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Advice and tips on managing mental health, maintaining a positive outlook and becoming your happiest self.

I Feel Awful: Ways to Cope if You Feel Depressed
Depression is a crummy thing. It can strike as the result of a breakup, a job loss, a death, or any number of things. For many people, their brain predisposes them to feel depressed for no reason.
By Matthew Maniaci4 years ago in Psyche
The Proper Way to Handle Criticism
When you say feedback makes you better, I believe in that more than I believe in just about anything on Earth. If you want to improve, you need really good feedback. But I would also say there are a lot of forms of feedback, including negative feedback that isn't really criticism that isn’t painful at all.
By Blessing Akpan5 years ago in Psyche
A Weakness We All Have
“But nobody can do what you do, how you do it I am not sure, you are one in a million. You are unique. Your talent exceeds what I have seen in this industry by a country mile and I have been in this industry for over 15 years.”
By Dean Gee5 years ago in Psyche
Anxiety
Anxiety Disorders Anxiety can be debilitating for many people. It also shows itself in many different ways. Depending on your situation and mental health it will affect everyone differently. In me, it shows up as panic and picking at myself. If I have a scab or a cut I pick it over and over until it is infected. I just can’t seem to help myself. I panic over things that are not even happening. I panic because I fear what “may” happen. Below are the different types and more information on them
By Diana Cukrov5 years ago in Psyche
The Human Being
I’m hoping to sit down and just… think for a while. Well, maybe not think. I’ve been doing a lot of that lately. And that… really hasn’t gotten me anywhere. In terms of actual progress I mean. Sure, it’s been helpful to dissect every tiny, little, painstaking detail of how things could have been so different if only I was a little more aware. It’s been helpful to know exactly where I went wrong, you know, so I can spot the red flags the next time.
By Ariel Pizzamiglio5 years ago in Psyche
Politicians & Media &Conspiracy Theories
They say we live in the information age. For the first time in history, there are more scientific studies than there are theories, which is completely the other way around to how it used to be.
By Dean Gee5 years ago in Psyche
I'm Perfectly Fine In My Comfort Zone, Thank You
If you have more than a month of Medium, you are probably already tired of cheap self-help clichés. Sometimes I wonder why there are so many articles on that topic, especially if we are all so sick of it … then I see how many claps they have and it all makes sense.
By Mindsmatter.5 years ago in Psyche
The Three Choices
I am in a weird crux of my life. The opportunities are abounding; I have accomplished nothing but a mere educational stepping stone towards any and all of my potential paths. But I can't decide which one to go down. Part of me feels like I might pick wrong and end up failing. I can't fail, especially not after all it took to get to this point. The other part of me feels like I'm shutting out all of the other options once I decide what path to go down and I don't like being limited. Then the last part of me in this holy trinity of confusion and stress wonders what would happen if I just turn around and choose another path, one that noone would expect, that isn't as obvious or clearly delineated based on where I've travelled up to now. It's all so frustrating and whimsical and wonderful in an angering way. I take a walk and find myself in an empty park. I look up the flagpole, the bright red maple leaf waving back and forth in the wind of the summer day.
By Arya5 years ago in Psyche
How to Live With Tinnitus Without Losing Your Mind
I’ve been living with Tinnitus for almost five years. Although now I can cope with it (some days better than others), the first 18 months were a nightmare.
By Emma London5 years ago in Psyche
Why Are We Like This?
I used to date a guy who would stand me up CONSTANTLY. He wouldn’t respond to my texts for days, he’d cancel plans for weird reasons and I’d think “I can’t do this any more, it’s over!”. Then we’d meet up and everything would seem totally fine... in fact it was kinda nice... so I couldn’t bring myself to let him go. But then, soon enough, the pattern would repeat again.
By Camille Walrath5 years ago in Psyche
Inpatient Drug Rehabilitation Options in Thornton Colorado
Many people are under the impression that Inpatient drug rehab in Thornton CO will be a horrible experience. The problem is that this misconception is actually made up of hearsay and gossip from friends, family, co-workers and of course the drug rehab center itself. Inpatient drug rehab in Thornton is not for the weak or desperate. In fact, it is a place where people with various kinds of addictions can come and get the help they need.
By Bee Brine5 years ago in Psyche
My Time in Vocational Rehabilitation
We have all known people. Perhaps they are family members. We wondered why they were still living at home in their thirties or forties. We whispered about them and gossiped about them at the dinner table.
By Lawson Wallace5 years ago in Psyche