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My medical emergency flight landing
A little over a year ago, I experienced one of the worst days of my 23 years of living. I was just sitting at work one morning when my fiance (now husband) called and said his father had a heart attack the night before. My fiance's dad and step mom were in San Antonio visiting her daughter who just recently had a baby. My fiance had the plan to leave and go see him. He wanted me to stay home. I protested. I should have listened to him and stay home. But I am a Taurus and extremely stubborn.
By Krista Garlock5 years ago in Psyche
The Final Breath
Later started his thanksgiving holiday differently this year, previously he’d be back at home helping cook and prepare on thanksgiving eve, but this year he was in a hotel with a guy he met from a dating app. His name Matt: a handsome guy, but damaged. He came back to town from the west coast and he was going crazy being back in his toxic household. Later could also sense he was hurting. Later was a deep empath and healer, so naturally, he wanted to heal Matt but Later failed to realize that “you can’t heal everyone” and that people can only save themselves. Later tried to lend a listening ear, a compassionate heart, but Matt couldn’t see it. He was too blinded by his thoughts and the hurt that he was enduring that it capsized Matt. Later on in the day, it was about 1 pm they got food. Later practically fasted the last two days, so this was his first meal. The food also gave him enough energy to think and lie down for a while. Matt was sitting up on the bed chilling, and Later was adjacent lying down both of them in their worlds. Later then began to think, and think. It was the first time he sat down with himself and indulged his mind. Later finally felt his feelings, and he decided that today I’m going to feel this, and he began to cry. He cried, and cried. Then he laughed. Matt noticed and replied, “I can’t tell if you’re laughing or crying?” Later wiped his tears, and replied “Both” Matt tried his best to comfort Later by rubbing on his back and giving encouraging words, but he wasn’t listening only projecting his own experience onto Later.
By Deandric TV5 years ago in Psyche
Childhood Ruined
Ramona always felt alone through her entire life. She did not think anything could be as lonely as her childhood. She was so alone. Ramona used to play outside until all her friends went inside. She was always alone by the end of the night. She went through so many traumatic events. Ramona was molested a few times, held hostage, and raped 2 times before she was only twelve years old. Her mom was always getting evicted and they were always moving into different neighborhoods. She was always being bullied by the other kids because she was poor and she wore the same clothes to school. Once her stepdad, Roy, dropped her off to school with no shoes. He was in a hurry to get to work and he didn't realize that she was in school like that. Ramona just cried and ran straight to the counselor's office. The counselor took her to a local department store, and got Ramona some shoes. Ramona started to remember that her childhood was filled with bad memories.
By Gina R (Gibana)5 years ago in Psyche
The Prison In My Mind
Sadness has been closer to me than my deepest love, and more committed than any dear friend. I do not remember a time when it has not been nearby. From childhood, the cloud of melancholy hovered over me like an umbrella for one. In my youth, I knew not what it was, but began to welcome it as a secret indulgence. Being a young adult, it remained challenging to adequately expound on what I was feeling. So, I acted it out with numerous suicide attempts. In the beginning, I was merely screaming for help and hoping someone would pay attention. Over time, my approach changed to a deep desire to permanently hush the cries inside my heart. On those few occasions I would confide in someone about my bleak moods, my words would be quickly dismissed with, “Girl, ain’t nothin' wrong with you.” So, I would work to convince myself that there was nothing wrong with me, despite my manic behavior.
By Fatima C. Oliver5 years ago in Psyche
My Life
My name is Kimica Sledge, I am Thirty-three years old. I have been married for 4 years and we have a daughter who just turned 7 years old and a son who is 1 years old. I am sharing this part of me because it is so hard for those who live with mental illness and feel they are not worthy of a family, friendships or any kind of relationships. We (the mentally ill) carry the weight of the world on our shoulders. We tend to believe we can not prosper in life or can not have a somewhat a normal life. We struggle to speak what's on our minds because we believe no one will hear us or understand us. Well, I am here to tell you, you can. I am going to give little bit of my history and how I became the woman I am today.
By Kimica Sledge5 years ago in Psyche
Suffering
"You suffer from Depression and Anxiety." I believe these are the last words anyone really wants to hear. Constantly trying to figure out how this mental illness became a part of one’s life. The more research is completed, the more it is made clear that it is the most common mental illness mankind suffers from. Do you take medicine, go to therapy, or simply find an outlet? One may believe that if they go to therapy, others may view them differently; well, I am here to tell anyone that may be afraid of therapy, it is ok. You just must make sure that you are going in with the mindset that you wish to be made well. You want to be whole and you can be whole.
By Shannel Dozier 5 years ago in Psyche
How AI Technology Helping You to Test Your Stress?
Stress, nervousness, overthinking, trauma, anger, and injury are commonly utilized words to depict people encountering emotional illnesses and mental depression that emerge from work over-burden, misery, antagonistic assessments, and more.
By James Burns5 years ago in Psyche
How To Identify And Stop Impulsive Behavior
Our brains are like power plants that constantly generate electricity as they pass chemical messages between neurons. When activity rises, the electrical impulses signal the neurotransmitters to be released who pass their information to the neighboring neurons, creating a wave effect of generated energy. According to the actual process the person is going through and the emotional state he has, there is going to be a continuous fluctuation of these transmitters as they alternate their level and change the chemistry of the brain. In particular, many scientists believe that all emotions and feelings we have can be appointed to these chemical imbalances and all of the states we go through in our life can have a very distinct fingerprint in the quantities of those in the brain.
By Philip Baker5 years ago in Psyche
Starting over.....Again!
I can't believe I am having to start over from square on again. I am 40 years old. I'm tired. If I didn't have two beautiful girls depending on me, I would give up. I did everything right this time, right? Who am I kidding? I think there is something fundamentally fucked up in me that just will not allow me to succeed in this game of life. I am not a bad person. Stupid maybe, but not bad.
By Elise Grey5 years ago in Psyche
