selfcare
The importance of self-care is paramount; enhance your health and wellbeing, manage your stress, and maintain control under pressure.
Open Letter To The Insecure Ones
Insecurity. It feels like a crushing weight that never relents and just sits on your shoulders like there is no light at the end of the tunnel. Insecurity can clash with anxiety and depression. Insecurity can eat away at your insides and turn you into a shell of a person you didn't know. People manifest insecurity with different things but at the end of the day what it all boils down to is, "Is this good enough?" or "Am I good enough?". The questions that no one can really answer.
Building Immunity to PMDD
So, here comes of my rants. I don't know how this will be received, but here goes...for those with ears to hear. One of the absolute worst symptoms (there are many) of PMDD is how it can make a woman feel about herself...worthless, unlovable, and incapable of life and love. On a daily, yes, daily basis, I see posts on Facebook in the various PMDD groups in which a woman will write how much she hates herself, loathes her life, and wishes she would just disappear...and knows no one would miss her.
Cheeky MinxPublished 6 years ago in PsycheSuch Very Good Advice
There's a scene in the original 1951 Alice in Wonderland movie that always used to upset me when I was little. It's when Alice is lost in the forest and sits down in the middle of a clearing. She sings a lovely little song about how if she'd only follow the good advice she gave herself, then she wouldn't get into so much trouble. You can watch it on YouTube and it always used to get to me as a child. Alice bursts into tears, the strange animals burst into tears, and everything seems totally hopeless. Poor Alice is lost and confused and frustrated with herself. The animals can't do anything to help and so just fade away.
Harriet ChristabelPublished 6 years ago in PsycheHealing Abandonment
Abandonment. It’s a harsh word, and even harsher to experience personally in your life. It comes in many forms, and it makes you feel like you aren’t worth it to someone else. You aren’t important enough that they stuck around. Or truly listened to you, because not being really listened to and heard is another form of abandonment. Either way, you feel unimportant. This is why so many people in this situation, whether in childhood or adulthood, have depression and anxiety, and often borderline personality disorder, which I was told I had last year. I don’t trust the modern medical system at all, though, so of course I dismissed my doctor’s words, and have since stopped going to her, looking instead now for a doctor who practices a more holistic, naturopathic approach.
Holly MooneyPublished 6 years ago in PsycheIt's Okay to Not Be Okay
I was asked to write a blog-post for my friend, detailing my struggle with anxiety. I thought to share my story on here too in case it could help even one person. So here goes:
Keep Calm and Carry On
KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON. Anxiety...let's find a cure, not another pill. Did you know that anxiety is the most common mental illness in the United States, affecting more than 40 million adults every year. That is 18.1 percent of our entire population! But, there is good news! Anxiety is highly treatable, although only 36.9 percent of people suffering receive treatment. Anxiety could develop from a number of things, such as; genetics, brain chemistry, life events, and personality. Anxiety is also usually self diagnosable (thanks WebMD!).
Sarah UngerPublished 6 years ago in PsycheDealing With New Friends
I don't have a lot of friends. I don't like a lot of people, but I seem to have made two new pals that have no problem sticking around with me.
Tips on How to Become Self-Aware
Most of us, at one point or another, have met a person who clearly had no idea how they were coming across. Among girls, this usually happens when they meet a potential date who starts yelling at them the minute that she says no or doesn't respond in an "acceptable" time frame. Among guys, they will often see it with a friend who just doesn't quite understand how regular interactions work.
Iggy PaulsenPublished 6 years ago in PsycheThe Book of Happiness: Why?
I got it wrong. I got it all wrong. Unfortunately, I think most of us do. Back in September, I grabbed a large one-subject notebook and a sharpie and so proudly named it, “My First $100,000 Book.” In it, I keep all my notes from prominent figures and entrepreneurs I had the pleasure to meet, notes for businesses and side hustles, and whatever else I saw fitting to help me reach that goal that I so generously set for September 2018. For a student graduating in December of 2017, that was highly ambitious, but that was the point. Even if I miss the goal, chasing it would give me the proper foundation to actually achieve it the next year. It forced me to detail and plan how many different revenues I needed to build to generate that income and reach success…in my book.
D.C MemoirPublished 6 years ago in PsycheMy ADHD Brain
Journal entry from March 21st 2017: I've had the cloudiest head ever and it's making me feel almost worn out. I constantly feel weak and unfamiliar. I'm not afraid to admit it now. I can’t keep trying to magic the "negativity" away when it’s clearly more than that. I feel like I'm constantly confused and arguing with myself about why I'm feeling or behaving a certain way or why I'm not sticking to or doing certain things that I have such a passion for and could do with such joy and ease. Why can’t I just force myself to prevent having to walk around carrying this guilt? Why, on certain days do I feel so disinterested? Like I have no desire to commit to the things and people I love and then when I do take the leap, I have zero consistency or just simply forget that I started. The confusing bit is on other days, I'm feeling so content yet excited and peaceful all at once and then I find I'm experiencing discomfort and anxiety attached to this feeling. Like it makes me claustrophobic to feel peace. I'm overwhelmed and on edge when I'm in my so-called desired state. How annoying! Does that mean I don’t "suit" happiness?
Penny JarrettPublished 6 years ago in PsycheTips to Starting over Again
I am sitting in a yoga class and feeling way out of my league. I've attended classes before; but that was before I hit a rut and stopped practicing for a while. As I move through my vinyasas and my poses I am thinking, 'I know this, I can do this!' Yet my body does not want to keep up. My downward dog feels awkward and forget about warrior three. I had been practicing yoga for about three and half years and I have never felt this out of place or this dysfunctional. However, I am determined to get back into the grove and back onto my path of owning my own studio.
Samantha BoswellPublished 6 years ago in PsycheWe Moved!
What’s the hardest thing you’ve ever had to do? I've gotten myself though abuse, addictions, and suicidal thoughts; now, I'm getting myself through a move. A month ago, I moved to a new town to start over. A fresh start was something my son and I needed. Like anything, changes has its ups and downs. The only person I know here is my boyfriend, and I am so grateful to be able to live with him and have a new family life, but the change has been hard. My depression has gotten considerably worse.
Dagny DesireePublished 6 years ago in Psyche