coping
Life presents variables; learning how to cope in order to master, minimize, or tolerate what has come to pass.
A More Subdued Birthday
On August 4th, I turn 30 years old. I’ve been considering for months what this milestone birthday would mean to me - joked with my friends about my body giving out, examined and reframed my personal goals, tried to make plans even though I’m working summer school.
By Janis Ross4 years ago in Psyche
PANDEMIC AND MENTAL HEALTH
Pandemic is basically an epidemic which spreads globally from one region to another. It is not just a situation but an outbreak which affects the lives of many people in a very large amount. Pandemic takes place when various type of viruses and flues occur and spread from person to person easily. This pandemic primarily originated from the occurence of mild fever or cough which further turned into a virus, namely, CORONA VIRUS. The World Health Organisation declared this virus as pandemic on 11 March 2020. After turning into the pandemic, people's health got affected in a very short span of time. Everyone was living a normal life before the sudden attack of this virus. It is an unacceptable and unbearable challenge faced by the people. The rapid growth of COVID-19 hits the large amount of geogeraphical boundaries all over the world.
By Adiba Sheikh4 years ago in Psyche
Stitching Stories of Me
When the gray skies roll in and my soul feels torn and incomplete, I go for a run. As I climb up the hills and see the side of the slopes there is a feeling of breaking through a web of negative thoughts and feelings. The ascent reminds me of flying out of my dark past and into the light.
By Lisa Pulliam4 years ago in Psyche
Melting away my past
Ladies, gentlemen, and non-binary friends, I’d like to introduce myself to you, as a woman who deals with devastating nightmares and alluring dreams. I long for a version of myself that is embarrassingly happy, fighting for those I love and forcing conversation where it intentionally disregards me. I’m so incredibly embarrassed of my past and the life I existed in, which merely used up space. I won’t get into the nitty gritty of the bad parts, I won’t even tell you what happened near the end, though I’m sure you can guess.
By Abigail Dorothy4 years ago in Psyche
A cut, a slash and a carve
What do you see when you look at the blank sheet of paper? An origami to be made? A beautiful painting yet to manifest? Maybe you see the words of a thrilling adventure novel fall in lines, eager to be written. Me- I see a story. Stories have accompanied me through childhood into present day. I visualized them, drew them, wrote them and one day I started carving them into paper. I don't remember my "AHA" moment, the realization that the knife was needed or how I should do it. I remember that I was anxious, a swarm of thoughts and ideas buzzing restlessly in my mind, looking for a way out. I bought the tool - a small handle with interchangeable blade heads, each one perfect for a specific mission, I bought a stack of thick paper in array of colors. And as soon as my blade touched the paper- my thoughts have found their relief.
By Salomé Saffiri4 years ago in Psyche
Anxiety of a Perfectionist
The trick in life is learning how to deal with it.--Helen Mirren Life is full of uncertainties. Dealing with the unknown future is what categorizes what it means to live as a human being. Bad times are intermixed with good times and sometimes conquering those adversities make one stronger. However, sometimes enough is enough. Do you remember having those days that no matter what you do or how hard you work nothing goes your way? Or you do everything right but still everything turns 180 on you? I am sure majority of us had those days--hopefully not too often. Now let us take that and consider people who have the tendency to continuously beat themselves up. For someone who is a perfectionist, insomnia and anxiety could be his constant companion when everything goes awry. Consider though, how productive is that? You worry about what the future might bring as a result of the past. You lose sleep due to that thought, then you perform even worse because you lost sleep. Seems self-defeating, doesn't it? Well, it is. What can you do to take your mind off the loop of self-reprimand or worrying?
By Stormy Sun4 years ago in Psyche
