coping
Life presents variables; learning how to cope in order to master, minimize, or tolerate what has come to pass.
How My ADHD Mind Navigates a Complicated Remote Job
My job is very complex and, as someone with ADHD, things can be even more complicated, especially since I work remotely from home. However, I have managed to secure promotions, become a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), and win a major company award in 2021 because of my excellent performance.
By Ginger Gillenwater3 years ago in Psyche
Why I am raising money for “Young Minds” charity.
It is not a secret for anyone at this point that I feel very strongly about the subject of mental health, as well as destroying the stigma that surrounds it. I mean, it even says in my bio, both here and on Instagram that I am a mental health advocate. And since I started a fundraiser for YoungMinds charity on my birthday last month, I thought this is a good time to elaborate on the subject a bit more. To make it more personal, more transparent. To tell a story about a real life experience.
By Eva Smitte3 years ago in Psyche
How I Overcame Stammering for Good
The Worst Nightmare of My Life 30 years ago, on a cold Monday morning, I was facing the worst nightmare of my life. It was the first day of my engineering undergraduate course. Surrounded by the group of 18-year-olds, I was meant to be studying with, I was struggling to tell them my name.
By Peeping_Soul3 years ago in Psyche
How I Live With Cancer
First things first. If dear reader you are reading this because you or a loved one have been diagnosed with cancer, I'm sorry and I wish you well. Second if you are looking for advice about treatment options or advice on managing side effects this is not that story. I am not qualified to give that advice. These are just some thoughts I have after six years on this journey.
By Heather Lunsford3 years ago in Psyche
How Often Is ADHD Diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder?
I have Bipolar Disorder II and ADHD. ADHD was evident when I was a young child. I was always bouncing off of the walls. It was always said that I was “just a hyperactive child,” but that was the 80s when a child that talked too much and too fast and couldn’t sit still and focus was simply called “hyper.” Hyper kids were punished back then because it was seen as misbehaving.
By Ginger Gillenwater3 years ago in Psyche
How My ADHD Mind Navigates a Complicated Remote Job
My job is very complex and, as someone with ADHD, things can be even more complicated, especially since I work remotely from home. However, I have managed to secure promotions, become a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), and win a major company award in 2021 because of my excellent performance.
By Ginger Gillenwater3 years ago in Psyche
On Suicide - A Widows Perspective
Start writing... 8 years ago I became a young widow at age 26 with 3 young children to raise on my own after my husband committed suicide. It has been 8 long and exhausting years. In the search to find myself I have stumbled across countless triggers and blows to my self-esteem. I avoided my grief throughout those 8 years only to discover that I can no longer feel emotion and I have lost the ability to show love. This has created a large distance between me and my loved ones. I completely shut down and shut everyone out. I not only have to heal my heart, but I have to heal 3 other little hearts as well. I discovered that I just don't have the time, motivation, energy, or patience to keep up with the world around me, let alone be apart of society. It has been 8 years and I have finally accepted that this is my life. I have to let go of trying to find the girl I once was because its just mentally exhausting and impossible. I have to close that book and start a new one. I created a video to tell my story because it provides a raw perspective on life after suicide and how committing suicide passes the pain onto someone else. You see, if my husband were to ask for help, I imagine him to be thriving today. He would be so glad that he had chose to stay and see how beautiful it is to watch his kids blossom and grow into their personalities. Instead, he gave up and passed on an incredible amount of deep pain that his children and I will now have to carry for the rest of our lives. It isn't fair that his children never get to experience him. It isn't fair that my children have to grow up without a daddy. It isn't fair that he flipped the ending to my happily ever after. I can go on and on about the things that are unfair to me but that's not what matters most. What matters most is that once someone commits suicide, someone is left to make sense of it.
By Cassey Dale3 years ago in Psyche
God Save the Queen . Top Story - September 2022.
Thursday, September 8th, 2022, around 10:30 a.m, I learned of the death of Queen Elizabeth II. I am not a hard-core royalist, I think the Commonwealth is valid, but I do not depend upon it. I am not overly political or someone with great wisdom or opinions, but I have something to share.
By Bruce Curle `3 years ago in Psyche
