coping
Life presents variables; learning how to cope in order to master, minimize, or tolerate what has come to pass.
Living With Someone Who Suffers From Schizophrenia
This mental disorder can impact your loved one’s ability to care for themselves properly or carry out their daily responsibilities as they once did. With proper self-care in place, however, you can both manage the symptoms of schizophrenia and improve your overall quality of life – which we’ll discuss later on in this guide. Here are some other things you should know about living with someone who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia.
By Les Morgan3 years ago in Psyche
The Fire Next Door
For someone born just past the middle bit of the last century, I find myself managing this 21st-century work world with a certain amount of confidence that’s mostly bravado (just between us). So after a short lull while one of the bosses was traveling I wasn’t completely surprised by the sudden flurry of emails that hit my account late this afternoon. I may not have been ready, but I wasn’t surprised.
By Remington Write3 years ago in Psyche
Flying service horses...
Ok, so let me start this article off with some background. Some entity has been denying me my service horse. After getting a lawyer involved, this entity is citing non-specific safety concerns about Aurora walking with me. Yet, I am more than welcome to have her with me. Just without her walking.
By The Schizophrenic Mom3 years ago in Psyche
When, Why And How Alcohol Snared Me
The when. My when was early. Far too early. One afternoon, when I was fourteen, I sneaked into woodland with a school friend and some cans of Guinness. It was the eighties. In Britain, kids could buy booze easily. Shopkeepers and landlords would take your pocket money and casually turn a blind eye.
By Against The Dream3 years ago in Psyche
The Grief of Loss and Understanding Death
I sadly had to face an inevitable amount of loss within my family circle between 2020 and 2021. It started with my step-father passing away from an unexpected heart attack at the beginning of January, leading me to experience my first true plight with death as this was somebody I had known for a strong portion of my teenage years. Heck, he had married my mother two years prior. Being naive and stuck in the beginning of a worldwide pandemic, I put it on the back burner and tried to reel my mind away from the thoughts of loss and death and instead towards video games and a disheartening and difficult alcohol addiction that would take years to finally control.
By Saikodizzle133 years ago in Psyche
My Hallucinations...
So I was recently asked this question and the short answer is: yes. But the truth is much longer than that, so I am writing it down. *smile* Please note, these are only my personal experiences with seeing other "people" who aren't really there - not everyone's.
By The Schizophrenic Mom3 years ago in Psyche
I Am, & I Am Not
I see myself here, and then I am not. My reflection in the mirror, the print of my body in my bed, my blankets out of place, my coffee bag drying on my kitchen counter, left over boiled water in my pot… My mind on you and my heart in your hands. Therefore, I am here, and I am not.
By NicholeMiya3 years ago in Psyche
Life after an eating disorder
It’s always been about control. The complexities of triggers, motives, and behaviors are not set aside or ignored when it is said that an eating disorder is about control. You want control over how you are perceived, treated, regarded, spoken of. We know the overwhelming end results of fitting the ideal forced down our throats and inflected on our bodies. We know the devastation we are met with when we accept ourselves at our current or our best — we can be the healthiest we can physically manage and it is treated as lessor or a moral failing. Our bodies are not our own and that is the tragic lie we are indoctrinated and poisoned with.
By Chaia Levi3 years ago in Psyche
I'm A Tree (Part II)
A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece called "I'm a Tree". The main theme was that, like trees, we humans go through the seasons in our lives over and over. Each season brings something new, and as we move from one to the other we experience transformation. Winter (literally and metaphorically) may leave us bare, in the cold and dark hours, but we will resist and we will emerge ready for spring and a new beginning to come.
By Marina Fortuño3 years ago in Psyche
Sometimes I feel like a fish...
When I had my 20 gallon aquarium in my home years ago, I would sit and watch the fish swim back and forth for hours at a time. I loved the sound of the moving water through the filter, watching them gracefully glide through the water, and even the distinct smell of fishiness was relaxing to me. One day that all changed though as I contemplated my life. I mean, I still love watching the fish swim back and forth, but I can't help make comparisons to how I feel some days...
By The Schizophrenic Mom3 years ago in Psyche
