depression
It is not just a matter of feeling sad; discover an honest view of the mental, emotional and physical toll of clinical depression.
The Age of Secondhand Emotions: How Social Media Has Turned Us Into Borrowers of Other People’s Feelings. AI-Generated.
There was a time when feelings were private. Grief happened behind closed doors, joy was shared over phone calls, and anger was reserved for real-world confrontations. Now, all of it is broadcast, looped, liked, and commented on. In the age of Instagram Reels and TikTok For You pages, feelings are no longer just felt—they are performed, consumed, and echoed. We are living in the age of secondhand emotions, where we experience feelings not through our own lives, but through the curated and choreographed lives of others.
By Ahmet Kıvanç Demirkıran7 months ago in Psyche
The Art of Quitting
The Art of Quitting By HAROON YOUNAS I quit the day I stopped lying to myself. It was a Tuesday—gray, indecisive weather, the kind that doesn’t know whether to rain or clear. I sat in the corner booth of Café Duvet, sipping lukewarm coffee and staring at a laptop screen I hadn't typed anything meaningful into in over three hours. The blinking cursor mocked me.
By HAROON YOUNAS7 months ago in Psyche
The Peace Within Accountability
There is peace in accountability. If you’d met me several years ago, you couldn’t have paid me to admit that. The truth is, several years ago, I myself was oblivious to this notion. I’d been in conflict after conflict and not one time had I come out on the bottom of it, even if I truly had. If I said it was so, you couldn’t convince me otherwise. And oh, honey I would die on that hill. There was something powerful about lacking any control for much of my life, eventually learning that I can build my own narrative beautifully crafted in any way that I want. What did I want? Control. How did I get it? By being right. Ultimately, I spent over twenty seven of the twenty-eight years on this Earth failing at what I now know as gaslighting. Crafting weak fairytales in a vain attempt to keep what little control I had over my life.
By The Darkest Sunrise7 months ago in Psyche
Personalizing Ketamine Doses: Why Body Composition Matters
In recent years, ketamine has emerged as a powerful tool in the treatment of depression, PTSD, anxiety, and chronic pain. Yet one of the most overlooked elements in its administration is how body composition can dramatically influence the effectiveness of each dose.
By Richard Bailey7 months ago in Psyche
A Voice I Only Hear in Dreams
I first heard her voice in a dream. It wasn’t a whisper or a shout, but something in between—soft and clear, like a melody drifting across a quiet room. I woke up with the sound still humming in my ears, but when I reached for it in the waking world, it slipped away like smoke through my fingers. The memory of that voice clung to me, fragile and elusive, like a secret waiting just beyond reach.
By Abuzar khan7 months ago in Psyche
The Age of Digital Solitude. AI-Generated.
There’s a peculiar irony in the fact that we’ve never been more connected—and never felt more alone. At any given moment, you can message a friend, join a group chat, scroll through countless lives on your feed, or video call someone halfway across the globe. Technology has dissolved distances, collapsed borders, and placed entire communities in our palms. But something’s missing. Something very human. Something we forgot to feel.
By Ahmet Kıvanç Demirkıran7 months ago in Psyche
Depression in Smiling Faces: The Hidden Pain of High-Functioning Depression
Introduction: The Mask We Wear Every day, millions of people walk through life wearing a mask. You see them at work, laughing at jokes. You see them on social media, posting selfies and quotes about strength. You may even live with one—someone who seems completely fine on the outside, but inside, they’re struggling to hold themselves together.
By Shoaib Afridi7 months ago in Psyche
