selfcare
The importance of self-care is paramount; enhance your health and wellbeing, manage your stress, and maintain control under pressure.
Detoxifying Toxicity
Covid-19 hurt, in a lot of different ways. I had to take in a roommate because bills were getting tight and I had to find a way to make ends meet. I had made friends with a coworker that I thought I had gotten to know really well and asked her to move in with me since. When she first moved in, it was great, we got along well and she treated my daughter really well too. Soon, I had found out that she actually had a crush on me and wanted to be in a relationship with me, though she had never been with a female before. I didn't really feel the same, and she used that against me and started to treat me differently. She asked me why I asked her to move in if I wasn't interested in her like that, which left me baffled because I didn't think I had given her any indication that I was interested in her that way.
By Crissy Cornwell3 years ago in Psyche
Daily Meds Vol II: Survival
Anxiety, nervous energy, or any form of mental discomfort are remarkable phenomena when you really stop to consider them. They first manifest as survival responses, meant to keep us safe in new or threatening situations; but slowly, they become natural states of being for most people as self-awareness grows with age. The fact that we can even feel these responses is itself amazing; we are so highly tuned to the world that your chemistry constantly varies based on the slightest changes in threat level. But therein lies the problem: we all want to survive for as long as possible, but nobody wants to live a life in a state of emotional captivity. The problem is that we are very rarely under any real threat, and yet the mind treats all threats in a similar way. We have to learn to be more discerning in our analysis of that which enters our life.
By T.K. Sanders3 years ago in Psyche
Cortisol and Stress
Cortisol is closely associated with stress. It is a hormone which is the key element that works in the body's stress response and often measured as an indicator of stress. Cortisol has a vital role in the body's functioning, secreted by the adrenal glands. Primarily, it aids in the following functions to generate; proper glucose metabolism, regulation of blood pressure, insulin release for blood sugar maintenance, immune function and inflammatory response (Scott, 2018).
By Shanie Walker3 years ago in Psyche
What To Do When The World Feels Like Too Much
It’s fairly common for people to get overly stressed, to feel like it’s one thing after the other and we are just going through the motions. I know I have days, even weeks that feel like this. If it’s not work that’s stressing me out, it’s a personal issue either involving mental health or something involving a friend, family member, or partner.
By Allison Schafer 3 years ago in Psyche
Organized Chaos
The term Zen is derived from the word chán, an abbreviation of chánnà, which is a Chinese transliteration of the Sanskrit word of dhyãna which means meditation. To meditate by definition to withdraw the mind from the automatic responses to sense-impressions, and leading to a state of perfect equanimity and awareness or Nirvana.
By Patrice Swoope3 years ago in Psyche
Money can’t buy happiness, but can you be paid to be happy?
Early into the course Be Happy: How to Bring More Joy to Your Life participants are asked the following: “Please introduce yourself to the class. Who are you? Why did you decide to join the class? What are you hoping to learn?” My answer was blunt:
By Buck Hardcastle3 years ago in Psyche
HACKING OF SUBCONCIOUS MIND!
I will tell u why I am using this word and in which context I am using this. Guys when we say hacking what first comes in our mind that hacking is something that we are making efforts to find someone secrets or to access someone private matter illegally and obviously we heard about it in our digital world so what do you think hacking is only done through any machine in order to hack all other machine and you know in this, hacking is not done by ourselves it is done by outsiders without our reach till the point we came to know things have gone too far so guys have you ever think that we are using our mind to hack things ,so is there any possibility that our mind can be hacked?
By ANSH CHAUHAN3 years ago in Psyche
Mental Health
Mental health today is perceived as a state of wellbeing where individuals can realize their own potential to cope with normal stresses of life, work productively or successfully and contribute to their community (Beyond Blue, 2019). As an opinion, mental health is linked to wellness as well as illness, with some experts using phrases like “good mental health”, “positive mental health”, “mental well-being” and “subjective wellbeing”, even “happiness” to emphasize a person’s mental state and wellbeing functioning. Whereas, mental illness or poor mental health can be represented on the other end of the mental health spectrum to present mental health conditions or symptoms to affect thoughts, feeling and behaviors on a negative scale (Beyond Blue, 2019).
By Shanie Walker3 years ago in Psyche
A Date With Water. Top Story - April 2021.
I have always loved the water. I soak in hot springs. I mud and salt my bare body in murky lakes. I pray in holy rivers. I swim naked in Japanese bath-houses with other naked women. Immersing myself in water is the only time I truly switch off from the world. When I turn the tap labelled H all the way to the right with just a little bit of C, I dunk my head in as the ceramic bowl fills. I feel my hair soak and my ears fill with growling minerals. My nose and face are exposed in the hot damp air, just enough for me to breathe. I close my eyes, and I listen to the waters thunder. If I keep my eyes shut long enough, I envision myself lost at sea, floating away from a sunken ship. The water is not rough, nor cold. I float through the night, staring up at the stars that blanket the sky. I see huge stars, tiny stars, a white full moon with a blank staring face. The sinking ship is far from me now, I have no guarantee of surviving the night. But in this sea, I am completely safe, for if death should come I couldn’t ask for a calmer one. In essence, everything is sweet.
By Melissa Angius Salvatore3 years ago in Psyche
5 Wellness Practices for Insanely Busy Bloggers
Blogging is often challenging, but it eventually becomes addictive. I personally don’t believe in the assumption that “blogging is easy; you just have to start.” It is pure art to transmit your thought on paper or into an image and frame thoughts cohesively.
By Victoria Kurichenko3 years ago in Psyche
Dearest
Dearest, How does one start a letter like this? With an apology? No. I’m fairly certain that isn’t what I’m supposed to do. Maybe, in fact, the opposite. Maybe, that’s been the real trouble all along. Taking responsibility for something that wasn’t my doing. And maybe when we spend our energy blaming ourselves for things that weren’t our fault, we miss taking the blame for the things that are.
By Monica Cable3 years ago in Psyche
Living with the Black Dog
I found the description of depression as the Black dog a while ago. It was presented in comic format. It resonated so much with me, that image, and the explanation that I have referred to my reoccurring periods of depression as ' visits from the black dog' ever since.
By Bob Parker3 years ago in Psyche