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Getting a Grip on Anxiety
Today I'm writing about the thing that made me start writing in the first place. When I logged onto Tumblr to find a picture for this article I had a somewhat odd experience. I typed in the word "anxiety" and a concerned notification popped up in the middle of my screen. Are you okay?Was the headline. Below it repeated the same question and then suggested "happier" blogs for me to look at. I had to literally confirm that I was alright in order to see the search results I requested.
By Sofia Fortino8 years ago in Psyche
My OCD and Me
Anyone who has ever had OCD knows just how cruel it can be. The way it robs you of your happiness and your time, the way it makes you feel like you're going mad and isolates you from the world. What I find the most unbearable, though, is knowing that your worst enemy is inside your head. You can't run away from something that is a part of you.
By Elizabeth Vogel8 years ago in Psyche
5 Tips to Help Support Your Friends with Depression
I am certainly no stranger to the black dog appearing in my life. I've also watched my loved ones suffer in silence because, often, people don't know how to reach out and help them in a constructive way. Here's five simple methods to support your loved ones through hard times.
By Victoria K8 years ago in Psyche
Tips on How To Cope with Anxiety
Do you ever get really bad anxiety when you get ready for a big event in your life? Does your stomach get all twisted in knots and you feel as if you could fall apart at any moment in time? Well if this does happen to you it's OK. Anxiety is a bitch. There I said it! It's a bitch and honestly it fucking sucks having to feel as if something bad is going to happen when it hasn't even happened yet. For most people who have anxiety, it's an everyday challenge, but there are ways to deal with the stress and fear of anxiety. So here are some tips that I have used that help me and hopefully will help you as well.
By Natalie McCarthy8 years ago in Psyche
Living with Mental Illness
There is a stigma that comes with mental illness. It is looked down on, joked about, and quite often, it's dismissed. Believe it or not, mental illness is more common than you might think. One in four adults are affected by mental illness. That is 61,500,000 people in a given year. Not only is it common, it also does not discriminate. You see people on social media or at school or work and you think they have everything figured out, that because they're smiling and laughing or because they have a million friends, they're happy and everything is okay. Wrong. I'm here to tell you, that is all just a cover up.
By Candace Taylor8 years ago in Psyche
Living with Depression
It should be noted that the experiences I am writing about here are exclusively my own: they should not be considered a generalization of what is an incredibly complex and polarizing illness, and I want it known that I am not claiming in any way that what has helped me will help everyone. Recovery is an incredibly personal thing, and something that is done differently by every single person.
By Mopey Millennial8 years ago in Psyche
Rise Above
What is a narcissist? Definition: Basically, a personality in which someone sees no fault in themselves or in their actions. They think they are perfect and feel the need to have a sense of entitlement. They turn criticism onto the other person in the most twisted ways.
By Rheana Roose8 years ago in Psyche
"Feeling Like I'm in a Dream"
I start to feel very "odd" when I turned 17. I never really paid much attention to it at first and wrote it off as my depression and anxiety getting worse. I'd been severely depressed since I was 10-years-old; a family death combined with bullying and abuse triggered it at a young age so I'd been living with it for 7 years and I was starting to learn how to cope with it in my own way.
By Briana Frederick8 years ago in Psyche
How To Love When Your Anxiety Hates You
Anxiety is an ever present force in many lives, including my own. It’s a shadow around every corner waiting to pop out and a whisper in your ear that you can’t help but hear. Love however is something completely different. It’s a bright light in your life that fills you with warmth and good feelings. So how are you supposed to let go of your insecurities in yourself and your mental health to give yourself fully to someone else?
By Caitlin Sullivan8 years ago in Psyche
