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Most recently published stories in Psyche.
Healing After Heartbreak
It’s been truly identified as one if the worst things to endure in a lifetime. Heartbreak is the outcome of many events in our lives, but no matter how many times we may experience it, a broken heart never hurts any less. It’s that soul crushing blow to the soul that leaves us in total loss and despair, something I myself am dealing with currently. I wanted to share some of my own personal tips and methods of recovering, in the hopes that I may help a fellow sufferer. Before any of that, I decided to be brave enough to share the truth and reality of the affects of a broken heart, most recently on myself.
By Jessica Murray8 years ago in Psyche
It’s Not Just a Feeling
Too often we are told that if we say we are depressed, people tell us to “get happy.” Like it’s something you can just go out and do. People don’t understand what they don’t want to. There was a family, a big family. From the outside looking in, everything seemed perfect. The parents wanted it that way. Towards the end of their baker's dozen, there was one who felt out of place, like she didn’t belong. Everyone was so good at everything, and she was ok being her.
By Heidi Sunshine8 years ago in Psyche
Best Movies About Eating Disorders
My waistline and I are mortal enemies—and chances are, we always will be. I struggle with my weight. I struggle with the memories of facing verbal abuse from people, just because of the number on my pants and the number on the scale.
By Ossiana Tepfenhart8 years ago in Psyche
Depression: How To Overcome It
Learning how to overcome depression is something that not many people know how to do. Those who suffer from depression will tell you that it is one of the most unpleasant things that a person can experience and many believe that it is something that they can't control.
By Dallas Hemingway8 years ago in Psyche
A Letter to My 10-Year-Old Self
Dear Jerico, I’m writing to you on this non-particular day because it’s sunny, there’s not a cloud in the sky, the neighbors' roosters are crowing, and I’m feeling clearer. I can tell you it’s a beautiful day because, my goodness, it is. The only downside, I think, is that it’s hot and I’m sweaty. You’re probably confused as to why you’re getting a letter from a stranger, but I’ll tell you now that I am not a stranger. I am you from the future. 11 years older, exactly. Well, almost 12 years older. Your birthday is nearing.
By Jerico Santiago8 years ago in Psyche
Drowning Out of Water
Living with depression can be literal hell. You lose motivation to get out of bed, to eat, and to even shower. For some of us it's a sense of drowning while being able to breathe. Depression comes in waves; some days the water is calm and relaxing but the next it can be a 2 week long hurricane of emotions. Some days we don't shower, brush our teeth, or even get out of our pjs. It can even get as severe as not grocery shopping, paying bills, or calling into work/school.
By Hannah Homewood8 years ago in Psyche
Liberation
We all, as humans, have our moments of weakness. We have those moments where maybe we're not completely sure of who we are. Unless you're like me, that feeling ends. Every morning I wake up, and I'm unsure whether Tigger or Eeyore will be making my decisions for me. I have a Bipolar Disorder. My specific Bipolar Disorder is when I have rapid mood swings that are beyond my control. One moment I could be on top of the world, but in the next, it could be falling down around me. There is no liberation in my mind.
By Sierra Brown8 years ago in Psyche
Sleep Paralysis
I was five or six when I first experienced it. I would "wake up" to find the room swirling with shadows and flames, everything was in black in white, terrible creatures would come crawling towards me, but I was definitely still in my room. Sometimes I'd even see or hear my parents, but they were always just out of reach. The most memorable part of the ordeal though, was the fact that I couldn't breathe. I'd try to yell for help, but no one would hear me or see me writhing for air because in reality, I wasn't moving at all. I was only a kid so I didn't know what was happening to me. As soon as I was able to move I'd go running into my parents' room screaming, "I can't breathe!" (While clearly breathing) and crying about what I'd just witnessed. Of course they didn't know what I was talking about and over the years they did everything they could to help. To them it was a combination of extremely vivid nightmares and asthma attacks.
By Kerri Simmons8 years ago in Psyche
Not Everything Happens for a Reason, but That's Okay
There have been numerous accounts of tragedy and heartbreak that I have experienced throughout my 22 years on Earth, all of which I remember so vividly it is almost as if they occurred just last night. What I remember even more vividly, however, is confiding in a person close to me who, after expressing sorrow and concern, proceeded to say to me that this had to have happened for some reason greater than the human mind can even begin to comprehend. While these words were intended in the most consoling way possible, in order to aid me in accepting what had happened to me, I was repulsed at this reaction each and every time. In a world where tragic events occur with no explanation whatsoever and we are left wondering what we did to deserve this and why this had to happen, it has become human nature to adapt the ideology that everything happens for a reason beyond our capability of understanding so that it is easier to accept them and move on with our lives. Realistically, however, everything does not happen for a reason, and living by the idea that it does is not as effective as one may think.
By Abbey Walters8 years ago in Psyche
