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3 Tips for Being Outside With Agoraphobia
I have written many articles about agoraphobia and you can head to my public profile to read them all (and other articles are there too so feel free to read around). I am making this series, if you didn't know, because it has been around ten years since I was diagnosed with agoraphobia. So I have tried and tested many things over the years as you can probably imagine.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Psyche
My argument for medicating ADHD at any age.
When I think about my years spent growing up in the public school system, my stomach knots up and I cringe. But not for the reason you may think. I don’t get that yucky feeling because the school system failed me. I get it due to the memory of how awful it felt to have ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) and go undiagnosed for forty years.
By Suzanne Thomas5 years ago in Psyche
Post Partum Depression
So, I’m not the best writer. But...I think I need to share some of the fun I’ve been experiencing over the past year and a half.
By Jessica Manuel5 years ago in Psyche
Different Not Pathological
I know I'm not the only person to have ever received a diagnosis with a feeling of complete relief. When I learned about PMDD -- and this didn't happen until my 40's -- my whole menstrual life suddenly made sense. I finally understood why I was different and why my experiences were so challenging. I wasn't crazy. It allowed me to begin the road toward healing, not by suddenly overcoming my condition, but by learning effective ways to manage it and by practicing self-care and self-acceptance.
By Cheeky Minx5 years ago in Psyche
Binge Eating and Health! - Leora Fulvio
Have you ever stress ate even when you were not hungry at all? Have you finished a whole tub of ice-cream just because you were feeling very emotional or were not in good mood? Or even worst, ate and felt guilty or shameful after having your favorite food? If yes, you have started binge eating. If this is done on a regular basis, like eating just because you are too emotional or feeling stressed or feeling anxious or depressed for some reason, and over-indulge with food more than twice a month, you might be suffering from binge eating disorder. At this time, where we binge-watch on our favorite series or do movie marathons, we tend to binge eat too, without even realizing that we are eating a large amount of food in a very short span which can lead to guilt or shame after the realization of what you did.
By Leora Fulvio5 years ago in Psyche
Pseudomutuality
I never realized the amount of damage all the emotional and psychological abuse I was suffering from by my narcissistic mother until I got into another situation recently with someone who I thought was a good friend but who turned out to be equally as damaging as all the other addicts, narcissists, psychopaths and sociopaths I have encountered throughout my life.
By Dana Toliver5 years ago in Psyche
The Portrait
Part 1 The Portrait “Damn Them, Damn Them All,” Michael stormed into the vacant air of his room, “Damn Them!” His face a mask in red.
By paul miller5 years ago in Psyche
Mental Health & the Black Community
Hey guys, I thought I would share with you the tough moments that I've had to deal with fighting anxiety and depression. Maybe I can help someone along the way who's new to this and doesn’t know what to do or doesn’t have anyone to talk to. These are just some things that I've experienced and how I've dealt with them. Thank God for me these moments sometimes don't last long. I knew something was wrong when I started having palpitations (heart flutters) when I got angry or stressed. I overlooked it for a few weeks then I exploded.
By Shante Demery 5 years ago in Psyche
How Ketamine Practically Cured my Depression
Special K, Kit Kat, Super K, you've probably heard of the drug ketamine, commonly used as an anesthetic since 1962 and as a horse tranquilizer, but what you might not know is that ketamine has a 75% of successfully treating severe depression.
By Christine Johnson5 years ago in Psyche
The Other Side of Fear
To quote Drew Barrymore in one of my favorite movies, Never Been Kissed, "To write well, you have to write what you know." Well, this is what I know. I abandoned myself a long long time ago when I was a child. I thought that was the only way to protect myself from the sexual abuse, from the fighting, from the neglect, from the ridicule, and from "being too much." Thing is, what I thought was protection was anything but. It was damaging and programming my subconscious mind to believe I wasn't worthy or good enough to be loved. I now know that those are lies and that way of thinking was teaching me self hatred. Always just going along with what others wanted so that I could be accepted. Then throwing a fit when I couldn't take it anymore. Dr. Nicole LePera said, "Emotional abandonment in childhood makes us desperate to be chosen in adulthood." Oh how I felt that. When I woke up to a world where humanity has been destroying itself from the inside out for many many years, I felt it for the rest of humanity too. Living life in the past keeps evolution and growth of our species at bay, to make human puppets more malleable. I was taught that we learn history so we don't repeat the mistakes of the past and while I believe learning history is important, it doesn't change past mistakes if we humans don't also change. We are the reason history repeats itself.
By Krystal 5 years ago in Psyche
Saying Goodbye to Family
Note: This is an opinion piece. I should begin this by saying that I value family very highly. I beleive that, when made up of the right people, a family can be the most valuable thing in a person's life. They provide love. They provide support. They provide comfort. The sad fact, however, is that where there are good and great families, there are also truly terrible ones.
By A.K. Myers5 years ago in Psyche
Voice's of an Aspie
Voices of an Aspie Voices of an Aspie... The first thing I guess we can start off with in these blogs is a topic that is a very serious topic that millions of people deal with on a daily basis. That topic is Autism. I am a single , or was a single father for years. He was diagnosed when he was 4. Now I have a woman that is a great mother to him. Many problems occur when dealing with Autism. The worse thing we've had to deal with; well it's hard to judge. So many things stem from Autism, such as Anxiety, A.D.D., A.D.H.D., Etc...An Autistic mind is so strong. It's impossible to fully know what a parent may have to deal with on a daily basis. The most horrifying, yet intriguing thing we have dealt with, was when my/our son was diagnosed as having Schizophrenia. One night my lady was going over school work with my boy. He replied to her at one point: "Well they told me I was doing it right." We were like "Who is They?" He then began to tell us all about who "They" were. Apparently my son, for years had been hearing voices in his head. He explained that each voice had a name and a different personality. He gave us ten different names, & described their their traits to us. It's hard to remember all of them. I know there was one identified as Summer, another was Thomas, and so on. They all contributed in different ways. One of them was a motherly type. Another was one that helped him in school with different studies. The main one, the boss I guess, his name was Daniel. He was very evil. My son told us dreadful things that "Daniel" would tell him to do. Just for an example, one particular time my son told us that "Daniel" told him to hang my girls kid, My step-daughter, to hang her upside down and skin her alive. Obviously this was a major concern. It took us months for us to learn that the more we and the Dr.'s spoke to him about these voices; the more he would talk about what they would tell him. Eventually we just quit acknowledging the voices he would speak of . It took a while to get through it, but we did it. I'm glad to say that he is not schizophrenic. As I said about the mind-strength of the Autistic mind. At the age of 3 or 4, someone had allowed him to watch the horror movie "The Grudge". After that seeing that somehow; what began as only thoughts, eventually developed into their own entity's. They had been effecting my son's behavior for years. I asked him why he didn't say something sooner. He replied that he thought that everybody heard voices like that. Now that is one of many difficulties we have all gotten through together. If you would like to ask a question about this story, or would like to hear another, or post one of your own, feel free to. I would be glad to help in anyway I can. Maybe I could get help from something you've experienced in your dealings with Autism. Regardless, feel free to leave your thoughts. Thank You...
By Kelly Scott5 years ago in Psyche