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Taking The Hit
Have you ever met a person that is terribly good at pointing out your worst insecurities before you even notice you have them? Yeah well, I use to have a “friend” who literally had no filter and always had to run her mouth. She would grab my arm and point at the hair on it, then make a face like she was so utterly disgusted and say, "eww." She would also say I smelled bad even after I had just taken a shower. Another time she proceeded to laugh at my chest because I wasn’t wearing a bra. Which led me to ask my mom to get me one. I clearly didn’t need yet in middle school. To make things even worse she would always beg me to hang out with her after school which became frustrating for me and irritating to my mother.
By Destiny Harris8 years ago in Psyche
6 Unknown and Uncommon Signs of Depression and Anxiety. Top Story - June 2018.
When discussing mental illness, it is easy to think of the ones commonly spoken about, depression and anxiety being two of the most talked about, since these two disorders affect as many people as they do. However, less common symptoms are often ignored by society, more so than the more common symptoms. When they aren’t ignored, these symptoms are generally looked down upon by the majority of people, even though most of these problems have a clear solution. I am going to share with you a few of these symptoms that are commonly ignored by society, and why it is important to stop ignoring them, for the sake of the sufferer.
By Rebecca Weiner8 years ago in Psyche
Glorification or Education?
13 Reasons Why is a show about a girl named Hannah Baker. The first season is about why Hannah killed herself, while the second season is about getting justice for Hannah as her family and friends go to court against the school. 13 Reasons Why has had a lot of controversial scenes, like Hannah's suicide. Some people think these scenes are glorifying bad things, others think they are educating us about hard situations that really can—and do—happen.
By Kayla Arnold8 years ago in Psyche
Sorrow
Have you ever felt sorrow? The kind that takes its time sitting on your chest, not clawing, not sharp, just there. It reaches out sometimes and grabs at the things you hold dear, and to you, it’s just heavy and overbearing but ultimately fine, but to others it’s dangerous. And they tell you so and you listen for a little bit but the sorrow reaches out again and now it has claws, now it’s sharp and it hurts people and it takes pieces of people. And it holds those pieces, has a ring of people’s flesh around its neck, and it gets heavier and heavier because of it.
By Hannah Javens8 years ago in Psyche
It's Okay to Feel the Way You Do
When you're feeling angry, sad, lonely, depressed, anxious, just know that it is totally okay for you to feel that way. Not one person on this Earth get's to tell you how to feel or should make you feel bad for the way that you feel. Have you ever had a family member, significant other or even a friend try to tell you, "oh you're fine, just get over it"? Well, I have and at first I believed them, at first I was like, yea I'm good, I'll just move on. But, I wasn't good, I wasn't fine, I was struggling every single day. I just didn't know how to tell the people around me that I loved that I was feeling suicidal. Nobody knew. Until the very day I was going to take my life, my mom finally opened her eyes and saw what was happening. She took me to a counselor the same day and she and the counselor literally saved my life. I wouldn't be here today if God or something hadn't gotten a hold of my mom and said, "Look, your daughter is struggling and she needs help now! Even though down the road I have had those thoughts and feelings again, I was able to pull myself out because of what I had learned, and because of my coping skills. However, when you do have these feelings it's important to accept the feeling and know that it is real. Working through the feelings is also important. Find coping skills that work for you.
By Mallory Wiese8 years ago in Psyche
