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A solid support system is invaluable for one's recovery from psychiatric illness and mental health issues.
Not the Poster Boy of Sobriety
Let me be clear—I love my wife, deeply, and in all the ways I know how. That makes writing this all the more difficult. I’ve spoken before about my struggles with pornography and sex addiction—mostly online, never physical—but sharing it again still knots my stomach.
By Paul Stewart12 months ago in Psyche
The Antagonist to Lowly
Depression and anxiety are on the lips of everyone I know. Close friends and strangers introduce these emotions, these states of being, soon after conversation strikes. Growing up, I was told that people who don't have "real" problems in life bore themselves into depression and brew anxiety by marinating in their own lives for too long. As I grew into adulthood, I learned that wasn't always the case, but I'd be a liar if I told you those to be baseless claims. Just like any great war the world can recall, the wars between our ears can have root causes that are hard to trace or even explain.
By Jessica Flayser12 months ago in Psyche
Help, Hope, & Heal…
I want it to share with you and everyone in the community about my experiences with a transformative moment from my both mental and emotional journey in visualize to make it expressive way. I also wanted to share you something about from lightness to darkness; and then going through the dark to find a light, but finding more brighter. However, my journey has been even more complex than others. Why? Because, I went through from misunderstood and felt like an outsider(it’s like my mind was telling me).
By Meghan LeVaughn 12 months ago in Psyche
Metamorphosis
It was time to distract the mind to find the road to transformation. It was a slow process, like doing a snow plough turn while skiing down a steep slope, it sometimes works. Playing the cards was the last option when all logic failed to work.
By Katherine D. Graham12 months ago in Psyche
Small Town Murder. Content Warning.
** It's been nearly 7 years since Denise was murdered. 7 years her friends and family have mourned and struggled to rebuild their worlds without her in it. 7 years a murder has gone unanswered, and the monster still roams around free. Thank you for revisiting this memory with me, thank you for your kind words and support. Please be vigilant and aware of the people who hide behind falseness, masked in smiles.
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsden12 months ago in Psyche
Conversations With the Mirror
There are moments when the world tilts—when you find yourself cracked open in a silence so loud it roars. The polished affirmations, the soft-spoken mantras, all start to feel like bandaids on bullet wounds. Not beautiful. Not helpful. Just a cover that doesn’t hold—words that slip right off when you need something that sticks.
By Annie Edwards 12 months ago in Psyche
A Conversation With the Mirror
There are moments when the world tilts—when you find yourself cracked open in a silence so loud it roars. The polished affirmations, the soft-spoken mantras, all start to feel like bandaids on bullet wounds. Not beautiful. Not helpful. Just a cover that doesn’t hold—words that slip right off when you need something that sticks.
By Annie Edwards 12 months ago in Psyche
The Quiet That Screamed
They say there is a silence so loud, it tears the skin of your thoughts. It doesn't arrive like a thunderclap or a scream or the slam of a door at midnight. No. It comes like dust. Slow. Gentle. Undefinable. Until one day you look around and realize the world has stopped responding. You speak, and nothing echoes back, not even your own voice. You reach for something solid—work, love, prayer, even pain—and your hand passes right through it like it’s smoke. And suddenly, the life you thought was yours feels like a film projected on fog. You can see it. Almost touch it. But not enter. That’s what happened to me. And I don’t remember when it started. That’s the worst part. There was no explosion, no death, no dramatic betrayal. Just the slow, quiet erosion of meaning.
By Beyond The Surface12 months ago in Psyche
How Much Phone Time Is Too Much?. AI-Generated.
Introduction: The Invisible Habit We All Share We touch our phones over 2,600 times a day, according to some estimates. From checking messages first thing in the morning to doomscrolling late at night, our daily routines are increasingly shaped by glowing screens. But how much screen time is too much? Is it possible that our eyes, brains, and sleep cycles are paying the price?
By Ahmet Kıvanç Demirkıran12 months ago in Psyche
