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Advice and tips on managing mental health, maintaining a positive outlook and becoming your happiest self.
Men live lives of quiet desperation
The words I heard rang true in my heart which is why I was so moved and disturbed by them. “Men live lives of quiet desperation.” That’s what he said, and I was one of those men. The words stung as they burned and burrowed into my subconscious. What was I doing with my life? Why should I keep doing what I’m doing if I hate it so much? What was the point of it all, really?
By YA Fantasy Guy4 years ago in Psyche
The World, through the Lies of an Addict
“The World, Through the Lies of an Addict” Obviously no two addicts are the same, yet we all share several common denominators. For starters, we all somehow ended up believing in order to avoid life’s problems, low points, and just feeling sad we could just simply self medicate. For some that’s through a prescription pad and a doctor’s signature. For others, it’s through a street level drug dealer and for the remaining, it’s a combination of both. Nonetheless, we’ve been taught since a young age that mental illness is real, and there’s no shame in seeking help when you no longer feel like you can go on. Is this true? Absolutely! But, where does the line get drawn? For instance, I lose my job, go through a divorce, and just have an overall negative outlook on life. I no longer can get excited about anything, I lack motivation to change the way things are going, and I just feel defeated! Understandably those events would typically be enough to depress anyone. Shouldn’t we be depressed about things of this nature mounting in our life? So, there lies the question for me, when do we use those shortcomings and depressing times as motivation to do better? Anyone should be depressed for good reason under certain circumstances.. Or when do we say oh your life is complicated because of choices and decisions you're making so here’s a pill to help you not feel the emotion it’s putting on you? It’s hard to draw a line as to where just dealing with life and learning to overcome obstacles and tribulations. And also when to medicate in order to not have to feel so much pain from our current circumstances? The answer? No one knows, that is because everyone's mind is different, it handles and views things from their own perspective. You develop coping mechanisms and ways to deal with emotional, impactful events in your life. Unfortunately, when you start self medicating pre-teen to early teen you never learn a lot of basics you need to understand and cope with the situation.
By Zach Brubaker4 years ago in Psyche
The Subtle Causes of Disease: What We Think, Fear, Anger, Neglect
How much do you think our health is influenced by the positive or negative attitude we have in our daily lives? Or have you ever wondered how much we are affected by the way we think, by what we say to others, and implicitly to ourselves? Do diseases have subtle causes of which we are unaware?
By Atif Adams4 years ago in Psyche
Left Behind
Here’s the thing about tragedy; it never really goes away On February 14th, 2018, I was working in the Digital Services department at the University of Central Florida’s (UCF) library. My office was small; there were only five of us in tota that handled the old documents and books that needed to be transferred to computers, a type of job that twists and bends the past and present.
By Rachel Lynn4 years ago in Psyche
The Difference Between Mental Health and Mental Illness
What is mental health? Mental health refers to the state of one’s mind and emotions, including thoughts, feelings, moods, sensations, and behaviors. Some of these aspects may be positive—such as love, compassion, or happiness—while others may be negative—such as anxiety, depression, or stress. A person’s mental health can have an effect on his or her physical health; if you have poor mental health it can lead to higher rates of disease and illness and vice versa.
By Kalpa Ranjan Chakma4 years ago in Psyche
There Is No Normal
The last few years have been like a snowball rolling down a mountainside. It started out slow, and gradually picked up speed and momentum, until it was flying down the mountain with a force I'd never felt before. This was my long-awaited moment of full and total re-integration, the culmination of years of painstaking emotional and mental work with the help of two different therapists, a psychiatrist, and my own dedicated self-work. A 14-year-long clinical depression, with a lifetime of anxiety, were coming to a close.
By Marc Peraino4 years ago in Psyche
