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Why Women Fall In Love With Married Men
Although falling in love with a married man is one of the most confusing and emotionally complicated affairs a woman can experience, it still happens more often than people admit. There’s something about married men that seems to draw certain women in, even when they know it’s risky and morally complex.
By Zeeshan Ahmad2 months ago in Psyche
Rage as Prayer
A survivor’s womanifesto on sacred anger, divine alchemy, and the science of self-love. For four years, I listened to it – the fists, the hours-long tirades of criticism, the twisted words that tried to convince me I was the problem.
By THE HONED CRONE3 months ago in Psyche
The Silent Truth: Why We Hold Back Instead of Speaking Up
There’s a moment in almost every relationship, friendship, or even casual interaction when we know we should speak up. You feel it—a truth that needs to be said—but somehow your voice gets stuck, and your words never leave your mouth. It’s frustrating, confusing, and sometimes even painful to watch someone go on unaware of the impact of their actions, while you remain silent. Why do we do this? Why is it easier to stay quiet than to speak our truth?
By Nangyal khan3 months ago in Psyche
A Magical Cure for Excess Weigh
In today’s world, the notion of a “magical cure” for excess weight appeals to many. Everyone wants a quick, effortless way to shed extra kilos, regain confidence and improve health. Yet the truth is more nuanced: there’s no single pill or trick that works for everyone. What does work is a thoughtful, multidimensional approach — one that combines nutrition, activity, mindset, rest and hydration. When these align, the changes may feel almost magical.
By America today 3 months ago in Psyche
Routines Keep the Mood Clean. Content Warning.
Routines can help keep the mood clean—well, cleaner. I struggle with Bipolar Disorder, and if you do too, then welcome. This is a place to learn something and own it with a great attitude. I won’t lie—it’s hard. The highs, the lows, the mania-fueled spending sprees, and the drawer full of half-baked hobbies. You know the one. Mine is packed with crochet equipment, resin art, an unopened puzzle, and a very expensive art set I bought during a spending spree. I call it my “Kate Middleton Drawer” so many hobbies all the while being a princess —except I look more like Adam Sandler when I’m doing any of those things. (Comfort > couture, every time.)
By Jessica Higginbotham3 months ago in Psyche
The Science of Overthinking — and How to Break the Loop
The Spiral Begins It starts small — a single thought that flickers and fades. But before you know it, that one thought grows branches. You replay an old conversation, a mistake, a possibility that never happened. The mind builds worlds out of maybes and what-ifs.
By minaal3 months ago in Psyche
When Silence Becomes Sin: A Prophetic Word for Survivors
These are the verses so often used to shame survivors into silence — as if naming abuse were a greater sin than committing it. But Scripture’s intent is the opposite. It warns against those who twist truth for gain, not those who speak it for healing.
By THE HONED CRONE3 months ago in Psyche
“The Man Who Spoke to Shadows”. AI-Generated.
Every night, when the city fell into sleep, Arman would talk to the shadows in his room. He couldn’t remember when it started — perhaps after his father’s death, or maybe the shadow had always been there, patient and quiet, waiting for the right silence to speak.
By Ishaq khan3 months ago in Psyche
The Light That Knows Its Way Home
I met Dr. Joseph Murphy one night between sleep and sunrise, in that trembling space where dream and eternity hold hands. The air was thick with moonlight, and the silence seemed to hum with the pulse of unseen wings. He stood before me, calm and luminous, his eyes shimmering like twin seas of remembrance. “Tony,” he said, his voice carrying both warmth and authority, “the Divine healing does not live outside of you, waiting to be found. It breathes within you, patient and eternal. You awaken it not by pleading, but by speaking to it as you would a beloved—gently, confidently, with the knowledge that it already hears you.” His words sank into me like warm oil into cold skin, seeping into the places I hadn’t realized were starved for light. When I woke, the room was awash in the blue-gray light of dawn, and his message echoed in my heart like a low bell: Talk to the Divine within you—it is listening.
By Tony Martello3 months ago in Psyche
The Darker Side Of Female Nature - What Girls Don't Want You To Know
Every human being has a side they don’t often reveal — a mix of emotions, instincts, and hidden motives that make up their deeper psychology. When it comes to women, this complexity becomes even more fascinating. Beneath the surface of charm, grace, and affection lies a side shaped by both nature and experience, one that is rarely spoken about openly.
By Zeeshan Ahmad3 months ago in Psyche
Hammond House
I didn't expect to inherit anything, least of all this. The lawyer's letter said "Hammond House" which felt like a contradiction until I stood before it. Five bedrooms, three and a half baths, more house than I'd ever lived in, wrapped in gingerbread trim and painted ladies' colors that had faded to ghosts of themselves. The front yard sprawls wider than it should, dominated by an old tree whose bristles—I can't call them branches, they're too wild, too reaching—scrape and tap against one of the upstairs bedroom windows like they're asking to be let in.
By Parsley Rose 3 months ago in Psyche
A Haiku for His Soul. Content Warning.
Haiku: In time forgotten Life wanes, darkness hath no pain Silence learns his name It’s been two years since your self-decided death, and I’m starting to forget.
By HPMom3 months ago in Psyche