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A solid support system is invaluable for one's recovery from psychiatric illness and mental health issues.

Suicide During the Holidays
It is past Halloween and the Christmas season is now fast approaching. With candies now being replaced with twinkling lights, holiday decorations, many people overlook the dark side of this supposed merry season.
By Lisa Palmer8 years ago in Psyche
Mental What?
My fight with mental health. It’s a battle but I will win. I will fight for mental health’s awareness, I will scream, whisper, cry the words that must be not only heard but understood.
By Shai Duncan8 years ago in Psyche
I Considered Suicide...
Today, I told my long-term boyfriend that I want to kill myself. It isn't the first time I've felt it. It isn't the first time I've told him.
By Ky T8 years ago in Psyche
The Value of Life from the Perspective of Mental Health...
The term "mentally unwell" appears to be taboo within the Asian community, however I am sure there are many other communities in which mental health is considered to be something that is unspoken of publicly. For a while now, my frustrations around the issue of mental health within the community have increased due to the fact that there is very little support to those who require it.
By Sobia Siddique8 years ago in Psyche
Meaningful Condolence Gifts for Grieving Friends
There are times when a close friend is mourning over the loss of a family member, a friend, a pet, etc. And it certainly is a tough time for them to go through. Other than showing support and always being there for them when they need someone the most, show that you really do care about them and what they're going through with a special gift.
By Jacqueline Hanikeh8 years ago in Psyche
Group Home for the Individual
In 2006, The Department of Social Services just in the state of MA had a grand total of 8385 cases. Out of said 8000 cases, only about 2000 of them had been in placement. Some going to foster homes others going into an assisted living while being mostly independent — and others being thrown into what is called congregated care in which the kids are placed into group homes.
By Rebecca Lynn8 years ago in Psyche
A Tribute to Delilah
I love to write about all things under the sun, but one thing I like to pay extra special attention to is the good that surrounds us all the time. It may not seem like it all the time, since oftentimes, it feels the world is in such turmoil and distress, and surrounded by so much evil that we cannot see the good. I hope with this writing, as I hope with all my writing, that I can bring a ray of hope, or some light to someone’s life, and some happiness to someone’s otherwise tumultuous life. So today I am writing a tribute to Delilah. No, not The Plain White T's’ Delilah, but the popular radio host, who has stations reaching all around the United States.
By Keely R.8 years ago in Psyche
Losing Yourself
I should begin this story by saying that I am no stranger to mental illness of many kinds; people in my family have been diagnosed with everything from anxiety disorders to chronic depression.
By Ava Hanrahan8 years ago in Psyche
10 Declarations to Make to Yourself in the Mirror
Why these statements are completely true and valid. You are beautiful. You really and truly are a wonderfully beautiful creation, and not just because of your body. No, you are gorgeous from the inside-out, because your beauty is rooted in much more than your skin-deep appeal. Your tenacity and your fortitude, your love and your compassion, your spirit and your very soul: these are the defining characteristics that make you beautiful. It is the beauty of those internal strengths that radiates outward and makes you absolutely glow with alluring grace; it is these inner charms that draw others to you.
By Hannah Easop8 years ago in Psyche
I Won't Sit Here
I won’t sit here and tell you not to kill yourself. I won’t sit here and tell you that you aren’t miserable enough to end a life that is only causing you pain. I won’t sit here and tell you that your friends and family will miss you more than you will ever know. I won’t sit here and tell you that your feelings are dramatic and that your struggles aren’t worth the pills, or the rope, or the blade.
By Renee Antonia8 years ago in Psyche
Let's Talk
It’s touchy. It’s awkward. It’s uncomfortable. It’s heavy. It’s emotional. It’s taboo. It’s avoided. It’s suicide. No one WANTS to talk about suicide. No one likes to THINK about suicide or even imagine the suicide of someone close to them. That’s why no one is prepared for suicide if/when it does happen. And no matter how hard you try to prepare for death - you can’t. Even if someone is terminally ill, you’re still never ready to see them pass away. With cancer or any other terminal illness you have a form of closure. You knew they were ill, you understand they’re no longer suffering, and eventually you make peace with that. But with suicide, there is none of that. There is no closure to the thought of someone being in so much pain that they were desperate enough to end their life. There are no pauses in the thoughts that haunt your every waking moment of if you could have done something, if only you had known, and thinking you could have stopped it someway or somehow. The questions that come from the loss of someone due to suicide are never-ending and ever painful.
By danielle marie8 years ago in Psyche
Difficulties of Living
Life can be hard, and it definitely will be. We have these periods, good and then bad—over and over again. It's like a never ending chapter, and just as we think it's over we find out it's not. We are going in circles sometimes, I know how it feels, cuz that's how I feel this very moment. Like in stock, it's like if I've been placed in this box, but it's closed. It feels like there's no way out—like I'm stock.
By Marie Hoffmann8 years ago in Psyche