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Coping Skill 1: The STOP Skill
I introduced this series that I am working on inside of therapy here . The first coping skill that I am working on with my trauma therapist is called the STOP skill.
By Adora Hooper22 days ago in Psyche
What Forces You To Think?
Written by a human, for humans, always. Do you think? This might sound like a dumb question... But most people do not actually think...
By H.E. Dr. Cody Dakota Wooten, COIE, DFM, DHM23 days ago in Psyche
What Being Special Does Not Mean
Written by a human, for humans, always. I have noticed something interesting in today's world... So many people are desperate to be seen as special.
By H.E. Dr. Cody Dakota Wooten, COIE, DFM, DHM28 days ago in Psyche
The Meaning of Life Is That It Stops
“I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.” ― Mark Twain
By Jeff Barton28 days ago in Psyche
Thank you... or maybe not?
One of the biggest things that I have a hard time with is concepts like: "Your trauma made you stronger." or "Thank them for hurting you, because it taught you lessons."
By Adora Hooperabout a month 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, DHMabout a month ago in Psyche
Where The Greatest Danger Comes From
Written by a human, for humans, always. Most people believe that they are aware of the greatest dangers to themselves. They think they understand who their enemies are.
By H.E. Dr. Cody Dakota Wooten, COIE, DFM, DHMabout a month ago in Psyche
The Diagnosis. Top Story - September 2026.
Have you ever had a health scare? I have and there’s nothing more sobering than when you get that letter. The letter of doom.
By Elizabeth Woodsabout a month ago in Psyche
Responsibility Is Not Blame
There is a difference between blame and accountability, and learning that difference can be the difference between remaining trapped in the wreckage and reclaiming your life.
By THE HONED CRONEabout a month ago in Psyche
NARCISSISTS FORCE YOU INTO ALIGNMENT WITH GOD
There is an ancient mystery: if God is everything, where does the darkness belong? In the beginning, there was darkness—and God said, Let there be light. The universe itself seems to speak in this language: light and shadow, death and renewal, creation and dissolution. Even the yin-yang carries the paradox: each contains a seed of the other.
By THE HONED CRONEabout a month ago in Psyche
The performance of being unbothered.
You know those people who reiterate how they don’t care when something unexpected happens to them—when they’ve been blindsided by something they should’ve seen coming if they read all the signs right the first time around. It takes a certain type of person to sit there with their arms crossed and a straight face, or say it in a text with three paragraphs of context nobody asked for, or even better—in a caption that took longer to write than the thing they claim not to be affected by. These people, by their own account, are completely unbothered.
By tatiana vitasabout a month ago in Psyche
What the Heck Is Wrong With Me?! The Wild History (and Reality) of Neurodivergence
Hi everyone. Or at least the person reading this right now. Before diving into this piece, I figured it'd be nice to introduce myself. I'm Joanna, but on this journey, you can call me Anastazja—my pen name. At first, I wanted this introduction to be completely perfect. But then it clicked: I'm not perfect. Nor is anyone in this whole world. And since I'm not perfect, neither is this writing. But I promise to make it interesting.
By Joanna Golczynskaabout a month ago in Psyche