humanity
Mental health is a fundamental right; the future of humanity depends on it.
Transgender Mental Health
If I had a pound for each time I heard phrases such as, "Transgender is a mental illness" I'd be quite the rich woman by now. It's needless to say that being transgender is not a mental illness—but transgender people are more likely to experience mental illness than the general population, and this is a scary fact that can be ignored no longer.
Skylar Rose PridgeonPublished 7 years ago in PsycheBeing an Empath
What does it mean to be empathetic? The dictionary says, "showing an ability to understand and share the feelings of another." You are most likely a caring and loving person, someone people come to in times of trouble because they know you will understand them and stick by their side.
Harriet GutierrezPublished 7 years ago in PsycheProblems
My parents split up when I was 3 years old. I lived with my mom while my dad traveled across Canada for work. He said that he was done being a fisherman and was going to focus on construction. I never felt normal.
Maria JeanPublished 7 years ago in PsycheBeauty in Darkness
So today I am sitting here listening to Linkin Park. Noticing the lyrics and taking them in. I did not realize how much of the music was about addiction and crushing depression. The lead singer just hung himself.
Stephanie KeeseePublished 7 years ago in PsycheKayaking and Emotional Intelligence
If you imagine kayaking as being trapped in a tiny boat hurling towards edgy rocks on the crashing riptides of Mother Nature, you will almost certainly ascertain a confident mind to give this sport a go.
Mental Health
Mental Health seems to be a topic that creeps up every couple of days. Be it through the medium of Facebook or a story on the news. What people don't understand is that when you suffer from it yourself, people pretending to care may make you worse.
Panda LouisePublished 7 years ago in PsycheMental Illness As a Scapegoat
The idea of blaming or using another person to absolve oneself of sin is ever present. From the primitive scapegoating of eliminating humans from a tribe in response to a natural disaster or other inexplicable misfortune, to more modern concepts of blaming subordinates for a business mistake, the scapegoating of humans tends to fall on those whom we consider to be weaker or of less importance than ourselves. However, we often practice scapegoating using ultimately unchanging and superior forces. When there is no secondary person to place the responsibility on, we scapegoat by saying that the event was out of our control. This case can be seen throughout history in the form of religion and faith as humans place blame on a god or higher force when things go wrong. However, today many people find a scapegoat in their own mentality.
Amelia Clare WrightPublished 7 years ago in PsycheWho is Self?
The self, when approaching it from a philosophical view, is scary — the possibility that lies within how many replicas of me; what is the me like in those situations? Those questions come later. Is the self nonexistent without a physical representation? 100 percent physicality is mainly important, but why? Something, filled with a life force, needs to be here on earth to take on responsibility for the actions and thoughts of the person. No matter which body it ends up in, the self is practically not real without some form of physical life. This is sad because this form of self defines how we view the world. I think that it's sad that the way we view the world is dependent upon the body we were given. As we see this form affects gender and how we determine what we do with it. The self is not at all accommodating. To find yourself, you must step outside of the skin and bones you were dealt and reach a state of omnipresence that overpowers all outward focus of what you see in the mirror and reaffirms it into the being you choose to be, on your own, without help. This is the state of self-acceptance. So, to say the most, the self is ever-changing, but why? Well, we are always finding new ideas, new prophecies, and new ways of life. No one ever stays the same once in their life. We all differ from what we can do. The path we choose to take may be different than the one we would have chosen the day before or even the minute before we made that final decision. We all constantly change to meet how we feel in the present moment.
Kenya CarpenterPublished 7 years ago in PsycheThis Is Why Suicide Rates Are Skyrocketing In Schools
Recently, a 12-year-old girl in my state made national news by committing suicide, citing bullying as the reason why she decided to end her life. Parents have sued the school, claiming that the school didn't do enough to help her. Many people are totally shocked by this headline, but frankly, I'm not.
Ossiana M. TepfenhartPublished 7 years ago in PsycheI Was Body Shamed and It Still Hurts
I was in a terrible relationship with a not so kind guy in July 2016. I knew he wasn't the right person for me but for whatever reason I still wanted to be with him. We engaged in an innocent conversation on Snapchat about sports which escalated to the topic of butts...and it wasn't pleasant. He knew that I was a softball player and commented by saying "softball players have good booties". I laughed it off and agreed. But then he proceeded to tell me about how soccer girls and track girls have the "best butts". I was a little uncomfortable but still brushed that off as just being a guy thing to say. But when he belittled me, I was done. He sent me a meme that read "Squat, because no one ever wrote a song about a small butt" and told me that I should "improve upon mine". Now this guy was no Chris Evans nor any sort of body builder. He was your average teenage male at best. But that didn't matter. Whether he is a celebrity hunk or a typical college boy, no one has the right to denigrate others by body shaming them.
Ankita UpadhyayPublished 7 years ago in PsycheThe Hidden Horrors of Hurricane Harvey
Over the past several days, America's vast collective of national media sources have bombarded the viewing public with an overwhelming volume of reports about the travesties currently going on in Southeast Texas.
Victor TrammellPublished 7 years ago in PsycheLesson Without Words
In the midst of a cold winter night, on Christmas Eve, he sat against a wall in Manhattan's Fifty-third Street in what seemed a complete different time and place. There were no street lights where we were parked and would have completely missed him if it weren’t for our wandering eyes and mere chance. My glance traveled through the foggy window from the backseat of our car; I squinted but there was only darkness, I finally managed to recognize the shape of a human figure wearing a coat that would only give warmth on a blossoming spring day. I looked ahead as the bright Christmas lights illuminated the New York City streets. I could feel the excitement, joy and the grin growing on my face but if I turned back to look at him there would only be sadness and chills taking joy's place. He didn’t move an inch, you would question if he was even alive. Better yet why wasn’t he in a shelter on such a cold night?
Myra MintyPublished 7 years ago in Psyche