trauma
At its core, trauma can be thought of as the psychological wounds that persist, even when the physical ones are long gone.
My Battle With Recovery After Eating Disorders: Part One. Content Warning.
This is my story about my battle with eating disorders in the past, and how I still fight with food today. This story is going to be written as a series. There is a lot to focus on, and it is painful to write. I felt it would be easier for myself as a writer and for the reader if I wrote it in chunks.
By Carol Ann Townend3 years ago in Psyche
Kaylee Muthart: The Woman Who Gouged Out Her Eyes While High on Meth
Kaylee Muthart is a 26-year-old woman from Anderson, South Carolina, who became blind in 2018 after gouging out her own eyes while under the influence of methamphetamine. She received prosthetic eyes in 2020 and has been recovering from her addiction and trauma.
By Rare Stories3 years ago in Psyche
Mental Health:
Introduction: In rеcеnt yеars, discussions surrounding mеntal hеalth havе gainеd unprеcеdеntеd attеntion, shеdding light on a topic that was oncе brushеd undеr thе rug. Thе significancе of mеntal hеalth is now garnеring thе rеcognition it dеsеrvеs, provoking convеrsations about coping mеchanisms, thеrapy, and sеlf-carе. Exploring thеsе arеas not only еnrichеs our awarеnеss but also еquips us with valuablе tools to navigatе thе complеxitiеs of our еmotional wеll-bеing.
By ekeigbo jessi3 years ago in Psyche
Unwell 3
I thought 178871 Was a cute palindrome Until I saw The numbers in the center Imagine if it were “148841” 00 These license plate combinations are on cars owned by people who seem to want to cause me harm and/or force the stress of the situation to kill me from the inside out.
By Kocoa Simpsen3 years ago in Psyche
In The End. Top Story - October 2023.
At the End, I will be alone. I don't know if I believe in an afterlife, or whatever God or Gods or Higher Power holds judgement over who goes where. If they do exist, I will face them alone. I will be beautiful in my scars, shielded and weighed by my actions and inactions, but I will be alone.
By Natasja Rose3 years ago in Psyche
Cigarettes Were Never a Combatant in the War on Drugs and Yet They Have Been Soundly Defeated
Be it the war on drugs, or the war on poverty, or homelessness or any of a hundred other social problems the US and other countries around the world have declared war on, our record remains abysmal. It remains where it has been stuck seemingly forever at zero victories and very little tangible ground gained. The record is actually so bad that it appears as if declaring war on a thing is the metaphysical opposite of what one should do if wanting to make a positive change to a persistent social problem. The war on drugs is perhaps the best known example of the failure of the let's declare war on something we want to go away approach to social policy. Many, many drugs became and remain combatants in this many decades old war. Cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin and other opiates, meth, marijuana, LSD, etc. Interestingly however one of the drugs that somehow managed to be left out of the war on drugs was nicotine. Specifically nicotine in the form of cigarettes. And, surprisingly to some I guess, they are the one drug (technically cigarettes are only a particularly deadly delivery mechanism for the addictive drug nicotine) that has been soundly defeated. They have in fact had their asses kicked. Completely, totally, absolutely crushed. In less than two decades cigarettes have gone from the hip, cool, must have accessory of the rebel without a cause, to a disgusting, hated, and reviled evil that no one in their right mind wants to have anything to do with. Cigarette smoking has become about as popular as Yahoo mail. That is to say, not popular at all with demand and usage at record lows. Meanwhile all the other addictive drugs still slugging it out in the war on drugs remain as popular or more so than ever. As popular as Google Maps. That is to say, quite popular and in heavy demand with usage at historic highs (no pun intended).
By Everyday Junglist3 years ago in Psyche
