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Most recently published stories in Psyche.
My Battle With Health and Heartbreak
It's been almost 3 years after my heartbreak, but still, the flashback haunts me from inside and has left a huge mark on my emotional and mental state.
The Pursuit of Happiness
What exactly is happiness? Is it a chemical reaction created by our brain chemistry? Or is it an emotion generated by our physiology? Or is it something completely different?
Will BakerPublished 3 years ago in PsycheAn All Too Familiar Fire.
He burns alive on a frozen lake. As snow-covered mountains with their jagged peaks tear apart the sky and a woman reaches out to him from the far shore. She stares at his form in the fire, a man barely balanced on melting ice with death approaching, he should be running, he should be panicking, but he just stares sadly at his hands.
Lucy RichardsonPublished 3 years ago in PsycheDelicious Moments and a Lovely Way of Being
Are you a Light Bringer or a Trash Monster? We’ll use the term trash monster to describe those who don’t use their light, don't know how to use it or don't know they even have one. If you have any interest... you’ll learn what it means to become a bringer of light.
Jaime WinterPublished 3 years ago in PsycheThe Pandemic May Not Be Over For You
A few weeks ago I saw the images and videos from the Lollapalooza in Chicago and for the first time I thought: "Yup, the pandemic is gone." I went to a bar for the first time in months. I'm vaccinated, bands are playing stadiums. You can't help but feel that the Coronavirus is a thing of the past. Although the statistics suggest otherwise.
Mindsmatter.Published 3 years ago in PsycheBad Depression
Hi. Many unexpected things have happened since my last post. So, want to let you know about it! First.. I got really bad depression again which messed up my boundaries and emotions. So, right now, my emotions seem to have reached a block wall which I think is the wall of depression, with no place else to go. So, my emotions feel stucked there and I feel helpless about it. They have been stuck there for a few days already, which made my depression worse. Imagine having a wall of depression plus these stuck up emotions and being helpless about them like you have no energy to remove them. That's how I feel now. :( They seem to be far beyond my reach now, which just makes it harder for me to grasp and be in control of them. That is probably the reason why on the back of my mind when I was sleeping, I was having these visions that I was lost in a city, not knowing where I was..
The First Freeze & Forever
I used to love skating on the ice when our pond would freeze over in the winter, but right now it’s is just a pond of water and not ice. It’s so hot out and I’m thinking about taking a dip.
Hide-and-Seek
This story begins with a man, dark hair like a crow with kind eyes behind tortoiseshell rims and a beard like ink—a conversation over an oil painting and a consensus that the artist hadn't used enough crimson.
Lezlie WadePublished 3 years ago in PsycheHow to Understand and Handle Anxiety
Anxiety is the most common emotion everyone is familiar with. It may arise at most given scenarios in life with or without context and warning. The thing with this feeling is that it can become quite a hindrance in living a happy life if it's not properly managed by every person.
Harrys StratigakisPublished 3 years ago in PsycheFear In The Face of a Pandemic
I’m not a medical professional by any means. And I realize that one sentence will stop a solid 90% of you from finishing this post. That’s ok. I would love to say I trust the majority of the population to be able to read an opinion piece in its entirety, even if taking it with a grain of salt, but unfortunately we all make immediate judgments and then proceed to ignore the things we don’t like (i.e., the things we deem wrong) regardless of what’s actually true.
Depression is like a Storm
Content warning: this article talks about anxiety and depression, with some mentions of selfharm and suicide. ... I’ve struggled with my mental health for a long time. Long before I knew what depression was – what it really was. I felt unsure of myself, second-guessed everything I did, kept my mouth shut because I didn’t think anyone would care what I had to say. I spent days upon days in bed, not seeing the point in even trying to do something, unless I was forced to go to school (and I really needed forcing, I hated school). Given the chance, I’d have never crawled from beneath my duvet. With the door shut and my head buried in the dark I felt safe. I didn’t realise this was not normal.
Jade HadfieldPublished 3 years ago in PsycheCheck-in questions for you to re-flect almost 9 months into 2021
Can you smell some distant's scent of f l o w e r s air come upon you? Over here in Australia, I can get a whiff of the Spring.
🇻🇳 Journey with Juju 🇦🇺Published 3 years ago in Psyche