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“I’m a Realist” Is an Excuse for Pessimism. Top Story - August 2026.
“But that is what the voice in my head is telling me”. For many of us, we have a voice in our head that narrates nearly everything. It comments on what happened, predicts what happens next, rehearses conversations, criticizes mistakes, and occasionally argues with itself.
By Jesse Leeabout a month ago in Psyche
Why Your Brain Forces You to Remember the Good (and Buries the Bad)
Two in the morning. Her fingers moved on their own. In the search bar of the chat log, she typed goodnight . The screen showed 427 entries. The first was from four years ago, the second too. By the seventeenth, she paused: that night's goodnight was followed by "I'll bring you breakfast tomorrow. Don't skip it."
By Jinabout a month ago in Psyche
Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell
Please forgive me for this one. It is only a few days before our semester begins at the college where I teach. I have been in touch with our new coordinator, looked over my notes from having had the same group last year, and deliberately avoided going into the building. Our first meeting gave us the option to be online, and I was hoping I could continue with this particular conceit for the rest of the course. And on top of this, I have been told that I might possibly - just maybe - have two whole courses at the college to teach!
By Kendall Defoe about a month ago in Psyche
DARVO
I was unfamiliar with this term, DARVO (deny, attack, reverse victim and offender), until today, but I’ve been subjected to this behavior by my sister-in-law, my daughter, and a creator here on Vocal. It’s exhausting, constantly being cast as a villain so others don’t have to look at their own behavior. One thing that makes it exhausting is how easily people buy into it and fall for the rhetorical framing. I’ve had total strangers run campaigns against me because they buy into the narrative presented about me without exercising any cognitive skills to assess the true situation.
By Harper Lewis about a month ago in Psyche
What "The Odyssey" can Teach Us About Life
The new movie of the year, "The Odyssey," starring Matt Damon and Anne Hathaway (among other famous actors), is based on an old classic.
By Elizabeth Woodsabout a month ago in Psyche
Beyond the White Water. Top Story - August 2026.
When I was a teenager, the ocean pummeled me. I was surfing when the fin of my board sliced through my chest. I came out of the water a bloody mess, and somewhere inside of me, the ocean stopped being a place of freedom.
By Brooke Gallagher2 months ago in Psyche
FORGIVENESS WITHOUT SURRENDER
There is a version of forgiveness that has been handed to the wounded like a commandment to return to the scene of the crime.
By THE HONED CRONE2 months ago in Psyche
THE MILLSTONE FOR THE MANIPULATOR
Congratulations, O Great Hunter of the Vulnerable. You found someone wounded and called it opportunity. You found someone trusting and called it weakness. You gathered intelligence about a stranger’s wounds, family, loneliness, finances, history, hopes, and fears, then used that sacred map not to help her escape the wilderness, but to lead her deeper into it.
By THE HONED CRONE2 months ago in Psyche
Abandoning Reason For Madness
Written by a human, for humans, always. I used to believe. I was told the same story as so many different people. That different universities were desirable for knowledge...
By H.E. Dr. Cody Dakota Wooten, COIE, DFM, DHM2 months ago in Psyche
The Contribution Delusion
Written by a human, for humans, always. This article may lean into some uncomfortable territory. I'll try to qualify what I am saying as often as I can catch.
By H.E. Dr. Cody Dakota Wooten, COIE, DFM, DHM2 months ago in Psyche
The Online-ification of Language
Social media and the online sphere has been changing language use for quite a while now. We've gotten completely new words like selfie and unlike. There's a seemingly never ending supply of acronyms that I've lost track of, and there's more apps then I think I'll ever know the name of - really, half of them just seem made up at this point.
By caitodoesstuff2 months ago in Psyche
If You Could Choose Your Age...
Which choice would be yours? Make your selection before reading the post. Ageing affects people in so many different ways. For some it is highly problematic, and for others, like me, it’s just another stage on their life journey.
By Elaine Sihera 2 months ago in Psyche