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5 Things You Can Do to Raise Mental Illness Awareness
In recent years, we have seen a number of celebrities come forward about their own mental health struggles. That has opened the door to creating better awareness about mental illness, but there's still stigma surrounding this topic. We need more people to spread awareness and acceptance of mental illness, so it will no longer be such a sensitive topic. Taking action in your own community can help create the important discussions that need to occur in neighborhoods across the country.
By Paisley Hansen7 years ago in Psyche
Simple Ways to Fight Your Constant Sadness
It can be very hard to go through life when you are always feeling sad. This is something that a certain portion of our population has to deal with on a regular basis. Unless you are feeling happy most of the time, you may be struggling with feelings of constant sadness. This is why it is so important to learn simple ways to fight your constant sadness.
By Paisley Hansen7 years ago in Psyche
From the Other Side
The first time I realized that my story may have been different from all of the other children my age, was when I was in grade seven. Aldergrove Public School, the place I don’t like to think about much, the place I was made to realize that I was just a young teenage girl who had been living in isolation most of my years in school. I was the girl who chose to make up excuses so that my teacher would allow me to stay inside for recess. “I’ll do anything, please just, can I stay inside?” Whether it meant wiping boards, or organizing shelves; In my mind, nothing could be worse than going outside and having to pretend as if being alone didn’t bother me. I remember one year, I broke my arm trying to jump off of the swing set, mid air—the swing set my father had built himself in our backyard. I was playing with the only other people I could be comfortable being myself around at the time—my sisters—in the only place I felt comfortable: home. Breaking my arm was painful, but during a school day, it was a blessing in disguise. I didn’t have to make up an excuse for a change. I remember sitting on the windowsill, looking out onto the pavement, and through the portables into the field. I don’t remember what was running through my mind at the time, what I was thinking about, but I remember feeling alone. I felt trapped inside of myself, as if there was more to me than the person I was, and I felt the need to hold that girl captive. I didn’t want anyone to see her. So I stayed quiet most of the time. I hid in the washroom during recess. I took walks through cliques of my fellow classmates, but never stopped to talk to them. I would stand by the double red doors, leaning against the wall, waiting desperately for the bell to ring. I became the odd one; the girl that most of the students poked fun at, perhaps not knowing at the time that the words they used, the words anyone used during that developmental stage of my life in particular, would shape the person I would later become.
By Aisha Chughtai7 years ago in Psyche
Who Needs a Therapist When (Pt. 20)
So. It is happening. I will soon have health insurance. And with that health insurance, comes the potential for reduced therapist rates! Now, I'm locked into the crappy provider list of the insurance company, which is a little bleak looking, but there are options—which is more than I could say before.
By Haybitch Abersnatchy7 years ago in Psyche
When I Stopped Taking My Medication
I have two medicines I take every morning—one for ADHD and another for other psychological problems (Anxiety, bipolar type II, etc.) Prescription drugs or any drug for that matter are never something you should stop taking without permission from your psychiatrist—or in this case, without admission to the psychiatric hospital. There has been a problem with the pharmacy involving my second medication which is an antipsychotic drug so, I have currently been off of it for over a week now. Coming off of antipsychotics suddenly like that can cause problems like a relapse of psychotic symptoms or the development of Tardive psychosis. I had an incident yesterday that I DID NOT START. Although, my mouth escalated to the point that there could’ve been a fight and I could’ve went to jail for murder if I wasn’t calmed down. As the people involved talked over each other to me, I was in a battle with my mind. I couldn’t speak, I couldn’t breathe. I just saw me with my hands around someone’s neck. It got so intense to the point where I was shaking and on the verge of an attack.
By Alandria Latson7 years ago in Psyche
How to Survive in the World to Come
What teachers don't teach you in school is that people are real jerks. They teach you to be good and kind and respectful and helpful, and not only do those same teachers go and do exactly the opposite and leave you in the dirt where other kids kick you, but they don't enforce those lessons until it becomes a real fight— and even then, it's really just because they're tired of all the noise. As a matter of fact, they always seem to favor the mean kids. My school, unfortunately, skipped that lesson almost entirely. The only people I had to teach me what it means to be a good person were my parents. I guess you could say I'm one of the lucky ones in that case. My parents never spoiled me like all those brats at school, they never lied or sugarcoated anything. Even if I didn't like what they said, I at least appreciated it in the end.
By Bianca Wargo7 years ago in Psyche
People with Violent Intentions Need Help, Too.
As my sister sent a notice to our family group chat this morning, explaining why she didn't have to student teach today, I started to wonder why people are the way they are. If you're unaware of what I'm referring to, basically a young woman (only 18 years old from Miami, FL) was in the Denver area with a shotgun, who had made threats to the Denver-area schools. This young woman was infatuated with the Columbine shooting, and allegedly had violent intentions. She had bought the shotgun when she arrived in Colorado, and was eventually found, apprehended, and then died (All credit for this information to the local news stations in Denver).
By sarah cay smith7 years ago in Psyche
Women, Know How to Fight Your Anxiety While Managing both Your Home and Work Fronts
When we see women managing both their personal and professional lives, we praise them, yet we fail to recognize the amount of hard work she might be putting in while managing both. It is indeed a praiseworthy fact that women possess such superpower that they manage everything from their children to their household work, alongside making their profession their priority.
By Alex Coomb7 years ago in Psyche
