recovery
Your illness does not define you. It's your resolve to recover that does.
The Narcissist’s Double Mask: Righteousness and Wickedness as One Lie
To live inside a narcissist’s world is to dwell in a hall of mirrors. Every reflection bends. Every truth you speak becomes a weapon turned back toward you. Their most masterful illusion isn’t simple cruelty or charm — it’s the way they merge righteousness and wickedness into one seamless lie.
By THE HONED CRONE2 months ago in Psyche
When the Chaos Stops: What Healing Really Feels Like
This is what healing feels like once the chaos stops. It’s not fireworks or victory parades. It’s the quiet after a battle — a silence that hums in your bones, leaving you unsure whether to rest or run. After leaving an abuser, you begin to understand how much energy survival really took. You were living on adrenaline for months, maybe years, keeping yourself small and alert to every shift in mood, every potential storm. Now that the noise is gone, the body starts to shake loose all that it held.
By THE HONED CRONE2 months ago in Psyche
My journey to better sleep
For years, I thought sleepless nights were just part of life. I’d lie in bed, staring at the ceiling, tossing and turning, counting imaginary sheep, and still wake up exhausted. Mornings felt like a fog, and no amount of coffee seemed to help. At first, I brushed it off as “stress” or “just one of those phases,” but over time, I realized my lack of sleep was slowly taking over my life. I was irritable, unmotivated, and constantly anxious. Something had to change.
By Nangyal khan2 months ago in Psyche
The Waiting Room
The Waiting Room The waiting room smells like wet paper and lemon sanitizer. I’ve been here before, though the walls are a different color now — pale green instead of beige — as if someone decided recovery needed freshness. It doesn’t help. Everything in here feels used, like it’s been waiting longer than any of us.
By Theodore Homuth2 months ago in Psyche
Faith Meets Science: The Emergence of The Magic Church
In an age of information, we are rediscovering the oldest truth of all — that consciousness itself is sacred. The Magic Church was founded on this principle: that spirituality and science are not opposites, but two languages describing the same mystery.
By The Magic Church2 months ago in Psyche
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
Toxic Empathy
Empathy is one of humanity’s most beautiful and essential traits. It’s the bridge that allows us to understand, connect, and care for one another. But like all sacred powers, when empathy becomes distorted, unbalanced, or weaponized—it can turn deadly.
By THE HONED CRONE2 months ago in Psyche
“God-Fearing” Was the Most Powerful Control Spell Ever Cast
When most people hear “fear God,” they imagine trembling obedience — a cosmic authority waiting to punish, a sky-father with lightning in his fist. The phrase summons guilt, submission, and the dread of being wrong. But the truth is more nuanced. The distortion of that phrase — the way it has been weaponized — is one of the most powerful control spells ever cast upon humanity.
By THE HONED CRONE3 months ago in Psyche
Rising From Hell
The Alchemy of Survival: Turn the gaslight into fuel and fan your own flames 🔥 There’s a misconception that surviving abuse, betrayal, or trauma requires silence, shame, or meek compliance. That somehow, to be “good,” we must shrink into corners, lower our voice, and let the world dictate the terms of our suffering. That somehow, to survive, we must whisper, fold, and diminish ourselves until we fit inside the expectations of others.
By THE HONED CRONE3 months ago in Psyche
