Latest Stories
Most recently published stories in Psyche.
I CAN'T WALK AWAY FROM THIS
There are people on this earth who swear they really know me. They’ve known me for at least five years or more and they’ve partied with me a majority of those years. Partying with me means drinking. Drinking with me means seeing the best (inebriated) version of me and that’s the one that keeps people around. My Bipolar Disorder (type II) has been a part of my life for the past eighteen years.
By Antoinette Kite6 years ago in Psyche
Tea for Two
The hundreds of miles from Guatemala to Texas play out like a movie in my head. I see my ten-month-old daughter tucked into her papoose against my chest, and my wife Chetta clinging to my arm as we trudged the path to the United States wearily. Chetta is swollen and heavy with our second child. I see our guide finally waving us into the land of freedom. Chetta is in a lot of pain from having contractions for the last few hours of our journey. I wrap my arm around her, squishing Nina between us, “Almost there mi amor.” I whisper to her. A truck is waiting for our group of forty immigrants. The plan was to go to Laredo, and then, dispersing, find our own way from there.
By alia weylock6 years ago in Psyche
THE NEW FASCES OF TECHNO-FASCISM
Once open and pluralistic societies in the West have become riddled by false fears of contagion. No grassroots resistance is possible against the surging tide of fascism because we've been largely confined to our own spaces in seclusion from one another.
By The Being Becoming6 years ago in Psyche
Lockdown: Week 2 - Flair of Anxiety
2020 has got to be the weirdest year I've gone through. Most days this week (starting: 30th March) I've been thinking about how unbelievable this all is. It just doesn't seem possible that something like this is happening all around the world. Its starting to feel more and more like a bad dream, something this worldwide just can't be possible.
By Joe Harris6 years ago in Psyche
What Do A&D Look Like For You?
What a lot of individuals do now know is that Anxiety and Depression go hand in hand, a fact that a lot of people do not understand. Depression will have you too exhausted from nothing, really, and make you sleep all day. Anxiety will have your mind racing and make you stay up all night. For me personally, it starts with waking up. I hear my alarm go off and something inside me cries. I do not want to move, but I know that I have to. I have to get my day started, let my dog out, go to work, try not to appear lifeless so people do not ask me what is wrong, put on my best smile and deal with people I really do not want to be around, then I go home and do it all over again the next day.
By Akiah Thomas6 years ago in Psyche
Mental health uncovered
People are speaking a lot more about mental health and it’s great. Sadly it’s just not the way I expected. Society is leaning towards sugar coating the whole idea of it like it’s some misconception we fumbled across. A piece of gum found under a desk that had been stuck there weeks ago.
By The Soul Whisperer6 years ago in Psyche
Brain Shivers
You feel like you’re coming down when you haven’t taken anything unorthodox. My personal experience meant I lost my peripheral vision and couldn’t access any higher level brain functions. It feels like you’re melting and that you’re only halfway there.
By Lily Rayson 6 years ago in Psyche
