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Advice and tips on managing mental health, maintaining a positive outlook and becoming your happiest self.
Your Mind Is a Garden: Water It
Dear Future Self, You did it. You got up from that dark room, opened the blinds, and welcomed the sunshine in. Like a snail lugging a heavy shell, it took all your bones- heavy as they were to wake up. Yet you did it. You woke up, had a workout, showered, made breakfast, and had coffee. In between sips, you savored the moment, making peace with yourself, vowing to try again after the battering your soul took. Upon wake, you tell yourself there is hope.
By Njideka Kingsley5 years ago in Psyche
Where Does Sanity End and Insanity Begin?
Perhaps the headline for this article is too extreme, but really there is no way around it because it’s difficult to conceptualize, much less to describe, insanity and sanity as a spectrum, and so we cling to some definitive distinction, likely cause this dividing line is so central to the reliability of our own perceived reality. Yet, exempting various forms of hallucination — the direct, confirmable non-existence of something perceived — the line becomes quite blurry.
By Martin Vidal5 years ago in Psyche
Baby chicks
The story you are about to read is about the time I put a baby chick in a microwave. I acknowledge that it wasn't the best thing to do but there is more to the story than you think. Before you jump to any conclusions grant me an opportunity to explain myself.
By Mahonry Franco5 years ago in Psyche
Suicide Contagion
Suicidal behavior is complex; many factors lead to someone taking their own life, some of which are almost impossible to do anything about as an outsider looking in. These factors include adverse life events followed by deep depression. Often, a person already experiencing suicidal thoughts or feelings may be pushed over the edge by a phenomenon known as suicide contagion. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services defines suicide contagion as the exposure to suicide or suicidal behaviors within one's family or peer group or through media reports of suicide that can result in an increase in suicide as well as suicidal behaviors. Contagion comes in clusters - suicides that occur close together, whether in time or location. Contagion is an increasingly severe issue that can be prevented only through education. To safely protect potential “victims,” we must understand where the exposure is coming from, reasons people contemplate suicide, and how to approach someone who may be suicidal. With so many personality suicides being prominently displayed, contagion turns self-destruction into more than just an idea.
By Ashley Croban5 years ago in Psyche
It's The End of the World as We Know It .
2020 was the year we did not know we needed . It was a complete and utter right hook .. something so rapid and unexpected and profound . 2020 forced us to learn to enjoy being with ourselves , it caused us to realize that life can completely shift right before your eyes #2020Vision.
By Briana Dias5 years ago in Psyche
You Oughtta be Ashamed of Yourself
In my own experience, all emotions have their root in love or fear. While it may seem binary, I propose that we live in one or the other. That is to say, each moment, each decision will be a choice to endorse love or fear. Unfortunately, many of my moments in life have endorsed fear and my decisions have manifested that in the short term or long run. Like we are inclined to do, I have justified many of these decisions to feel better about them. Fortunately, I'm continuously shown love, which enables me to make decisions in love at times too.
By Caleb Baker5 years ago in Psyche
So You Think You want to be A Hoarder?
I posted a simple comment on a “tips for eliminating clutter” Facebook page tonight and my phone exploded!!!! I asked my family if I would be liable when someone had a heart attack from emotional overload! The post literally had 133 comments in just a few minutes! Were people even reading it at this point? Here is the post:
By VNessa Erlene5 years ago in Psyche
Optimism-Happy Go Lucky Bulls%*t, or Not?
If you are like me, the first time someone told you to be more optimistic you were probably having a hell of a day, that turned into a nightmarish week, which led to the month of doom. Then some over-energetic sap came along and told you that “you just have to be more positive,” as they skipped their way into their hot yoga class while sipping on a twenty-dollar, imported espresso, cashew fusion milk, latte. If those seven words did anything other than stoke the fires of fury already burning inside of you then you are a better person than I am.
By Nigel Leadbitter5 years ago in Psyche
It's okay to feel things.
We as individuals choose different ways of living life, some of us choose to express our feelings while some of us happen to keep them to ourselves and not sharing them with anyone. It doesn’t matter whether you wanna express your feelings or not what matters is you accept them. Feeling things doesn’t make us weak or pathetic rather it makes us human who can understand pain, guilt, happiness, and excitement.
By Aesthetic Writer5 years ago in Psyche
Crying Means Healing, And Healing Means Crying
When was the last time you cried? Write it down—all of it. Write down why you cried and how it made you feel. The last time I cried - you want to know? I'm tearing up right now. And yesterday. And the day before that too.
By Sunny Fassler5 years ago in Psyche
