Behind the Scenes
Exploring mental health in the public eye; celebrities and the spotlight that has been placed on their personal lives and their mental health.
Finding My Disorder
For me, my illness was an old friend. It was something I knew was there, but that I could handle. Sure, my life would be better without it, and it made maintaining relationships hard, but it wasn't that threatening. I was used to it. And I didn't think anyone would take it seriously. I didn't take it that seriously.
Laurel KellumPublished 6 years ago in Psyche- Top Story - January 2018
Cyber Bullying is Killing People…
When I was younger, I was bullied. Sometimes I think that it wasn’t that bad, largely because no adult seemed to care that much. But since the memory of being punched in the face till I was knocked on the floor, by a boy in my class, and the memory of having leaves stuffed into my mouth in the bushes of my school playground by girls older than me, stand out above most of my other memories from school… I’m going to assume it was kind of bad. It maybe fucked with my head a bit.
Samantha BentleyPublished 6 years ago in Psyche "Worth" in Society
As a child, I quickly learned from the adults around me to look down on others who do not "fit in" to society; the homeless, the mentally ill, the addicted. Now currently being able to commit myself to two of those categories, and less than four months ago being able to commit to all three, I have realized that it is so damn easy to judge others from a place of comfortability.
Elissa JukesPublished 6 years ago in PsycheThe Black Depression
It's no secret that the African American community has been racially targeted for years on end. From the way we dressed and our Ebonics we spoke, to the way we only listen to "black people music" and everything else in between. But, what about our mental state?
Brock HanleyPublished 6 years ago in PsycheCarrie Fisher and the Legacy She Left Behind
Not too long ago, I was going through my Facebook memories when I came across a picture I was very familiar with. I had posted it on Facebook on November 29th, 2016. I was the day I met Carrie Fisher at The Grove in Hollywood. She was doing a book signing for The Princess Diarist, and I had booked it out of my last class of the day to meet her.
Abby RamsayPublished 6 years ago in PsychePanic Attack of a Different Size
Some people don’t understand panic attacks, or even how real they are. Some people understand them too well. When they started happening to me years ago I actually had no idea what was happening. Little things would set me off and my family wouldn’t understand why I was freaking out over it so badly.
Mental Illness: The Demons Within
This illness is probably the least severe out of all the ones I have and has the least similarities to anything paranormal and will most likely be the shortest chapter of the book but because it is still a mental illness and one I do deal with, I will still write about it. I can become fixated on a specific person or object or topic for a long time and it will be all I can talk about.
Alyssa LactinPublished 6 years ago in PsycheMental Illness: The Demons Within
The next illness on the list is PTSD, also known as: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. I wasn’t diagnosed with this until I was hospitalized on 5 North (the psychiatric ward of the hospital) but I believe it’s something I have had long before I was in the hospital.
Alyssa LactinPublished 6 years ago in PsycheMental Illness: The Demons Within
Anxiety is an illness that has the least in common with possession or the occult, but it still has some similarities. This chapter will most likely be more about the illness itself rather than similarities to possession but hopefully it will still be helpful to others. Based on people I have talked to and some research I have done it seems that like depression, anxiety is one of the most common of the mental illnesses.
Alyssa LactinPublished 6 years ago in PsycheMental Illness: The Demons Within
The next illness that I suffer from is bipolar disorder. The symptoms of bi-polar are the same as depression but with bipolar, you have extreme highs and extreme lows and manic episodes. In addition to the symptoms of depression, symptoms of bipolar are inflated self-esteem or grandiosity, less need for sleep, talking more than usual or feeling pressure to keep talking, ideas or thoughts race through your mind, being easily distracted, unstable moods, feeling restless and increasing activities, having hallucinations, and having delusions.
Alyssa LactinPublished 6 years ago in PsycheMental Illness: The Demons Within
The first mental illness I will talk about is depression; clinical depression is when the symptoms of short-term depression are persistent. The symptoms of clinical depression are feeling sad most days, decreased interest in activities that the individual once enjoyed, change in appetite, disturbed sleeping habits, change in activity, fatigue or loss of energy, feeling guilty or helpless, having low self-esteem, decreased ability to concentrate or make decisions, and thinking about death or suicide. Symptoms vary depending on age and severity of the illness, but these are generally the symptoms of depression.
Alyssa LactinPublished 6 years ago in PsycheSuicide 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.
Lisa PalmerPublished 6 years ago in Psyche