anxiety
A look at anxiety in its many forms and manifestations; what is the nature of this specific pattern of extreme fear and worry?
Micro-Dosing: My Personal Experience on Mushrooms (& How I Feel About Them Now)
If you think of mushrooms as a drug, the idea of micro-dosing will be problematic. But if you don’t then you might be somewhat curious.
Andy MurphyPublished 2 years ago in PsycheAnxiety in Children - Why Does It Occur and How Does It Manifest?
Anxiety disorders are differentiated from each other by the types of objects or situations that generate anxiety or avoidant behavior, as well as by the associated ideation. Anxiety disorders include separation anxiety, specific phobias, social phobia, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, or post-traumatic stress disorder. Thus, anxiety can appear as early as a few months of age, so we can talk about anxiety in children.
Kiran NguyenPublished 2 years ago in PsycheThe Psychological Reason Why You Feel the Urge to Clean When Upset
I wouldn’t call myself an organized person. Contrary to the most popular advice of making your bed in the morning for success, my bed is almost always unmade. I prefer carefully disorganized surroundings. The only time this preference shift is when I am feeling overwhelmed.
Eshal RosePublished 2 years ago in PsycheThe Wonderful World of Social Anxiety
Hello and welcome to the Wonderful World of Social Anxiety! I hate introductions as much as I do small talk so let’s just get this over with. My name is Nelly, Nervous Nelly.
What Relationship OCD Can Look Like
(photo credit: Natalia Sobolivska on Unsplash) Disclaimer: Although I have personal and professional experience in the mental health field, I am not a licensed mental health professional. The information contained in this article is meant for educational and entertainment purposes only. The contents of this article are not meant to diagnose, treat or cure any disorder.
That Psych NerdPublished 2 years ago in PsycheNeedles
I felt like a poorly wrapped gift in my hospital gown. It hung loose over my shoulders and the only thing keeping it together was a single plastic string, a piece of floss, that wrapped around my waist. I thought I’d be used to dressing up in a paper bag by now. My last checkup felt like just a few months ago, but it’d really been a year, and it only takes me a year to forget absolutely everything that ever happened.
Red Flags: Therapist Edition
Ah, yes. The lovely world of therapy and therapists. It's really hard trying to find a good therapist. One that matches you and your needs in order to heal and grow. I have tons of material on how to find a good therapist, and yet I am still hesitant because I keep ending up with ones that are really not right for me.
A Glass Room
I feel lost. I think I have always felt lost. I mean everyone says that but thinking back to my teenage years I think lost is the only way to describe how I felt. Even now at 22 I feel lost. It's like I am stuck in place watching everyone around me live their lives and their dreams. Everyone else gets to "live their best life" but I'm stuck in place. It's not like I don't have dreams or don't know what I want because I do but it's like there is this wall that I can't get past.
Samantha SimmonsPublished 2 years ago in PsycheIt's Not in the Cards
Arianna flipped the oracle card and placed it upright in front of Yasmin. The psychic leaned forward, both hands on the table. Arianna lowered her glasses and peered down her nose at the card.
Marisa (ris.writes)Published 2 years ago in PsycheGP-01
I let the wisp of smoke wash over me. It’s repugnant in smell but I don’t move an inch as it goes up my nostrils, into my lungs, stays there for a breath, and moves out again. I wait. Another hit. Repeat. Karan shuffles, moving from left-foot-over-right to right-over-left. He loves being comfortable while grabbing a smoke. I was scared by the vague comfort that we derived from smoking in a secluded balcony that nobody else was ‘allowed’ into; how easy it was for us to forget that any second someone could walk in on the pile of stubs that had gathered there over the years. The branches on the tree standing fifteen feet away from my balcony sway in the chilly Dehradun wind. It makes me think of the routineness of what we are doing here. I wonder if there ever was another like me. In the same balcony? Thinking the same things? Surely. Yes. There are seven billion people on the planet, a billion and a half in this country, and thousands who had been in this very balcony over the decades; there ought to be someone who wondered the same things I do now. The lights in Mussoorie twinkled an eternity away. We often joked about how the closest galaxy to us was not Andromeda but Mussoorie. On paper an hour’s drive away, but separated from us in actuality by twelve-lightyear high walls, school rules and academic schedules, and the melancholic laziness of teenage existence.
Sanshray GhorawatPublished 2 years ago in Psyche6 Words I Borrowed from Mathew McConaughey to Re-Build My Confidence
Entering the final few years of my 20's, I realised that I was still that shy, scared shitless little kid that I was always was growing up but that I had just found more convincing ways to hide it.
Andy MurphyPublished 2 years ago in PsycheDealing With Anxiety And Stress
Dealing with anxiety and stress can be difficult. Recently, I entered adulthood and found a whole new world of stress and anxiety. While I am only twenty, I still find many things to worry about, or they find me.
Davlin KnightPublished 2 years ago in Psyche