in a healthy manner, we simply talk about the theories of songs, or book and film recommendations - apart from that, it doesn't go much further.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Psyche
