coping
Life presents variables; learning how to cope in order to master, minimize, or tolerate what has come to pass.
The Reality of Loss to Suicide
The events of Sunday 23rd August 2015 are forever etched in my mind. This was the day that Jake took his own life and the day that time became irrelevant, as it will always seem like yesterday. I want to share something in this blog about the paramedics who attended Jake’s death, what one of them said to me and why I will be forever grateful.
By Melanie Anderton5 years ago in Psyche
Dear Stranger
I suffer from a lot of mental and physical illnesses. I am used to getting looked at in public when people see me using things that are obviously meant for disabled people. I know I am young, but that doesn't mean that I am not disabled. I have severe anxiety and depression, as well as PTSD and bipolar, and some other issues that I am sure I will get into later. I hate going out in public, because I am always afraid of what people think of me, or say about me. Honestly, compared to the lady today, I am starting to be grateful they say it behind my back. After an awful experience at the grocery store today, I felt the need to write this in hopes that if she didn't see it, someone with her mindset might.
By Dessa Harris5 years ago in Psyche
A Letter to my 30 Year Old Self
Let me start by saying, being cheated on fucking sucks. I know right now it feels like everything has just been snatched from you but, it hasn't. This has nothing to do with you. There was nothing you could have done to avoid it and you will thank God one day that it happened this way. Your life is about to be magic.
By Molly Elizabeth5 years ago in Psyche
3 Things That Might Help Your Agoraphobia
If you haven't seen parts one and two, you can click on the numbers here: One Two In part three, we're going to have a look at three things that you could try changing in your life in order to help your agoraphobia. If you know me then you know why I'm doing this: I'm hitting the ten year mark of being diagnosed with agoraphobia and hypochondria. I wanted to share some of the techniques and tiny things I've been doing in my life apart from taking my medication in order to make my life slightly, slightly, slightly better.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Psyche
How To Cope With OCD During a Pandemic
The pandemic is causing me and everybody else high stress. OCD is aggravated during times of stress. I know that I can stay well by avoiding people, and wearing a mask. Masks go a long way to stopping germs from getting through. Wearing a mask is a great way of preventing illness, but not everybody is wearing one so far as I can see. Never mind the general incompetent handling of the pandemic from a head of state who now has the illness. My OCD germ phobia is sky high, and I don't know about anybody else who is dealing with similar situations.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez5 years ago in Psyche
Finding joy again
I'm not sure how or when it happened. But slowly over a period of time I guess I got stuck in my life. And that put me deeper and deeper into a depression. For me when I don't have a lot of change in my life, when I am not growing and changing, then I get depressed. It happened slowly over a period of time. I had started to realise that I was stuck in a routine of my life and knew that I had to make a change. However, being a working single parent that is a hard thing to do. A lot of times you need a routine of life, a schedule from work you need to do, a schedule for your kids in order for them to be okay. I think some times it is hard to shake things up really, change is also hard.
By Talara Nolan5 years ago in Psyche
3 Things That Aren't Helping Your Agoraphobia
If you haven't read the first article in my series on having agoraphobia then please click here. I am making this series as I approach the ten year mark of having been diagnosed with agoraphobia and so, I hope to share my experiences, help others and possibly give you some hints and tips not as solutions but as things to assist you in managing your condition. As someone who has a decade of experience, I have many, many tried and tested methods. Some of them work, some of them do not. If you would like to look at three coping mechanisms that you can use then the first article with the link is just for you. But, if you've already been through that one, I would like to share three things that are probably in your life that you don't realise are having a huge impact on your state of wellbeing when it comes to agoraphobia and are possibly making it a whole lot worse to deal with. So let's get into this article that investigates:
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Psyche
How To Function
You are reading someone's reply on a social media post. Your eyes flick to their name, then continue reading while thinking on their name. Growing up together. The last time you saw them. Possibly one day you think you may be a better friend and call them, sometime. You agree with their reply, and go to "like" it. You pause, and suddenly feel blank.
By Tesla Kuhn5 years ago in Psyche
The collection
Her collection was vast, almost unmanageable, but it brought her the peace of mind she wasn’t able to find otherwise. There was the piece from the night her mom had passed, the pieces she had collected every time her special someone had ignored her feelings, and even one from a wonderful day in the mountains. It seemed silly to think of, at times, but nevertheless the collecting continued.
By Erika Lynn Sabrowski5 years ago in Psyche
How Mental Illness Has Affected My Life
Mental Illness is no joke. Over 1 million people in the world have mental illness. I can count the many ways that mental illness has affected my quality of life in general. Mental illness is a daily battle for me. Medication or not, it will never truly subside, nor go away. I have this for life.
By Melyssa A Hernandez5 years ago in Psyche
Why I hug my teddy bear
Struggling with depression and anxiety all my life isn't an easy thing to do. Growing up since early childhood with no therapy and no social support and nobody to talk to about the issues and drama I've been dealing with on my own. It's even harder to do so when I have verbal speech disorder. So, I became a social introvert, just keep to myself and stay away from people who mean spirited, tyrannically, manipulative and critical, even if with some family members, friends, neighbors, teachers and students I grew up with.
By Aisha Charmalique Bowens5 years ago in Psyche
