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Most recently published stories in Psyche.
The Long Road Ahead
September 12th, 2012 Every day seems like a constant struggle. At that start of my day I have to try to decide who I want to be. I can be the solemn employee, the spiteful daughter, the cheery mother, or the uninterested wife. There's nothing in between. My moods shift from one to another like a flick of a light switch. However, somehow I still feel empty on the inside.
By Byanka Delgado8 years ago in Psyche
The Second Voice in Your Head
There have always been two voices in my head. One, allowing me my mistakes, accepting myself as enough, and preaching self-love. The other, as you can imagine, doing the exact opposite. As anyone with anxiety will know, the bad thoughts can tend to drown out the positive ones in times of stress and worry. And as is the case with anxiety, this seems to be all of the time.
By Katherine Frost8 years ago in Psyche
Joy? Is That You?
Everyone used to tell me that I could be happy again. It felt like they could never understand what I was going through so wouldn’t really know. It felt like they were too delusional and if they felt even a minute level of what I did each day, they wouldn’t say so. The counselor, the psychiatrist, the doctors, friends, and family would all say the same thing. Me, I kept denying them over and over again. Yet, it creeped up on me and took me by surprise. Like a roaring wind that grows slowly, and then maddeningly. I felt it in my chest and it was a stranger to me. “What is this feeling?” startled, I asked myself. It took me a while to realize that I was happy. “Happiness! Could it be?” In that moment, I could breathe so effortlessly I wondered how. The weight that was so familiar to my shoulders seemed to have not been there. I felt almost light, like one does when you step into a pool and all of a sudden you’re lightweight. My second thought was that I never wanted this moment to pass. “This too shall pass.” “This too shall pass.” “This too shall pass.” So many times I’d heard myself repeat that back to myself in desperate attempts to muster strength; through the panic attacks, the deep depression, the hopelessness. I never believed those words but I thought it best to lie to myself in the moment. Now though, I hoped with all my existence that it didn’t. Like a lover embraces his beloved after a long separation, I held onto the feeling with the strength of my mind.
By Ayesha Javed8 years ago in Psyche
Suicidal at Eleven Years Old
The human mind is truly the scariest thing of all. After all, the human mind controls every single person on the planet. It controls our thoughts, actions, moods, dreams, morals... everything. The human mind controls the world, but most importantly, it controls your world. It can bring you joy, power, fulfillment, and inspiration, but it can also bring you loneliness, bitterness, anxiety, depression, and suicidal thoughts.
By Nicole Cox8 years ago in Psyche
Coping With Panic Attacks
As someone who has frequent panic attacks I am always in need for ways to deal with them and, when I’m going through one, lead them to conclusion. I live alone and helping myself through and out of one lies pretty much on me, myself. Through this I have learned of ways to deal with panic attacks if one lives alone or has one without someone to help around. This bank of knowledge has been accumulated from advice I’ve been given by professionals, things I’ve seen on TV, information I’ve gathered through self-help guides, or by my own experiences.
By Ayesha Javed8 years ago in Psyche
44/52: Week One - The Intake
05/05/2019: The Intake So my day isn’t going very well. Yes, I know you didn’t ask, but we are both here so let’s make the best of a shitty situation shall we? Like I was trying to say before you rudely rolled your eyes, my day is not going very well. My boss left a vague, yet detailed passive aggressive note in my employee box this morning. It said the following.
By Richard Newman8 years ago in Psyche
