selfcare

The importance of self-care is paramount; enhance your health and wellbeing, manage your stress, and maintain control under pressure.

More Than a Break
I have depression. Most people do these days, but I was diagnosed when I was a kid with depression, anxiety, ADHD, and ADD. Now, this means that I’m overwhelmed on a constant basis. I forget to eat, I forget to sleep, I forget what I was just thinking about 5 seconds ago because it’s noise. Constant noise. It never slows, it never stops, sometimes my thoughts seem to race so face it sounds like static in my head and I give myself a panic attack. It’s not a fun life to live, but I’ve lived it long enough and made the choices I made to lead me to my daughter. She’s beautiful; her hair the color of sun rays, her eyes the hue of the ocean... this curious dark olivey skin with cute little freckles that somehow she was born with while I remain pale and translucent and burn by the light of the moon.
By Samantha Morse5 years ago in Psyche
The Introduction of a not so lovely lady
Who the hell am I? That, I can not tell you completely, because I am still figuring that part out. I am in my 30's, with no kids, and fresh out of a 3yr romantic relationship which ironically happens to be the first real relationship. So I tried to dedicate my all to it because it took too damn long for me to get here in the first place. Maybe 3 months before that relationship, I tried to go on a spiritual path in search of who I am and what I needed to do with my life. Prior to this spiritual quest, I lived a wild and spontaneous lifestyle.
By I Will Use My Words5 years ago in Psyche
A Listicle Letter Addressed to Me, Containing An Itinerary of Things I Really Ought to Improve About Myself in 2021
Dear Jack (a.k.a. You, a.k.a. Me), I think you know all too well that it's high time you upgraded your metaphorical physical and psychological OS settings. You're filled with bugs that need fixing, and you can't wait for others to help do it for you, so maybe give a hard reset and reboot a go?
By Jack Anderson Keane5 years ago in Psyche
Me and My Moods
Recently I started a bullet journal again and it’s been both helpful and frustrating. I’m realizing more and more how badly I am addicted to instant gratification, and at times it’s nauseating. I find my lack of patience, disturbing. My inability to wait for things, all things, is out of control lately. As I type this, I should be sitting in my therapist’s office explaining all of this to him. Sharing the emotions and rollercoasters of yesterday, of the last few weeks. Getting some much-needed weight off my shoulders. Instead, I am taking his advice and writing.
By Tabitha White5 years ago in Psyche
That is it! I'm going on a mind diet.
I have a confession to make…2020 got me. Binge watching new tv shows, baking (and eating!) new and varied recipes and even trying my hand at crochet. These are the pandemic trends I got right into.
By Jules5 years ago in Psyche
Make note of your pacifiers.
As our province descended into yet another lockdown due to Covid-19, we all felt the pressures coming in on us. I woke up with such a bad headache from the stress and the unknowns, it pierced behind my eyeballs. Many of us would reach for our greatest comforts throughout a pandemic, understandably so. We reach for them in normal life when we aren’t finding ourselves in the midsts of a global pandemic. The stresses that Covid-19 has brought along with it have merely magnified the common soothers we use, making their presence and purpose that much more necessary, that much more in demand; just because we are adults does not mean that we don’t need comforts to make it through the day too.
By Laura M.5 years ago in Psyche
Whitespace
Whitespace. It’s a word we use in consulting--often to communicate nothing concrete, really. It’s a filler word: some friendly jargon we lean on when we want to make a sophisticated point in front of our peers or clients.
By Shivani // शिवानी5 years ago in Psyche
After a year of hell, I decided to makeover 2021 into my personal slice of heaven.
After a turbulent year spent inside, I realized our vices and our means of personal development mean nothing when they are all material and tangible things. Days before the New Year I realized a "New Year, new me" approach wasn't going to cut it this year. It wouldn't bandage the wounds 2020 brought us all, and it certainly wouldn't mask the inevitable realization that being inside and forced to slow down revealed sides of us we didn't know that need healing. So I decided maybe New Years resolution's and the glamour of a whole new year was just smoke and mirrors. A New Year always means, a clean slate, new memories, new levels, a new day...but in between the lines we all have this false ideology of a New Year meaning we wake up and the struggles we face are over. We are now new people with new habits and we'll never be so low again.
By Nori 5 years ago in Psyche
Find My Sanity
A portion of my sanity is missing, I need help locating it. Is there an App I can download, to trace it’s whereabouts ? Maybe I can use my phone, press lost, and ping a noise and trace the noise directly back to where I lost my sanity at ?
By Spiritual Wizard 5 years ago in Psyche
My Swan Twin - The lonely side of being different
The painting above, is one I made of a lonely swan. Should I use the word lonely? Although it seems befitting, it may not be the appropriate word. I was inspired because this swan reminded me of me. Hence, the name My Swan twin.
By Amby O Asonye5 years ago in Psyche
In-Jeong: A Fresh Start. Top Story - January 2021.
2020, the terrible year that it was, came with an ending that I can only describe as a beginning- a new chapter. I've started an intensive therapy schedule, been diagnosed with bipolar (to my not-so-but-kind-of surprise), and started medication. To be honest, I always thought that no matter how messed up I was, I would never end up in therapy. It always seemed rather ridiculous to me to talk to someone about your problems. I felt like I lost, and I felt a little ridiculous myself for deciding to do it. However, it has been done and I've been going for about three or four months now, even though it feels like forever.
By Anna Williams5 years ago in Psyche
A Daily Gratitude Practice Helped Me Recover From Depression
I think you'd all agree that the year 2020 was tough for us all, with the entire world forced into multiple bouts of isolation, life as we knew it completely changed. Some people also had to deal with the added challenges of losing their jobs, loved ones or relationships and struggled with depression.
By Dilara Begum5 years ago in Psyche