recovery

Your illness does not define you. It's your resolve to recover that does.

III.
Bump? The young man apologizes, revealing his assumption that I’d accept any drug. He determined this, he says, by my relaxed sweats and Hawaiian button-up; lime-green GameBoy; Hokusai copy (not the great wave) hanging; Jose silver next to game leaves; and my confessed exploits with microdosing during this day’s regularly scheduled programming. I tell myself (hardly in earnest) that he is most likely correct and accept his offering. He says I am ‘the real,’ and I am left to decipher what this means from his earlier list of observations. I decide it must refer to people who are chronically depressed and filling pesky emotional voids with persistent substance abuse and tedious displays of appropriated interests. He rambles for some time before he tells me again that I’m as real as it gets, adding that this assessment includes people who don’t have social media profiles. I don’t tell him I don’t have social media profiles. He has lionized this misanthropic manic enough.
By kp3 years ago in Psyche
V.
Apple juice. VeggieTales. Grape juice. Olive fingertips. Saturday mornings. Visiting the library and reading stacks. Climbing trees. Scooby-Doo and the gang.
By kp3 years ago in Psyche
When is the RIGHT time to build self-confidence and how?
Now. Whether you are a student, a fresh graduate, unemployed, employed, retired, a parent, a child, or a grandparent…it doesn’t matter. Your mental health requires attention now.
By Kahlee 3 years ago in Psyche
Fear of Losing
It's terrible to lose. Losing a cherished toy when you're young is absolutely upsetting. Losing a close friend might alter the path of your life as a teenager. Losing a trusted partner is painful when you're young. Losses during infancy, youth, and adulthood can cause anxiety to become stronger with age and eventually turn into pure horror of losing someone you care about. Although this fear is unhealthy, it frequently results in actions such as violence, control, and manipulation that are not appropriate in a loving, caring relationship. How then do you get over your fear of losing a loved one?
By Dr. Tulika Sarkar3 years ago in Psyche
Anger is not a solution
Humans are born with the impulse and emotion of anger. Anger is a natural response to emotional or physical harm. Everything is OK and even beneficial as long as the rage is under control. However, it can become a serious issue if rage spirals out of control. Then you'll need to learn how to control your anger, and frequent meditation practise can help.
By Dr. Tulika Sarkar3 years ago in Psyche
Broken Bones
1. The Devil I Know The door slammed Time and time again Another silhouette melting Into the distance Disappearing from everything
By Poppy 3 years ago in Psyche
Self-made miserable life — is it worth blaming ourselves for the missing happiness?
When is the last time when you laughed for real? Do you remember what made you genuinely happy? What defined the moment when you were elated and feeling as if on cloud nine?
By Neurodivergent_ai3 years ago in Psyche
When Will This Enddd?
Laying in bed at night, where it's still and quiet. I've put my phone down, and I stare up at my ceiling. My body ceases movement, but it seems as if my mind is running a marathon and my emotions are on a roller coaster.
By Felisha Danyelle3 years ago in Psyche
This Too Shall Pass
Nothing stays the same and nothing lasts forever in the physical world. Life itself is a cyclical process, an ongoing progression of changes we refer to as evolution. Time marches on and space is infinite so everything is constantly shifting, both in spatial position and in linear time, from moment to moment. Everything is in perpetual motion, existing as energy on a quantum level.
By Lisa Pearlman3 years ago in Psyche
What the Heck is TikTok?
TikTok is more than just pre-teen dance challenges, thirst traps and silly pet videos with cats flinging around a ceiling fan. You have a lot of control over the content that is shown to you on your "for you page" (fyp for short).
By Angela Schnaubelt3 years ago in Psyche
10 Things I Want To Tell My Young Undiagnosed Autistic Self
Young, confused about social norms, even naïve — this holds true for many autistic people. You know that you are somehow different. There is some part of you that feels confused when interacting with others. They sense it, too. Some will laugh and mock you about it. It hurts a lot, especially when you are a child. There are some lessons that you learn the hard way as you proceed into adulthood, though we often learn them after years of struggle and lots of undeserved blame towards ourselves.
By Neurodivergent_ai3 years ago in Psyche
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken adults : About Child Psychology
Those who study or practice psychology and apply it in real life are called psychologists. One of the different types of work of these psychologists is child psychology. Child psychologists work with child psychology - such as talking to school-going children about their minds and daily life, or experimenting with how to get some children with certain mental development problems to move on with normal life. Audit and talk to their parents.
By Dr. Tulika Sarkar3 years ago in Psyche