coping
Life presents variables; learning how to cope in order to master, minimize, or tolerate what has come to pass.
Scared of Mannequins
Growing up, I was taught to be fearless. It’s shameful to sleep with a nightlight, to cower at mannequins and clowns, to admit that you’re afraid. In movies, the hero is always the fearless one that selflessly leaps into danger and tackles the enemy.
By Raising Neverland7 years ago in Psyche
How to Survive in the World to Come
What teachers don't teach you in school is that people are real jerks. They teach you to be good and kind and respectful and helpful, and not only do those same teachers go and do exactly the opposite and leave you in the dirt where other kids kick you, but they don't enforce those lessons until it becomes a real fight— and even then, it's really just because they're tired of all the noise. As a matter of fact, they always seem to favor the mean kids. My school, unfortunately, skipped that lesson almost entirely. The only people I had to teach me what it means to be a good person were my parents. I guess you could say I'm one of the lucky ones in that case. My parents never spoiled me like all those brats at school, they never lied or sugarcoated anything. Even if I didn't like what they said, I at least appreciated it in the end.
By Bianca Wargo7 years ago in Psyche
How Music Connects to Our Sadness
As a person suffering from depression myself, I understand how hard it is to feel like nobody is on your side. I have felt I do not have many people to turn to that I can fully trust with my issues. The people I have trusted my problems with have complained about how I was using them as some sort of outlet to dump everything on. So instead, I decided to turn to music. I am not very good at making music, but I occasionally just make little snippets of songs that probably will not get anywhere, but they make me feel better, personally. It does not necessarily have to be sad, but incorporating sadness in it helps channel the emotions in a healthy way. Because of this, music has made a huge impact on my life, and that is only one reason of many as to why I believe music can help with depression.
By Cierra Harkness7 years ago in Psyche
What to Do with Narcissistic, Self-Indulged, Attention-Seeking, Ego Trippers?
Wow, what about them. I divide this title into two kinds of people (this is what I named them myself), because from my perspective there are multiple types of toxic people and toxic behaviors, and here are two of them; "the self-indulged ego trippers," and " the attention-seeking victim."
By Melody Frost7 years ago in Psyche
