coping
Life presents variables; learning how to cope in order to master, minimize, or tolerate what has come to pass.
WWPCD?
I have been listening to When Things Fall Apart for the fourth or fifth time in my life. Technically this is the first time I have listened to it. I read it the other times. I can’t read or hear this work without coming away with something new. This time it had to do with the six types of loneliness. The cool loneliness is what we want our loneliness to be. It is the loneliness that doesn’t shy away from the pain but stops, drops every form of distraction, and sits with the heartache of our being.
By Erica Grafton4 years ago in Psyche
My Death, Decisions, & Dithering
Prologue I have a warped relationship with time. When I was 29 years old, I was diagnosed with a rare sleep disorder. The sleep specialist assured me that my chances of having it were low; in fact, I think he was more surprised by the diagnosis than I was. It’s most common in males over 65, and it's rare even then.
By Alex Casey4 years ago in Psyche
To The Bravest Little Girl I Have Ever Known
You don't like to be called a little girl, and I don't blame you one bit. Your body matured earlier than your peers and men never let you forget it- ogling you from age 10. The meaningless fact that you got your period early and had boobs was a tool used to treat you like a grown-up when people wanted something done, and as a child when no one wanted to take you seriously.
By Bonnie Joy Sludikoff4 years ago in Psyche
Day 21
Day 21 Three weeks sober. It’s only been a week since my 14-day milestone, yet it feels like a year. Time is slower and populated by a consciousness I’ve never experienced. My mind and my body have reconciled and are speaking terms again, finally listening to each other.
By burnafterdrinking4 years ago in Psyche
Why was I so obsessed with horror as a young child?
I remember watching my first horror movie when I was somewhere between 7 and 8 years old; it was very late and I just stumbled upon a movie called "The Grudge". While I covered my eyes for most of the scary moments, I could not help but watch. I was hooked! I am almost certain my mom was asleep during the time I watched it, so it was no fault of her parenting that I ended up watching a very scary movie late at night, I was just a sneaky and curious kid.
By Dovile Miliauskaite4 years ago in Psyche
