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Advice and tips on managing mental health, maintaining a positive outlook and becoming your happiest self.
On the Intellect of Visual People
I think that there is a general assumption that visual artists are not that smart. Like perhaps they weren’t that good at things like reading, writing or math and that’s why they were left to mess around with their crayons instead of graduating past that like most people. In my career in design I’ve experienced some of the fallout from this mindset—being overly praised for writing a good email or the weird surprise from people if I have anything of value to say as if I only thought in color, shape and fonts. As a caveat to this, I will say that in my observations, there are differences in communication styles among “word people” and “visuals people” and that I’ve had to figure out how to bridge this divide so that I could survive and have any influence in a “word people” dominant environment and lucky for me I have been able to do it because I think I happen to exist in between these worlds.
By Nadya Goest4 years ago in Psyche
Discussing Mental Health
I’ve been depressed. I can say that now as I’ve managed to get to a point where I’ve got a handle of my mental health and I can say I’m no longer in my lowest moment however still being aware of my mental space. Why is it only now though that I feel okay talking about it?
By Matthew Grantham4 years ago in Psyche
Baby steps.
“Focus on the step in front of you, not the whole staircase.” Unknown. If I was able to give just one piece of advice to those who currently face mental health struggles such as anxiety and depression , it would be to take it one day at the time. The mind dislikes the present moment and prefers to jump between the past and the future, which is not serving us at the best of times, but when the emotionally heavy states are present, this tendency can weigh one down even more.
By Eva Smitte4 years ago in Psyche
Shopping at Costco with a Brain Injury
I wrote this in early 2016, shortly after we moved to our current city. Since then, there have been some interesting developments. After reading about the introduction of ‘reduced stimulation’ store hours for people with autism (which also benefits people with brain injury, post-concussion syndrome and PTSD), I’ve reached out to local and chain retailers to request something similar. Ideas to reduce sensory stimulation include dimming the lighting, turning off the PA system and music, postponing cart collection, and providing extra guidance and assistance both on the floor and at cash.
By Catherine Kenwell4 years ago in Psyche
If You Want to Become an Emotionally Stronger Person Try This
How many of you feel like life is better than what you think? I've felt like this for the longest time. Only recently have I seen life it a different view because I made some changes to myself that improved my emotional well-being.
By Nicholas McKenna4 years ago in Psyche
I CRAVE A LITTLE CHANGE.
I always craved for something new each time I woke up early in the morning but each day I got more disappointed with the same routine of work each and every day I woke up. My mom woke up this morning and asked me what plans I had for today and with a heavy sigh I said the same old thing Mama, she sipped her tea and chuckled as she went back to her room, I took my breakfast to my room and then ran through my social media page to see if there would be something different other than the constant celebrity gossiping and an unsupportive audience commenting, same old thing. I had my bathe and headed straight for my best friend's house few blocks away, as I walked down the street I saw the newspaper vendor selling his newspapers to the same old people,the same women that were begging on the road last week and the week before sat at the exact position I gave them money last week with their children under the hot sun and as I walked past them I gave them the same amount of money I gave them last week and the week before, I sighted the ice cream seller a few steps away and quickly went up to him with the few change in my pocket and the ice cream seller gave me the same flavour of ice cream he had given me last week and two weeks before that. I kept walking up the street humming the same song that I usually sang in my mind like a rock star every day even though my voice was as angelic as that of a parrot, still the same old voice, as I got closer to my friend's house I saw the same old folks chatting away their achievements from like ten years ago, I greeted them and walked right past. That was when I step my foot on a biscuit wrap and on normal days I would ignore it but today I felt the urge to do the right thing and I bent down, picked it up and disposed of it in the trash bin, I paused and thought to my self , that was new and literally a change of things.
By Adin Reggie4 years ago in Psyche
