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Advice and tips on managing mental health, maintaining a positive outlook and becoming your happiest self.

Stop Telling Your High-Anxiety Friends that “Things Could Always Be Worse”
We’ve all done it. We’ve relied on what have become standard comforting phrases when faced with a situation that requires us to offer reassurance to someone.
By Kassondra O'Hara4 years ago in Psyche
Living with Anxiety
For as long as I can remember, I have always lived with anxiety. It feels as if I am in a rocking chair. Although my body may be moving, I am not actually propelling forward. It prevents me from being able to go out and enjoy the things that I should enjoy doing at twenty four years old. Things like going out, meeting with friends, meeting with family, etc. I have also always been shy. I guess you could say that the two seem to walk hand in hand with each other.
By Victoria Wadsworth4 years ago in Psyche
Benefits of Sober Living
If you or someone you love is battling a drug or alcohol problem, it's not unusual for some to question the benefits of sober living. After all, it can be difficult to overcome addictions once they've started. The truth is that while treatment can help someone get clean and sober, the process of actually getting clean can often be a long and arduous one. There are also emotional ramifications that come with relapses into addiction, which makes it important for someone struggling to get sober to consider Sober Living in Yakima Wa. This Sober Living program will provide the emotional support a person needs while they work through the withdrawal process and get their life back on track.
By Scarlett W4 years ago in Psyche
I Feel Awful: Ways to Cope if You Feel Depressed
Depression is a crummy thing. It can strike as the result of a breakup, a job loss, a death, or any number of things. For many people, their brain predisposes them to feel depressed for no reason.
By Matthew Maniaci4 years ago in Psyche
The Proper Way to Handle Criticism
When you say feedback makes you better, I believe in that more than I believe in just about anything on Earth. If you want to improve, you need really good feedback. But I would also say there are a lot of forms of feedback, including negative feedback that isn't really criticism that isn’t painful at all.
By Blessing Akpan4 years ago in Psyche
A Weakness We All Have
“But nobody can do what you do, how you do it I am not sure, you are one in a million. You are unique. Your talent exceeds what I have seen in this industry by a country mile and I have been in this industry for over 15 years.”
By Dean Gee4 years ago in Psyche
Anxiety
Anxiety Disorders Anxiety can be debilitating for many people. It also shows itself in many different ways. Depending on your situation and mental health it will affect everyone differently. In me, it shows up as panic and picking at myself. If I have a scab or a cut I pick it over and over until it is infected. I just can’t seem to help myself. I panic over things that are not even happening. I panic because I fear what “may” happen. Below are the different types and more information on them
By Diana Cukrov4 years ago in Psyche
The Human Being
I’m hoping to sit down and just… think for a while. Well, maybe not think. I’ve been doing a lot of that lately. And that… really hasn’t gotten me anywhere. In terms of actual progress I mean. Sure, it’s been helpful to dissect every tiny, little, painstaking detail of how things could have been so different if only I was a little more aware. It’s been helpful to know exactly where I went wrong, you know, so I can spot the red flags the next time.
By Ariel Pizzamiglio4 years ago in Psyche
Politicians & Media &Conspiracy Theories
They say we live in the information age. For the first time in history, there are more scientific studies than there are theories, which is completely the other way around to how it used to be.
By Dean Gee4 years ago in Psyche
I'm Perfectly Fine In My Comfort Zone, Thank You
If you have more than a month of Medium, you are probably already tired of cheap self-help clichés. Sometimes I wonder why there are so many articles on that topic, especially if we are all so sick of it … then I see how many claps they have and it all makes sense.
By Mindsmatter.4 years ago in Psyche
The Three Choices
I am in a weird crux of my life. The opportunities are abounding; I have accomplished nothing but a mere educational stepping stone towards any and all of my potential paths. But I can't decide which one to go down. Part of me feels like I might pick wrong and end up failing. I can't fail, especially not after all it took to get to this point. The other part of me feels like I'm shutting out all of the other options once I decide what path to go down and I don't like being limited. Then the last part of me in this holy trinity of confusion and stress wonders what would happen if I just turn around and choose another path, one that noone would expect, that isn't as obvious or clearly delineated based on where I've travelled up to now. It's all so frustrating and whimsical and wonderful in an angering way. I take a walk and find myself in an empty park. I look up the flagpole, the bright red maple leaf waving back and forth in the wind of the summer day.
By Arya4 years ago in Psyche
How to Live With Tinnitus Without Losing Your Mind
I’ve been living with Tinnitus for almost five years. Although now I can cope with it (some days better than others), the first 18 months were a nightmare.
By Emma London4 years ago in Psyche