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When Someone Starts Pulling Away: How to Recognize the Signs Someone Is Losing Interest in You
There’s a specific kind of quiet that settles in before you’re ready to name it. You’re mid-conversation and they respond with something short. Shorter than usual. You notice — but you talk yourself out of noticing. They’re probably busy. Everyone has off days. So you keep going. You text again. You make the plan. You fill the silence because the silence has started to feel a little louder than it used to.
By Apostolos Sotiriadis4 months ago in Psyche
Why You Feel More Alone in a Relationship Than When You’re Single
You’re sitting in the same room as someone who’s supposed to love you. Maybe they’re scrolling their phone. Maybe the TV’s on. Maybe they said goodnight and rolled over, and now you’re staring at the ceiling thinking — why does this feel lonelier than living alone ever did?
By Apostolos Sotiriadis4 months ago in Psyche
Borrowed Worth
When someone feels insecure about who they are, they start borrowing worth from the groups they belong to. Core personal identity can become shaky through failure, uncertainty, trauma, or modern life’s atomization. People shift from “I am valuable because of what I do, create, or stand for” to “I am valuable because of who we are.” This is borrowed worth, or reflected glory. It works in the short term, but it’s fragile.
By Annam M Gordon4 months ago in Psyche
A Descent into Hell
“You have to save all of us!” I responded, and down into the bowels of hell did I go. I spoke, "Look upon yourselves, and I will tell you salvation. Most of you, if any, know or even understand psychic influence or the workings of hell. You have all been judged, but not by the Almighty. To the Almighty, your sin is the mention of Lucifer,you are pure beings of innocent that are afraid of salvation for once salvation comes you hold onto the sin to say that is who you are and that too is Lucifer in hell. But im not much without this power of what I know and who I am, throw it away you cannot save yourself from this sin you must receive the almighty and leave it away from you. But how and when, right now and no other time and he reaches into thoughts and pulls with the power of every angel the sin from you and you flinch and say how can it be that easy damn you almighty you aer not stronger than me.But to say the almighty is and you are not, your salvation is assured. But you torment yourselves due to another who has used, likened unto your selves, likened unto your understanding, likened unto to your influence and influence over others. You are in hell by the torment of that judgment, which was not His.
By Chase McQuade4 months ago in Psyche
Why You Still Feel Tired After Resting. AI-Generated.
Modern exhaustion feels different now. It’s not always the kind of tiredness that sleep fixes. Sometimes you sleep eight hours, cancel your plans, spend the whole weekend resting… and still wake up feeling emotionally drained.
By Balance Holistic Wellness4 months ago in Psyche
