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Xanax Detox: More Than Just Irritability . Top Story - July 2025.
I was prescribed Xanax for severe Generalized Anxiety Disorder. It helped me function at first. But early on—and I mean right away—my doctor prescribed me 8 mg of extended release Xanax per day. That’s not a dosage I slowly worked up to. That was the starting point.
By Annie Edwards 6 months ago in Psyche
The Silence Between Us
By Nadeem Shah It had been 472 days since we last spoke. Not that I was counting—at least, not anymore. In the beginning, I counted everything. The days since the argument. The hours since I thought about calling. The number of messages I typed and never sent. The seconds I stood outside your door that one night… and turned away.
By Nadeem Shah 6 months ago in Psyche
Once A Child . Content Warning.
From the moment we open our eyes—crying in a cold, sterile hospital— the conditions of love begin to blossom. Living and growing in our mother’s bellies only holds a safe place for nearly a year before we were quite literally ejected into chaos we didn’t ask for. From that point on there are conditions to the amount of love and respect we receive. From birth when we are “good babies” in the nursery, the nurses praise us for our cooperation, whereas fussy babies, while still looked at as precious cute creations, are deemed more difficult. Though this example is rather vague and lacks depth into the true meaning of conditional love, it is a pivotal reminder of how we enter and leave this world. Alone.
By The Darkest Sunrise6 months ago in Psyche
Facebook Was My Safe Place—Until It Became a Memory Trap
For most of my twenties, Facebook felt like home. It was where I documented everything that mattered. Birthday dinners, weekend getaways, friend drama (with vague statuses, of course), inside jokes, heartbreaks, and rebounds. It was my personal archive, my social stage, my comfort scroll.
By Kamran Zeb6 months ago in Psyche
“He Told Me I Was Too Broken to Be Loved—So I Made It My Mission to Prove Him Wrong”
I remember the exact moment the words left his mouth. We were standing in the living room of the apartment we had shared for nearly two years. It was supposed to be just another fight — one of many that week — but this time, he didn’t hold back. He looked me dead in the eyes, as if what he was about to say would somehow free him of responsibility.
By Soul Drafts6 months ago in Psyche
Effective Ways to Overcome Anxiety Today
Are you feeling overwhelmed by daily life? Anxiety can be tough, but there are ways to relieve it. You don't have to let anxiety control you. By learning to calm your mind and body, you can reduce anxiety and take back control.
By Shoaib Afridi6 months ago in Psyche
Therapy Didn’t Heal Me — It Helped Me Start Over
I used to believe that healing meant going back to who I was before everything broke. That somehow, through therapy, I would find a way to become her again—the girl who laughed easily, trusted quickly, and didn’t wake up every morning with a knot in her stomach.
By Azmat Roman ✨6 months ago in Psyche
