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Most recently published stories in Psyche.
Just Joshin' You
My husband passed in March of 2018. As a widow, you go into this state of unknown. You question how you will go on, try to deal with all your emotions and worry how to take care of your kids. You surrounded by people who say things like "I'm sorry for your loss" and "time will heal". At first, all you can do is smile and try to be polite because you know they mean well, but after time each sorry or quote about time makes you angry.
By Elizabeth Nolen5 years ago in Psyche
Damn! My Life
Damn! My Life. By Nakia Wade Introduction. To many abuse, is just something they read or hear about. It is that friend who acts funny, the one your parents would never let you stay at their house. And would never give you a reason why. But for many it is the world they continue to live in, even as adults. A world misunderstood by those around, a world people on the outside could never begin to understand. A world cold and lonely, filled with hurts, pain and constant darkness. A world I know all too well.
By Nakia Wade5 years ago in Psyche
25 Facts on PTSD
During the first lockdown, there was a 25 push up challenge aimed at raising awareness for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A friend from university challenged me on my Instagram @pendulum_fitness I thought I would do something different. I decided every day, along with my 25 push-ups, I would also post a fact I had researched about PTSD to further increase awareness and understanding of the condition. I didn’t realize the frequency of the occurrence of this condition as I had previously associated it mainly with war veterans. From the research I have done I have come to realize that this condition is very prominent in all populations and has the potential to affect everybody. With this list of facts on the condition, I hope to bring some clarity to what PTSD is, how it affects people, and some of the signs and symptoms to look out for, and what can affect it.
By Miles Redway-Maiden5 years ago in Psyche
She who was harmed
(Warning for child abused) Trigger warnings for emotional abuse, physically and child abused. All the stories show their mother and father being kind to them. Laughing. With big happy smiles, helping one another out then there was her it made her think something was off. It made her think if something was wrong.
By Valerie Daniel5 years ago in Psyche
Living With Anxiety
Chapter 1 Life Before I didn’t always have anxiety. I used to love getting out away from the house, taking car trips for the weekend, working, and playing with my kids. I really can’t say when it actually started only that one day a few years ago, it got way worse. But that is for later in the story.
By Renee Franklin5 years ago in Psyche
A day in the life of a schizophrenic.
I jolt awake. Immediately my thoughts swirl and splash out of my head. They begin to race and come at me fully armed. My mind knows its own weakness... not good enough, not thin enough, not a good enough human, keeps ringing in my head. I sit up: pain. Excruciating pain almost throws me back down into bed. Then come the voices... wishing good morning pleasantries all the while wishing death upon me. They’re relentlessly tormenting me and I haven’t even been up a full minute yet my love. During these times I could use a friend. I could use reassurance that I am okay and that I am an okay person. I need you to remind me life is worth living and that these voices will pass.
By Nikita Lalli5 years ago in Psyche
The struggle is real
I am struggling today. Everything hurts. Everything! No one talks about how depression is not just being sad... It's all the emotions all at once. Without rhyme or reason. It's being fatigued from blinking and breathing. It's seeing your phone ring and not wanting to answer cuz then you have to explain why you sound tired. And if I tried to explain... They probably still wouldn't understand. I'm not lazy, I'm not procrastinating I'm not super sensitive even though I cried when someone told me to smile.. Im fighting a battle inside that no one can see or hear but me. I try to stay busy. So busy I don't have time to feel anything. Too much of any of those feelings can send me spiraling out of control. When you see yourself slipping and there's nothing you can do but hold on for dear life. It's scary. Today is hard. Today I struggled and I know will struggle again. That's the nature of this beast. It's okay to struggle. It's okay to say it out loud, it's okay to cry. What's not okay; quitting.
By Alina Robertson5 years ago in Psyche
