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Why My Clairsentience Drives Me Crazy
Clairsentience is all about the gut feeling, or feeling that you get when you meet somebody or walk into a house you are looking to buy. Clairsentients can sense emotions in a person, past, present, and future while not using the five senses to do so. Clairsentience is about aura seeing and psychometry as well. I can see auras, and I have practiced psychometry at a spiritualist church. Some people perceive me as judgmental when I instantly know if I like a person or not just by being around them. This happened to me only recently when a cranky person who was having a bad day wound up asking the “are you pregnant?” question to which my response is “I’m having a lactaid, that’s rude.” I knew she was going to say that. Like my bloating is annoying to someone else. It is a medical condition I have to deal with.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Psyche
Five Things I Learned From a Bipolar Relationship
My first serious relationship was with a person who had bipolar disorder. At the beginning, she had yet to be diagnosed, but at the constant urging of me and other people, she finally sought help. She was diagnosed, and to be honest I don't remember much of what happened after that. We broke up soon after, but I'll spare the details. This was before I had been diagnosed, so for most of the relationship, there were two rather explosive bipolar people trying to have a normal life.
By Willa White8 years ago in Psyche
Living with Anxiety
Unless a person suffers with anxiety, they will never understand anxiety. People think it's the same as depression or think that it is an excuse to be anti-social....it is not. Anxiety is the crippling cramps you get at the thought of being in an uncomfortable situation. It is the constant nausea and irritable bowel syndrome you get when you have a meeting to go to. The extra panic when getting ready in the morning because you feel so uncomfortable in your own skin. It is feeling all your imperfections ten times over.
By Kerry Leigh8 years ago in Psyche
Self Sabotage
I have attempted writing this story since the last time I decided to start the whole blogging thing. It's been two months since then. Here goes nothing. I think we all know a little something about self sabotage. It is in our nature. How can you not? We all have these thoughts that continue to enter our mind that prevent us from being the best versions of our selves. They make us hide away in our corners just hoping someone will help pull you out. It absolutely sucks. There is nothing we can do about it unless our will for happiness is stronger than our own sadness. What if that will isn't strong enough? What exactly are we supposed to do? I wish I had the answer to that question. Then I would be writing a positive post instead of a sad one. But every blogger has their moments, and I'm deciding that this is going to be mine. One of many might I warn you.
By Ayana Ramirez8 years ago in Psyche
Panic Attacks, No Laughing Matter
Side effects you can possibly always count on with most medicines: NAUSEA, VOMITING, AND YES, DIARRHEA! Taking medication to alleviate an illness or disease process is likely to cause these three side effects, in addition to other more serious side effects.
By Carolann Sherwood8 years ago in Psyche
10 Best Teas for Anxiety and Insomnia
Anxiety is never fun. A lot of people might think that you're "nervous," but anyone with anxiety knows it is so much more than that. Your heart is pounding, thoughts are racing through your head, and you can't focus on anything but trying to get through your day without completely breaking down. What's worse is when that anxiety crawls into your bed with you and prevents you from sleeping. You lie in bed just begging and pleading to finally make it stop so you can get some rest. For me, when I try to go to sleep, thoughts of what went wrong that day start playing in my head like a review of a bad performance in a movie. Then I started having anxiety over the fact that I haven't fallen asleep yet, only keeping me more awake, and the cycle perpetuates itself all night long. It's insufferable.
By Katie Marchbank8 years ago in Psyche
5 (Not So) Secrets About Mental Health
A few months ago, I was formally diagnosed with bipolar disorder type 2. I've always known something was up, and I've battled with depression my whole life, but there was some sort of weight lifted off of my shoulders when I got an actual diagnosis. It made my mental illness feel valid—a feeling that I should not be having . Your mental illness is always valid, and you don't need a doctor to tell you that. But due to the stigma that surrounds mental health in today's society, a lot of people have very close-minded views on illnesses that we can't actually see. Here are five things I've learned about mental health throughout my own struggles with it.
By Amanda Doyle8 years ago in Psyche
Tips on How to Become Self-Aware
Most of us, at one point or another, have met a person who clearly had no idea how they were coming across. Among girls, this usually happens when they meet a potential date who starts yelling at them the minute that she says no or doesn't respond in an "acceptable" time frame. Among guys, they will often see it with a friend who just doesn't quite understand how regular interactions work.
By Iggy Paulsen8 years ago in Psyche
The War With the Monster
We all know that foggy feeling in our heads or the moment when everything seems to be rushing by so damn fast. That moment your heart quickens and your palms get all sweaty. That moment you start to have a panic attack. Panic attacks are just one symptom of anxiety. Anxiety is a monster who shows up uninvited and decides you are their new best friend. A monster that makes you feel crazy and scared but convinces you that they are all you have. A crippling feeling of fear and panic that hits out of nowhere. When you all of a sudden can't move, can't think, and your breath leaves you like an autumn leaf falling from a forgotten tree. How? How do we develop this feeling of hopelessness and fear? How does our mind turn on us and eventually leaves us hanging?
By Katelynn Marie 8 years ago in Psyche
