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4 Life Hacks From an Adult With ADHD
Why can't you just focus? Aren't you listening? How do you function in normal life when you can't seem to remember where you put anything?
By Bekah Writes8 years ago in Psyche
On the Borderline
The questions "what's it like to live with borderline personality disorder?" always seems to throw me. I've been asked it so many times in the past two years since getting the diagnosis that you'd think I'd have the perfect answer for it. The problem I find most common is that people always expect a quick answer, as though you can explain it all in a matter of sentences, with perfect clarity. My automatic response is, "It means I'm a little mood and irrational sometimes," which is so vague that it hardly even constitutes as a real answer.
By ......8 years ago in Psyche
New Way of Life Ministries
I would like to write some about the on going problem of drug and alcohol addiction in this county. Here in North Carolina and in many other states, there is a addiction epidemic that is way out of control. In this state the drug and alcohol treatment centers and reducing the times that clients are allowed to stay. Stays at detox centers are usually 3 to 7 days. Treatment centers, normally house clients for 28 to 30 days. Currently, state funding has cut client stays in treatment to 14 days or less.
By Douglas Pettaway8 years ago in Psyche
The Battle With Mental Illness
I have no idea on what is with me and being able to talk to my friends and family who have depression. Is it because of my kind hearted nature or the fact that I too suffer from depression? Let me start this by saying that depression is hard to deal with. I have been battling depression for four years since my dad passed away when I was almost 18 years old. I didn't know how bad my depression was until I went to see my therapist after my dad passed away. I'm still battling my depression because it has somewhat gotten worse over time with having so many deaths in the family happen. Between the time my dad passed away and now, I lost so far six people in my family.
By Carrie Booth8 years ago in Psyche
Why I Can't Get a Job with Depression?
The majority of us have been put through the ringer that is job hunting at any given time of our lives and most would describe the experience as nothing short of grueling and soul sucking. I would know, I've been playing this game since my undergrad program. I've also noticed interesting patterns when it comes to applying practices and habits of those suffering from spectrum anxiety and depressive disorders that should be addressed, but probably haven't. Let's look into some of them.
By Kaya May8 years ago in Psyche
Building Immunity to PMDD
So, here comes of my rants. I don't know how this will be received, but here goes...for those with ears to hear. One of the absolute worst symptoms (there are many) of PMDD is how it can make a woman feel about herself...worthless, unlovable, and incapable of life and love. On a daily, yes, daily basis, I see posts on Facebook in the various PMDD groups in which a woman will write how much she hates herself, loathes her life, and wishes she would just disappear...and knows no one would miss her.
By Cheeky Minx8 years ago in Psyche
Back to Instalife
Depression is a bitch. I think we all know that this is true. When you're at your lowest, self care isn't a thing. You isolate yourself and cut away your friends. You don't let yourself exist because you're too numb to the idea of existing.
By Will Jackson8 years ago in Psyche
Disordered Eating and a Solution
Imagine you’re sitting in front of a mirror with a laptop in hand and a tempting bowl of your favorite snack in the other. In one hand your laptop is telling you why you should not eat that snack and on the other hand you’re starving and crave the snack so badly. This is what many girls and boys face in their daily lives, contemplating whether or not they should eat for the sake of a thin body, or perhaps even control. Anorexia nervosa has the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric illness, with suicide being the second leading cause of death. In addition to frank suicide attempts (some of which are premeditated and some of which are impulsive), many individuals with eating disorders engage in other intentional forms of self-injury, especially those individuals with purging symptomatology. (2) The censorship of pro anorexia and pro bulimia websites and chat rooms could provide a safer environment for those in recovery and those susceptible to eating disorders.
By Christine Alarcon8 years ago in Psyche
Moments
There are some moments that will change your life forever. Moments you can’t prepare for and that you subsequently drag around for years, reliving them over and over again. Luckily, the rest of the world doesn’t necessarily have to know about your moments. You can hide the truth pretty easily if you put up a good act. But no amount of acting can make that moment any less real to you. Personally, no matter how much I act, I can still remember my moment like it was yesterday.
By Megan Wells8 years ago in Psyche
Personality Tests and What They Mean
While people have almost always had a concept of personality, it has been recent that scientists have started to gain an understanding of it. Many scientists have come up with theories on why humans behave the way they do, such as Freud, Erikson, etc. However, many flaws have been found in past theories. Now, researchers have a better understanding of personality, but there is still more to learn and discover. One of the many ideas psychologists have improved upon is the way we test for certain personality traits. Many tests and theories were made in the last century, and since then, scientists have been working to improve those methods. Presently, researchers have come up with the NEO PI-R. This test scores your personality based off of traits within the Big 5 personality traits: neuroticism, extroversion, agreeableness, openness, and conscientiousness. Within these larger overall traits, there are smaller traits that account for the characteristics. I personally took the test to see how I scored in each category, and I also had my best friend fill one out for me for comparison.
By Haden M.8 years ago in Psyche
Using Mindfulness to Reduce Depression
Mindfulness has been a practice for a long time now. The practice of living and being in the moment, not thinking about the past and not worrying about the future. The practice of mindfulness has been shown to reduce the future of clinical depression by up to half. Also worth noting that mindfulness’s effects do seem to be comparable to taking antidepressants. Mindfulness can take practice to get the hang of but all you have to do is spare five to ten minutes of your day to practice this and it will get easier and become a more natural part of your day.
By Richard Bailey8 years ago in Psyche
We Need to Talk About Suicide
It's hard to accept that we might be part of our own problem when it comes to mental health and suicide prevention. It shouldn't take the suicides of beloved celebrities to open up a dialog about something 123 people do every day.
By Stripes Joplin8 years ago in Psyche