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Starting Points and Self Perception
There will be several points in your life where you will ask, “Who am I?” Each point may be at a pivotal moment in your life ranging from your sexuality, your career plans, or even a change in your lifestyle; all of these moments come with difficult decisions that you will have to make in order to improve your life.
By Braiden Pergis7 years ago in Longevity
Hopeless Ro-maniac
A quote that feels salient now is one of the late Heather Heyer made famous. "If you're not outraged you're not paying attention," the woman slain in the act of domestic terror a few weeks ago said. Emotionally, it seems as if people take life day-to-day cringing and waiting for the doom, whether it's family drama, political drama etc. The worst part is the anticipation, you are waiting pressured, stressed, tossing and turning in bed at night from the uncertainty. This deducts years from lives, makes children cry to their parents at night wondering if the person that calls themselves the president is going to have them deported, have them arrested, have them forced and abused by armed cops.
By SAYHERNAME Morgan Sankofa7 years ago in Longevity
The Man in the Mirror and His Music
The man in the mirror keeps looking at me. He speaks to me and knows what will break me. He picks away at me like I will crumble. Sometimes he transcends the mirror and sits beside me on the couch or holds a knife to my face, whispering that I should let him take over or kill myself now. When we were little we used to toss a baseball back and forth. Or we would take turns scoring goals in soccer. My imaginary friend looked just like me. I grew up, and he became less imaginary and far more destructive.
By Scott A. Vancil7 years ago in Psyche
Restaurant Food Swaps That Decrease Calories
It's harder than ever before to actually stick to a diet. The reasons why dieting is so hard are many, including larger "normal portions," a social stigma to admitting you're on a diet, as well as ingredients that have fat-producing additives.
By Ossiana Tepfenhart7 years ago in Longevity
A Deficit of Attention
It's an odd thing. Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder is invisible among adults, by and large — say the term and the immediate thought is of semi- or entirely- feral kids, tearing around supermarkets and being rude to teachers; of Ritalin and use of the kind of food additives that can dye kids sunset-orange. But adults do have it. It's like most pathological conditions, in that you can't eradicate it from your overall makeup so instead you have to learn to live with it or turn it to your advantage. As with lion-taming, you come to a mutual understanding — on the lions' part, that you're in charge and so long as they have your full attention they will do your bidding. On your part, it's that if you let your mind wander, the lions can go to town on you. So it is with ADHD, except that very lack of attention is the lion. Except it's more like a chimp.
By Stu Neville7 years ago in Psyche
A Eulogy for My Not yet Dead Brother
I wrote my brothers eulogy six months ago, on another sleepless night spent wondering when I’d get the call. I hadn’t spoken to him since Christmas, but the slow suicide of someone you love is not something that can be ignored. Even if you ignore the person themselves.
By Jemima Daisy7 years ago in Psyche
I Am Not Depressed
"This is what depression looks like," says the pharmaceutical commercial. As my blood boils, we see a pathetic looking person who looks simply like they've give up, thus validating what the strong have always conferred upon those who've been hit by mental illness. A $40 co-pay to see a therapist shouldn't be a surprise then or that New York State's public health plan does not cover mental illness. It doesn't help either that "depression" suffices as a medical term, which misrepresents anyone who's experienced this condition. Let me clarify.
By Rich Monetti7 years ago in Psyche