humanity

Mental health is a fundamental right; the future of humanity depends on it.

Mental Wellness
My 2021 fresh start is my mental well being. I believe that that is a big concern around the whole world since this virus has entered main stage and what we have also learned it attacks our mental health as well as our physical health. The results mentally have become overwhelming and in my opinion have outweighed the virus itself. The worse being not able to be with our loved ones before their departure from earth.
By Traci Jones5 years ago in Psyche
December 8, 2018
It was a cold night in the city of San Francisco on the eighth of December 2018. I was a freshman at San Francisco State University. I had been struggling a lot with depression since I moved there away from anything and everything I have ever known, which led me to start engaging in reckless decisions that involved all sorts of drugs and alcohol. I had a lot of unresolved traumas from the past, but this specific night pushed me to the edge and is why it was such a life altering event.
By KNACAM5 years ago in Psyche
Giving Voice
Where do you go when you resent having to live? The room is mostly dark, backlit by a dull side table lamp, vague shapes are all I can see beyond the harsh glow of my laptop’s screen. I haven’t left this room, barring trips to the bathroom or to fix a peanut butter sandwich, in two days. People are anathema right now and so I hide in the soothing tones of noise cancelling headphones and the safe disconnect of a tv screen. I do not like my life.
By David Zwakenberg5 years ago in Psyche
On Suicide Part 2
Trigger Warning: This story is about me, it's about you, it's about your best friend from high school that you didn't know was depressed until it was too late. This story is about a guy named Josh who struggles with suicide, self acceptance, lonliness, and rejection. It is meant to pinpoint how our society wrongfully handles the subject of suicide, and a lot of the scenes come from real life experiences of people who have conquered their struggle with depression, and want to help others do the same. This is not an easy read and it's not meant to be, so if you find yourself struggling please reach out to someone, and stop reading if you find this triggering.
By Abi Roads5 years ago in Psyche
Little Black Notebook
If you are reading this you have made a big mistake. This black notebook is a JOURNAL, and it belongs to Alexandra Stronge.
By Katie Petrakos5 years ago in Psyche
How I Went from Earning 6 Figures to Working for Minimum Wage
At age 23, after training for two months, I got cut a check for $16,000. I was trading equity options. I was on a 50% split, which means I had brought in $32,000 in the month of January 2009.
By Michael X Christopher5 years ago in Psyche
Key Things To Know About Comfort Zone
I received this forward on WhatsApp the other day from one of my friends. As I read it, while I agreed with it initially in the nick of the moment, I kept reading it. As I did that, more discoveries about "comfort zone" happened in me.
By Ganesh Kuduva5 years ago in Psyche
Dream House
I was ten years old when I first wanted to be an architect. At the time, my immunization documents were completed to join my mother in the United States finally. My grandmother and I went to the embassy so I could get an interview as the final step to getting my visa approved. I remember sitting in what felt like the most oversized living room I had ever been in. I was way too short for my age, so I felt a miniature size green army doll. I looked up and could not look down for what felt like hours. The detail had me mesmerized. The walls were ivory white with high ceilings and columns in every corner. I felt as though I was in a house within a house. Squared tiles hung from the ceiling as it stood still. I don’t remember every detail because memories of me freaking out over the first time I got my period drowns it. I left the embassy with the lingering thought that I want to build something like this one day. To me, whoever could create something so big had a mental capacity most lack. The patience that older generations don’t seem quite to grasp. To me, whoever built that embassy had no fears, and I also wished to lack in that department.
By Jayceon Kai Royale5 years ago in Psyche
Can't We All Just Pretend to Love Me?
I'm not entirely sure where to begin because the world I live in isn't whimsical nor horrific. I have every reason to be normal, every reason to be happy, but...I'm not? In fact, I can list a hundred thousand reasons why I'm not. The problem is there's not a soul who cares. Oh, I know, there's so many wonderful people in your life, Cici! I've heard it all before. I hear it from my two happily married parents, from my two sisters, occasionally even from my kid brother, from my best friend and his wife, from my husband, from strangers on the internet.
By Cici Woods5 years ago in Psyche
Steven the Sleep Paralysis Demon
Some of us have experienced sleep paralysis, some of us have not. Some sleep paralysis is really awful and sometimes it is just a mild bummer. Those of us that do experience it, can sometimes hallucinate some really terrible things. I don't know the science behind sleep paralysis except that it happens when the brain wakes up before the body, the brain panics and decides to wake up the body in the only way it knows how.
By Linda Dyke5 years ago in Psyche
The Magic of Therapy
Do you believe in magic? I do. I had my first encounter with therapy about 4 and-a-half years ago when I was going through a very turbulent time in my life. Up until then, I'd never experienced any form of therapy - unless retail therapy counts...
By Janine Agombar5 years ago in Psyche
Why women simply don’t “just leave”
Firstly, we need to understand the cycle of abuse and how abusers work. It’s actually quite shocking how different yet strikingly similar all cases of Domestic Violence are.
By Leah 5 years ago in Psyche