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Red light, green light, 1 2 3.
It feels like I can't trust someone if they do not open up right away. It feels weird if it takes a lot of time to know someone or become involved in their personal life. It is even suspicious if for weeks into months the connection is slow. It could feel like I am being ignored, neglected, or even that the person is detached if they want time alone often. Why do I feel this way?
By Jaded Savior Blog4 years ago in Psyche
Color Plays
Almost every artist understands aspects of color theory, balance, and values to complete a new composition, yet it is possible to deepen the stimulation of emotions to the viewer deliberately. The experts in marketing and advertising have done extensive research regarding the light spectrum of color. Every occupation that deals in color can benefit from this research. Artists and artisans alike that are knowledgeable in using colors inspire an emotional response by its proper uses.
By Kathleen Ewing Fowler4 years ago in Psyche
10 Things I Won’t Forget After Listening to People’s Problems for 7 Years. Top Story - December 2021.
“When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.” — Ernest Hemingway I will never forget the lessons other people taught me by confiding to me their problems. For the past seven years, I’ve had a section at my blog titled “Dear Joyce” where I offered to listen to people who needed someone to talk to. While I have not officially been a life coach, I had that precious opportunity to know people better, deeper. By entrusting me with their concerns, I have gained much more than I have ever thought I would.
By Jocleyn Soriano4 years ago in Psyche
How To Cope With Drug Addiction? 7 Tips For Recovery
Many causes can lead an individual into medication, and liquor use – distressing circumstances, outside pressures, troublesome feelings, and injury are only a couple. When an individual doesn't have the foggiest idea of how to adapt to these sentiments or circumstances soundly, the person in question might utilize medications to feel some help or to getaway.
By Atta Muhyuddin4 years ago in Psyche
What Is Impostor Syndrome And How Do You Start To Work On It?
What is impostor syndrome? Impostor syndrome originally termed ‘Imposter Phenomenon’ was first described by Pauline Clance, PhD, and Suzanne Imes, PhD, in their research article “Imposter Phenomenon in High Achieving Women: Dynamics and Therapeutic Interventions” 1978. It is defined by the feelings of intellectual inferiority, or in simple terms the feeling of being a fraud, especially in working life. People who suffer with imposter Syndrome struggle to attribute their successes or achievements to their own ability, and will often put them down to luck, good timing, a fluke, or just play them down entirely.
By Shelly Freeman4 years ago in Psyche
Why Crying it Out is the Best Medicine.
About halfway through my twenty-minute silent sit on the park bench this morning, I registered the voices of a man and a child. Since my eyes were closed and I was “supposed” to be meditating, I assumed they were playing in the playground. Suddenly, instead of happy squeals, the child broke into a loud cry, a full, unbridled, using-all-her-lung-power sort of cry.
By Judy Walker 4 years ago in Psyche
Reversible and Irreversible consequences of Drug Abuse
The long-term consequences of drug abuse are numerous, but they are often overlooked. As a result, people often ignore the reversible and irreversible effects of this behavior. While they may not be aware of it, addiction can cause significant harm to the individual and the society. For example, if a person uses drugs for a prolonged period of time, the damage to their organs can be severe, even requiring a transplant or dialysis.
By Judy Tilton4 years ago in Psyche
The Pain in My Heart Pushed Me to Start the Speaking Bipolar Site. Top Story - December 2021.
“And he's bipolar. You know what that means.” My boss was 10 minutes into his gossip fest. Today's victim was one of his oldest friends. I heard a litany of all the things his friend had done wrong, and all the poor choices he had made. My boss boasted of their 20-year friendship, but I couldn't help but wonder if it really was a friendship.
By Scott Ninneman4 years ago in Psyche
Websites like Vocal are Essential for Disabled Writers
I'm a disabled writer. These two traits are not connected to one another - I classified myself as a writer long before my diagnosis. At nine years old I decided I wanted to write books for a living, and set myself on a continuous path that, at the time, seemed relatively simple. The world often does to a child's eyes.
By Jade Hadfield4 years ago in Psyche
I'm Off My Meds and I Feel Like Crap
It seems like just yesterday that it was confirmed that I have ADHD. Ok. It was only a few months ago. I've know it for a few years though. It just took me that long to do something about it; to talk to my doctor about it. It didn't help that he kind of blew it off as not a big deal. But I expected that.
By Dani McGaw4 years ago in Psyche
Episodic Meltdown of Nothing
Going through motions. Silence, pressure, nothing. That's what it feels like. Nothing. Waking up to the confines of self. Not pressured, not rejuvenated. Motivation escapes this mind as the clouds of lost freedom drags me through its atmosphere. Not really living but neither dying as well. A sense of limbo that is just as is. You stay in stagnation for a wave to move by. No hope but the interest of what will take me away. What will change my mind and flip this switch where my mind goes in silence. Triggered by the thought you move around this weight of existence to understand the state you're in. You move your hands around the objects.
By The Kind Quill4 years ago in Psyche
How To Overcome Anxiety
2016 was the worst year for my mental health; at the beginning of the year, I was diagnosed with mild depression and was experiencing suicidal thoughts. The last time I even thought about ending my life was when I was twelve; I haven't thought about suicide since that moment. I have to explain what suicidal thoughts are for me. I never wanted to die, and I enjoyed earth and my family. If I had the chance to kill anything, it would be my thoughts. My mind would never stop over-thinking and over-analyzing things; those thoughts would translate to negative thoughts about myself after some time. During that time, I felt like a failure. I left a job I didn't want to go to; I started a new career I hated and experienced colorism from my supervisor.
By teisha leshea4 years ago in Psyche
