support
A solid support system is invaluable for one's recovery from psychiatric illness and mental health issues.
Group Home for the Individual
In 2006, The Department of Social Services just in the state of MA had a grand total of 8385 cases. Out of said 8000 cases, only about 2000 of them had been in placement. Some going to foster homes others going into an assisted living while being mostly independent — and others being thrown into what is called congregated care in which the kids are placed into group homes.
Rebecca LynnPublished 7 years ago in PsycheA Tribute to Delilah
I love to write about all things under the sun, but one thing I like to pay extra special attention to is the good that surrounds us all the time. It may not seem like it all the time, since oftentimes, it feels the world is in such turmoil and distress, and surrounded by so much evil that we cannot see the good. I hope with this writing, as I hope with all my writing, that I can bring a ray of hope, or some light to someone’s life, and some happiness to someone’s otherwise tumultuous life. So today I am writing a tribute to Delilah. No, not The Plain White T's’ Delilah, but the popular radio host, who has stations reaching all around the United States.
Losing Yourself
I should begin this story by saying that I am no stranger to mental illness of many kinds; people in my family have been diagnosed with everything from anxiety disorders to chronic depression.
Ava HanrahanPublished 7 years ago in Psyche10 Declarations to Make to Yourself in the Mirror
Why these statements are completely true and valid. You are beautiful. You really and truly are a wonderfully beautiful creation, and not just because of your body. No, you are gorgeous from the inside-out, because your beauty is rooted in much more than your skin-deep appeal. Your tenacity and your fortitude, your love and your compassion, your spirit and your very soul: these are the defining characteristics that make you beautiful. It is the beauty of those internal strengths that radiates outward and makes you absolutely glow with alluring grace; it is these inner charms that draw others to you.
Hannah EasopPublished 7 years ago in PsycheI Won't Sit Here
I won’t sit here and tell you not to kill yourself. I won’t sit here and tell you that you aren’t miserable enough to end a life that is only causing you pain. I won’t sit here and tell you that your friends and family will miss you more than you will ever know. I won’t sit here and tell you that your feelings are dramatic and that your struggles aren’t worth the pills, or the rope, or the blade.
Renee AntoniaPublished 7 years ago in PsycheLet's Talk
It’s touchy. It’s awkward. It’s uncomfortable. It’s heavy. It’s emotional. It’s taboo. It’s avoided. It’s suicide. No one WANTS to talk about suicide. No one likes to THINK about suicide or even imagine the suicide of someone close to them. That’s why no one is prepared for suicide if/when it does happen. And no matter how hard you try to prepare for death - you can’t. Even if someone is terminally ill, you’re still never ready to see them pass away. With cancer or any other terminal illness you have a form of closure. You knew they were ill, you understand they’re no longer suffering, and eventually you make peace with that. But with suicide, there is none of that. There is no closure to the thought of someone being in so much pain that they were desperate enough to end their life. There are no pauses in the thoughts that haunt your every waking moment of if you could have done something, if only you had known, and thinking you could have stopped it someway or somehow. The questions that come from the loss of someone due to suicide are never-ending and ever painful.
danielle mariePublished 7 years ago in PsycheDifficulties of Living
Life can be hard, and it definitely will be. We have these periods, good and then bad—over and over again. It's like a never ending chapter, and just as we think it's over we find out it's not. We are going in circles sometimes, I know how it feels, cuz that's how I feel this very moment. Like in stock, it's like if I've been placed in this box, but it's closed. It feels like there's no way out—like I'm stock.
Marie HoffmannPublished 7 years ago in PsycheI Feel Bad My Boyfriend Has to Deal with My Anxiety and Depression
Most people who suffer from a mental illness know it's everything but easy. I suffer from anxiety and depression and now I feel like it's taking a toll on my boyfriend.
Leslie sotoPublished 7 years ago in PsycheIt's All in Your Head
You’re worthless. No one cares about you. Why do you bother? You should just leave. They only tolerate you for the rest of your family. You are never going to be good enough.
Vanessa Cherron RiserPublished 7 years ago in PsycheA Pause for Cookies and Sunshine
I am not sad. I am not grief-stricken. I am me, in all my glory, an emotional being that feels and thinks too much. I remember long ago a friend proclaimed, “Tommy, you can’t express this side of you, people will make fun of you.” She was right. How I wanted so much for her to be wrong. She saw what I did not want to see: a world that does not care that you are hurting. And today it gives me pause, as I watched a tear cascade down the cheek of an unknown woman in the middle of Starbucks, for the world to see her at her weakest, her most vulnerable. What will people think of her, as she tries to quietly melt away into the world? Why, instead of reaching out, does the world shy away from pain?
Thomas SwitzerPublished 7 years ago in PsycheThe Secret Illness
I had my first panic attack at the age of fifteen. I didn't know what was happening to me. The fear was indescribable; I couldn't stop crying and my heart rate went through the roof as I struggled to catch my breath.
Megan WhitingPublished 7 years ago in Psyche- Top Story - August 2017
How Do You Stay Sane Once You Enter Your 20s?
Your 20s – A time in which you are meant to relish in the richness of life whilst experiencing a generous amount of struggle but in a "cool, calm and collected way." A time that sees you make the biggest decisions of your life: Degrees, Career, Relationships. All of which you are reminded of (it seems) once you have your 20th birthday (and each day or week if you're lucky from thereafter). Each decision you make could be the one that carries you through your life. You likely move out. Make new, more true and profound friendships. You have to size up the world now that you are no longer deemed a teenager. You are stronger, you are in your prime, it's time to live free!