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Unresolved Trauma & How to Recover
Millions of people are affected by traumatic experiences throughout their lifetime. According to research, In the United States, 61 percent of men and 51 percent of women report experiencing at least one traumatic event in the course of their lifetime. Many survivors of trauma do not know to seek help, leaving them with symptoms of unresolved trauma. This can cause victims lives’ to be consumed by the wreckage of their past, to be misdiagnosed by doctors, or lead to drug and alcohol abuse.
By Kailey Fitzgerald6 years ago in Psyche
Getting Sober While Grieving My Father's Death
I was 21 when I first tried to get help for my drug problem. Only two years prior I had tried my first opiate out of curiosity, I could not fathom where taking that first pill brought me. I had gotten caught stealing from my family, and was told I must go to treatment. Without any other option, that’s what I did. I surely did not want to hurt my family anymore but I also did not think I had a big problem and treated those couple years as a bad phase. I did what I have seen a lot of people do, I went to treatment because I was in trouble, not because I was ready to change my life forever.
By Daniel Wittler6 years ago in Psyche
Hell on Earth
The truth of the matter is this is a place where; if you have ever lived here, you could very easily understand where it is I get my self-diagnosis from. Sure, I may have only lived in the area for two years at the time of writing this, and no I have not by any degree seen the very worst of what the Downtown Eastside has to offer. I do thank my lucky stars every day for that little gift. I have seen some extremely disturbing things within those two years mind you; drug use, of course, because it is rampant- overdoses, yes because they are very common, death, another thing that until I came to the downtown Eastside I had a small experience with and absolutely never, this kind of death. This is a form of death that is slow, very slow for the majority. This comes from killing oneself from within. Sure, there is always the drug overdoses that the paramedics (God bless them for the things they do down here) cannot reverse. Sometimes they just cannot get there quick enough or the drug itself was just too damn lethal in the first place. People get shot and stabbed, and they have the living hell beat out of them. There are rapes and murders and the entire gamut of the things you would see in the likes of places such as New York city or South Central Los Angeles. I know this is Vancouver, supposedly a safe and beautiful city where this kind of thing does not occur—wrong, wrong on so many levels.
By Joseph Willson6 years ago in Psyche
Narcissists and Psychopaths Cause and Create Chaos
Narcissists and psychopaths manufacture chaos. In part, this is because they are not integrated and chaotic. They also most often were raised in chaotic environments that lacked structure and consistency. They have learned that by creating chaos and confusion, they are best able to portray their victims as "unstable." Normal people do not function well in chaos. Children thrive and crave structure. These folks intentionally create chaos in the lives of children, which lead to the children reacting in understandably negative ways.
By narcissistic whisperer, Andrea B. Wainer6 years ago in Psyche
Top 5 Most Common Phobias
When we are born, we're born with the fear of three things; the dark, loud noises, and falling down. As we become older, we are socialised and talked into not being afraid of things and this is especially the case with boys and men. However this does not stop us from becoming afraid of things, some phobias are extremely peculiar such as the fear of evenings or the fear of mustard (yes, those are real), which brings me to the five most common phobias.
By Jasmine Morris6 years ago in Psyche
Surviving Suicide
Suicide. It's something that has affected the majority of people on this planet in one form or another. For those who attempt and survive the experience, the life you knew before doesn't ever quite feel the same way it did before the experience.
By Teresa Landreth6 years ago in Psyche
World Mental Health Day
Note: Anything stated below is purely from my own opinions and experience, and is not the voice of the Collective, although this will be checked by other admins before posting! This post is about my experiences with my mental health, so if this is a trigger for you, please stop reading.
By The One True Geekology6 years ago in Psyche
Crammed Inside
This is not your usual segmented story. You will have many questions and I will try to accommodate you with information, but truth be told not all your questions will be answered. Sometimes in life the questions are what we live for, not the answers, so take this however you want, but be grateful for these questions of wonder. Keep in mind though, to each his own, when you start to unravel the mysteries in these sentences, in this place of the unknown. Almost could be compared to beloved Twilight Zone stories that would give you the shivers. Now I would love for you to really imagine yourself walking through these lines of text as if it were your own home.—knowing every nook and cranny without even having to actually think about it. You will know it like the back of your hand, but on the other hand you will get glimpses of these fictional people that you do not know from Adam and you probably never will, but it is the story itself that needs your full attention. So please, enjoy the ride, open your mind and I’ll see you on the other side—of this story.
By Victoria Nieves6 years ago in Psyche
