treatments
The past, present and future of psychiatric diagnosis and beliefs about treatment in every culture and pocket of society.
Mental Health Toolkit: Evidence-Based Techniques That Work
Practical, Science-Backed Strategies to Build Resilience, Reduce Stress, and Take Control of Your Mind Mental health is no longer something we can treat as optional. In today’s fast-paced, hyper-connected world, stress, anxiety, and emotional burnout have become increasingly common. Yet, despite how widespread these challenges are, many people still struggle to find practical, effective ways to manage them.The truth is, improving mental health doesn’t require complicated systems or drastic lifestyle changes. Instead, it comes down to using the right tools—consistently. Think of mental wellness as something you actively maintain, just like physical health. And just like a toolbox, the more reliable tools you have, the better equipped you are to handle life’s challenges.
By Robert Redford7 months ago in Psyche
The One Who No Longer Absorbs the Bitter. Content Warning.
Please excuse the use of metaphors, symbols, and mythic writing. Please excuse the music I created with my own voice. Please excuse the AI generated metaphorical images of ancient times. Please excuse my filmmaker background. Please excuse my age of 76. Please excuse my abiliyu to want to keep learning which includes AI. Maybe I should crawl back in my 'dark night of the soul' depression. Pease excuse my love for science fiction, art, film, eccentric, and creating too many videos from visions I saw in my dreams. I know the majority of writers on this platform hate AI. So, the stories I create will not be read because you do not believe a 76 year old hippie child could create such nonsense. I do not write for naysayers and anyone who avoids being progessive. I have always been on the cutting edge of technology. I am a REAL LIVE HUMAN BEING.
By Vicki Lawana Trusselli 7 months ago in Psyche
The Memory You Think You Have Is a Lie
YOUR BRAIN IS THE WORLD'S BEST STORYTELLER 📖 The memory you are most certain about, the one you would swear on your life is accurate down to the last detail, the childhood birthday party or the first kiss or the moment you heard devastating news, is almost certainly wrong in ways that would shock you if you could compare your memory to a recording of what actually happened, because human memory does not function like a video camera recording events faithfully for later playback but rather like a novelist who takes real events and rewrites them each time they are recalled, adding details that were not there, removing details that were, shifting timelines, combining separate events into single memories, and incorporating information learned after the event into the memory of the event itself until the story your brain tells you about your past is a sophisticated fiction that feels indistinguishable from truth because your brain is the author, the editor, and the only reader, and it has no incentive to fact-check its own work 🧠
By The Curious Writer7 months ago in Psyche
The Power of Presence
When “Good Parenting” Became a Feeling In modern parenting conversations, “good” has increasingly come to mean emotionally warm, verbally affirming, and immediately comforting. A good parent is expected to soothe distress quickly, validate feelings consistently, and minimize discomfort whenever possible. These traits are treated as obvious indicators of healthy parenting, reinforced by cultural messaging, therapeutic language, and social reward structures. When a child feels better in the moment, the parenting decision is assumed to have been correct, and when discomfort persists, the decision is often framed as a failure of care rather than a necessary part of development.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast7 months ago in Psyche
Why Is Anxiety Worse at Night? Causes, Symptoms, and Proven Ways to Sleep Better. AI-Generated.
It is 11:30 PM. The house is quiet, the lights are off, and your body is finally still. But your mind? It is racing. You replay conversations from earlier in the day. You worry about tomorrow’s responsibilities. Your heart beats a little faster, and sleep feels just out of reach.
By JP Psychiatry7 months ago in Psyche
**The Day I Stopped Caring… Everything Started Changing**
I used to care about everything. What people thought of me. What they said behind my back. Why someone didn’t reply. Why someone suddenly became distant. Every small thing… lived in my head rent-free. I would replay conversations again and again. “Did I say something wrong?” “Why did they look at me like that?” “Maybe I’m the problem…” It didn’t stop there. Even at night, when everything was quiet… my mind wasn’t. I would lie in bed, staring at the ceiling, thinking about things that already happened… or things that might never happen. Creating problems. Solving problems. All inside my head. It was exhausting. Not physically… but mentally. Like carrying a weight no one else could see. And the worst part? No matter how much I thought… nothing actually changed. People still misunderstood me. Some still left without explaining why. Some stayed… but only halfway. And I kept caring. I kept trying to fix everything… control everything… understand everything. I thought if I just tried harder… if I became better… if I said the right things… Maybe people would stay. Maybe everything would make sense. But it never worked like that. One day, I sat alone… doing nothing special. No big moment. No dramatic scene. Just me… and a very tired mind. And for the first time, I asked myself a different question: “What if I just… stop?” Not stop living. Not stop caring completely. Just stop caring about *everything*. That idea felt scary. Because for so long, caring felt like responsibility. Like being a “good person” meant always thinking, always worrying. But deep down… I knew the truth. I wasn’t at peace. So that day… I didn’t make a big announcement. I didn’t delete people. I didn’t suddenly change my life. I just made a quiet decision. I would start letting go… slowly. The next time I overthought a message… I paused. And instead of going deeper into it… I told myself: “It’s okay. Leave it.” The next time someone didn’t reply… I didn’t create stories in my head. I just moved on. The next time I felt the urge to explain myself… I stayed silent. Not out of ego… but out of peace. At first, it felt uncomfortable. Like I was ignoring something important. Like I was doing something wrong. But then something unexpected happened… Nothing bad happened. The world didn’t fall apart. People didn’t suddenly hate me. Life didn’t become worse. In fact… it became lighter. The noise in my head started getting quieter. The same situations were there… but they didn’t affect me the same way. I started noticing things I never noticed before. Like how peaceful silence can be. How calm a simple moment feels when you’re not overthinking it. I started enjoying my own company. Sitting alone didn’t feel lonely anymore. It felt… freeing. I didn’t need constant distraction. I didn’t need constant validation. For the first time in a long time… I felt enough. And slowly… I began to understand something important. Not everyone is meant to understand you. Not everyone is meant to stay. Not everything deserves your energy. Some things are just… not yours to carry. And that’s okay. I also realized something deeper:
By LegacyWords8 months ago in Psyche
