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How To Expand Your Consciousness
While most people are convinced a successful life depends on conventional education, there's another kind of instruction universities doesn't teach. That's spiritual education. Knowledge of the one consciousness, a superior intelligence that lies within every one of us. If you access that higher consciousness, you're accessing a brand new level on life itself. You'll begin to see life in a whole different way, you'll start noticing a lot of details in every aspect of your life. It's like jumping into a plane and watching the landscape from above. Solely with this, you'll reach a state of being only achieved by great masters, just as Jesus, Buddha, Hermes, and contemporaries like Eckhart Tolle and Adyashanti.
By Diego Escalante8 years ago in Psyche
Nightmares
They keep me up. They keep me afraid of what I don’t know lurks in the dark. They pull at my thoughts daily and then at night, terrorize me. Most nights I wake up terrified and not knowing why. Others, I wake myself up sobbing and reaching out for arms to comfort me. The nights that leave me depressed the next day but not knowing what's the matter have become a normality in my life.
By Rachelle Cramer8 years ago in Psyche
Surprising Symptoms of Manic Depression
Bipolar Disorder, or manic depression as it's more commonly referred to, is a mood disorder that causes extreme highs and lows. Usually, there is no in between — they are ecstatic and jacked up on life, or they are severely bummed out and find it difficult to get out of bed and complete the simplest of tasks — manifestation of bipolar depression can come in many ways.
By Joseph Farley8 years ago in Psyche
My Introvert
Walking into the cafeteria is like being dropped in the middle of the ocean. You stare up at the rising wave of voices and see thousands of eyes looking at you and you only. Sitting at a table by yourself, you get up only when completely necessary. No need to risk the apology tango as you and another both grab a fork and turn, move right, exchange sorry's, then go your separate ways. You eat slow. Not too big of a bite, people will look. Not too much on your fork, people will look. Don't look up, you might make eye contact with someone. You finish eating and walk out the door. The wave settles, you survived.
By Elise Spiller8 years ago in Psyche
Dealing with Daily Battles
Feeling like you are eating too much fat every day and feeling like everything you eat can make you fat, yet inside you know it's what you have to do to be healthy and to be normal. Many would say this is an advantage because it's easier to gain weight than to lose. But having tried both, gaining is a lot harder than you would think, losing is the easy part. Most people in society don't meet their fear more than once a year. However, people with any degree of anorexia have to face it every day. These people have to face it in various degrees the most commons fears are:
By Rebecca Jensen8 years ago in Psyche
When the Spiral Comes
Living with Borderline Personality Disorder hasn't been easy. In reality, I should say that knowing I have BPD is a struggle. Some people have said to me before, "You're the same person you were before you found out. Nothing has changed." But if you're someone like me or live with another disorder, you know that that's simply not the case. It feels as though my entire world has changed into a strange new map in a video game. I liked the first map I was playing in. I knew what I did at that time and, though it was confusing and scary at times, I knew how to navigate. I knew the safe places to take cover from the enemy. This new map, this new chapter in my life, though the same, is a brand new world. It's full of stigma, people who don't understand, and even more questioning who I am as a person.
By Sarah LeBlanc8 years ago in Psyche
Why Mental Health Disorders Emerge in Your Early 20s
As someone who has gone through hell during their early to mid 20s, I can honestly say that we have a bit of a mental health crisis going on in America. More specifically, it seems like almost every young adult out there struggles with their mental health.
By Patty Ramsen8 years ago in Psyche
Worrier to Warrior
As a child, nothing made me want to grow up more than the negative thoughts that constantly tormented my mind. I have always been known as quite the worrier by my entire family. My parents discovered my high levels of anxiety from a very young age. This became fairly apparent when I used to scream and cry almost every day before getting on the bus, practically making myself sick. My blatant terror of human interaction became clear when my excited mother and father asked if I wanted to go to Disney World and my response was, “Definitely not. There are too many people, and I could die on those rides!” There are no words to describe how low my parents’ jaws dropped when they heard that response come out of their Disney Princess-obsessed nine-year-old’s mouth. Little to their surprise, this constant feeling of anxiety that I had always experienced never once wavered as I grew older. Even as a middle school student, I despised waking up during the week because it meant that I had to do the unthinkable: socialize. The day I decided to step out of my comfort zone to be a real teenager was the day that I would come to regret for the rest of my life.
By Allison Rasp8 years ago in Psyche
So, It's World Mental Health Day
So, it's world mental health day today, and I've been seeing a lot of people opening up about their struggles. While I don't exactly hide my experiences, I wouldn't say I'm completely open either. It's hard to tell people when you're struggling with any illness, but mental health is surrounded by a stigma that makes it more difficult to be open about than most physical illnesses.
By Mason Bassett8 years ago in Psyche
