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5 Ways to Not Let Your Disorders Control You
How do you not let a diagnosis control you? How do you not let it define your entire life? With each new doctor, each diagnosis is either thrown away, or a new one is created. New words are added, old words are thrown away. As if each new doctor knows everything about you in the entire hour they have known you. As if that intake questionnaire was going to tell them exactly who I am and what kind of help I need. How do you not over think that? How do you not get angry?
By Katherine Estelle5 years ago in Psyche
Girl on the Terrace
I needed to think. Just to get away from everything. My apartment. My dead-end job as a painter. I left my cellphone behind even. I figured empty terrace just below the roof access would be empty right now. It was where everyone went to smoke after work, but it was still nighttime only shortly before daylight. That’s when I saw her.
By Taylor Mick5 years ago in Psyche
Golden California
I was born in 1995 right smack in the middle, almost a 90s kid but not. The youngest of four and the most spoiled. I have no recollection of my early years just three memories. A tea party magically set up in a dark room, first and last time it snowed, and after my parents divorced leaving the old house one last time.
By Amelia Hignojoz5 years ago in Psyche
Small battles, and big victories.
In life, although conflicts are a spectrum for some of us, including me some days even locating the strength to get out of bed becomes a scrimmage in itself. A large percentage of my adult life has been spent bouncing between Marianas Trench like crashes and almost manic highs, but trying to find equilibrium and harmony has become the primary focus of my energy. Instead of permitting your anxiety to dominate and dictate your life take that step, make that effort and your future self will thank you.
By Search Motivation5 years ago in Psyche
Anti-anxiety drugs: Know what they do before you consume them
We live in a world where we’re constantly pushing ourselves to fulfill our responsibilities at both home and work. At the end of the day, it can leave us feeling stressed out and when this stress becomes a daily thing, anxiety is bound to creep in. Before you know it, minor anxiety issues can transform into severe mental health disorders, which typically require intervention from mental health experts.
By The Breatharian Blogger5 years ago in Psyche
Mental Health
I am an addict wrapped in a co-dependent. I have an attachment style that is somewhere between anxious and fearful. I overthink, I under eat and I can cry on demand. Not my demand, of course, but when something feels demanding and I can not do anything but cry. I lie in bed at night trying to make myself sleep and I wake up trying to make myself sleep. I am my own worst enemy, most judgmental critic, and but can still look myself in the mirror and say "It's all going to be okay, we will get through this. You are not alone". I care what people say and think, even though they really don't know the person I am, and my feelings are often hurt far easier than necessary. I am a dysfunctional super hero with the need to help and save everyone in my life except my own.
By Sharolette Ray5 years ago in Psyche
3 Things That Could Prevent Your Agoraphobia Attacks
There are many things that you will have to deal with when you have agoraphobia and, as someone who is doing these articles as a ten-year mark from their diagnosis, I have tried and tested methods. If you haven’t read my other articles on coping with agoraphobia then you should probably get on to them for other tried and tested methods. Click on these numbers to have a little peek at them:
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Psyche
The Sad, Solitary ... Savant?
Foreword: This article is one discussing mental health and that of artists specifically. These are simply my thoughts on the topic. If you struggle with mental health in a serious way and/or need help finding crisis resources please consider reaching out to a professional or a loved one for help. There is no shame in doing so.
By David Arvidson5 years ago in Psyche
World Mental Health Day: Social Media is Harmful to Young Wellbeing
Saturday 10th October is World Mental Health Day. It arrives during the strangest time we’ll ever likely face in our lives due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Each year’s theme is set by the World Federation for Mental Health, and this year’s is 'mental health for all'. This encourages us to think of different demographics and communities of people and how they are faced with issues and problems in their lives.
By Ashish Prabhu5 years ago in Psyche
A Toxic Kind Of Love
Living with Ben and Susan was not easy. Susan would get drunk off of box wine and Klonopin, Ben would down two to three bottles of Robitussin and blast off to space. Me? I was damage control. My relationship with Ben was not perfect. We broke up once in the summer of 2014, but we navigated out way back to each other. I should have stayed away, but I was so in love with this man that I just went right back. It was shortly after that break that things slowly spiraled downward. One night I was playing a video game, minding my own business while Ben was tripping. He was having a bad time, unlike any other bad trip I had ever seen. He was sitting on the ground, cross legged, rocking back and forth hitting himself in the head. He was out of his mind. Eyes glossed over, couldn't talk, his tongue was swollen to the point he could barely move it. Yet he was just sitting there, rocking back and forth like a mental case, hitting himself in the head and pulling at his hair. I had never noticed before, but he had a bald spot at the back of his head where it was evident that he had done this several times before. This trance, continued to happen. I would try to talk to him about it the next day and address my concerns, but he would call me a liar and tell me that it never happened. One night I decided I would use his phone and make a video. I filmed it happening so I could show him while he was sober. During the episode, he got pissed off at me, stood up, proceeded to pry his phone out of my hand and throw it against a wall. He walked over to it, deleted the video and told me to never do that again. In a state of shock, I decided no response was the best way to go and began to work on some of my writing.
By Ashley Starkweather5 years ago in Psyche
