family
Family can be our support system. Or they can be part of the problem. All about the complicated, loving, and difficult relationship with us and the ones who love us.
The Stages of Realizing Your Parent Is a Covert Narcissist
First, you are so deeply conditioned to believe they sacrificed their whole world for you. So indoctrinated by their self-proclaimed martyrdom that it becomes unimaginable that they could possess any traits of narcissism inside of them. You simply don’t see it. Some people, unfortunately, never will.
By Sellgren Stories2 days ago in Psyche
The Cyclical Hierarchy of Social Needs
Human beings are inherently social creatures. Much of human development occurs through relationships; children depend on parents and caregivers, students learn from teachers and mentors, adolescents seek acceptance from their peers, and adults participate in families, workplaces, neighborhoods, communities, and institutions. Though psychology has long examined individual needs such as safety, esteem, and self-actualization, it is also useful to consider whether human beings possess a distinct set of social needs that develop through increasingly broad forms of interpersonal connection.
By Lolly Vieira3 days ago in Psyche
The Enemy in my Head
An enemy that lives in my head. Saying I’m not good enough, asking me what’s wrong, why can’t you do anything right. A lot of times, it can become evil. Waking up is hard enough with the inner critic at times, but once I close my eyes, the inner critic becomes alive; it shows me all my fears and my memories visually, and sometimes I wonder if she is angry at me. I used to think everything I did was wrong, like I shouldn’t do or say this or that. She made me scared to speak, thinking the world was against me. Sometimes I feel like she was right, but looking back now, I didn’t cause the problem; I was minding my own business. People came to me and were just mean, and that made my inner voice louder.
By TheAlivePoetess7 days ago in Psyche
What Most People Are Unwilling To Do That Causes Them To Regret Their Lives
Written by a human, for humans, always. Something that I have noticed about most people... Is that many people are willing to do many things to have success in their lives...
By H.E. Dr. Cody Dakota Wooten, COIE, DFM, DHM9 days ago in Psyche
How Life Can Change in an Instant
Most people, in their everyday city lives, never suspect that everything could change in an instant. For every person, that moment arrives at a different age and under different circumstances. Some suddenly become wealthy, while others lose everything. For some, life comes to a stop after losing someone they love.
By Maryna Timofieieva10 days ago in Psyche
Escaping the Ground
You pretended to be nice by day By dawn You showed me the villain in you Yelling at night Causing arguments I got confused about who you truly were I just wanted you to protect me Treat me like a daughter But instead You treated me like I was invisible
By TheAlivePoetess17 days ago in Psyche
Introduction of Coping Skills Series
I have, personally, long felt the calling to write about mental health topics. In doing so, I wanted to help others who also struggle feel less alone, to motivate myself to practice coping skills and improve my own mental health, and to form a sense of community.
By Adora Hooper27 days ago in Psyche
Margaux Hemingway was living your Instagram feed in '75. And it killed her.
Long before the curated life was old money, a Hemingway was dying inside of it. A ‘soft girl era’ is trending across Pinterest and Instagram, a minimal aesthetics filled with photos of your most simplest moments; a morning latte, a phony ‘candid’ photo, a psychology book intentionally placed on your sofa. Intimate aspects of life that were once kept private are now shared with the world. But this trend isn’t new. Before supermodels and their lavish lifestyles we see today, there was Margaux Hemingway—the striking ‘face’ of the ‘70s generation when it came to fashion and modeling. Her intimidating and mysterious aura captivated women globally. The media turned her into the muse you aspired to be.
By tatiana vitas27 days ago in Psyche
