coping
Life presents variables; learning how to cope in order to master, minimize, or tolerate what has come to pass.
ADHD in Adulthood: My Journey Through Misconceptions
My thoughts were all over the place when the doctor gave the final diagnosis, but for those with ADHD, that’s not a new experience. Some of these thoughts I’ll simply have to live with, such as 'how much easier would some things have been if I had known earlier?' or 'what else could I have accomplished?' But there are other thoughts I now have answers to, like how it was missed, if medication is the right option, and what my life might look like after this.
By Joshua Stanley7 years ago in Psyche
Why Putting Up a Front Sucks
The front is something we mentally ill people are good at putting up. We hide behind a veneer of positivity just because we are paranoid about somebody feeling sorry for us. The dreaded dead-end pity party is something we hate. While I know most people do not waste their energy feeling sorry for me, one old classmate a year older than myself loves to lace her voice with pity despite trying to sound positive. To which I say, what the hell? Why waste your pity on me? I’m not deserving of it. Certainly, she has issues relating to me without pity.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez7 years ago in Psyche
Living with Anxiety and Depression
Dealing with anxiety is not an easy task. Anxiety can paralyze you and make some of the simplest activities impossible, but they aren't impossible. If you are dealing with an anxiety disorder then I am sure you have heard this before, but I will say it again: It is all in your head, a chemical balance inside the brain. Scientists have yet to master how to alter brain chemistry perfectly so that's why it is up to the afflicted to learn how to cope on their own. Now I'll be honest I definitely don't cope healthily all the time, I watch too much Netflix, I use people as crutches, and I even call out of work on days that are really, really bad. Anxiety can leave a toll on your life, it can put holes in your relationships and in your life in general. Having depression on top of all this? Feeling like a failure and not having the energy to do anything about it? Worrying about being a failure and not doing anything about it? Anxiety and depression can cause a vicious cycle of emotions inside your world. Not to get preachy here but finding healthy coping mechanisms is the only way that these things can become manageable.
By isabelle parsley7 years ago in Psyche
Feeling Lost
Everyone I have encountered with in my whole life has felt lost in some way. Whether it be financially, academically, emotionally, etc. It’s a sucky feeling, but it’s bound to happen. If you’re feeling lost, or ever have, just know you’re not alone. I too have felt lost MANY times.
By Alyssa Baur7 years ago in Psyche
Progress, Not Perfection in the Cities
It all happens so fucking fast. One minute you’re swimming through a fiery field of frantic forever agos and the next minute, that memory has been paved over and turned into a parking lot of endless hopes and dreams and open ended anythings. Every thought you ever had of “I can’t” or “I’m not worthy of any shining star placed in front of me” suddenly bursts like an atomic explosion of a million diamonds dancing across Lake Calhoun as the blooming sun shines intently through every crested wave. I can see the surface now and I pray to god that I don’t get tangled in the weeds again. Because, while an escape from the reality of the shoreline can be freeing, you’ll eventually run out of energy and sink to the murky bottom trying to find where it was you were running to in the first place.
By Jordan Holt7 years ago in Psyche
Self-Confidence
I don't know when it started. I just know that I've always lacked self-confidence. For 29 years of my life, I've had this little girl inside of me who likes to hide in a corner and hope that no one sees her. She would love to be a butterfly, but she doesn't know how.
By Toni Velagic7 years ago in Psyche
Escapism and Mental Health
Escapism is defined by Merriam-Webster as "habitual diversion of the mind to purely imaginative activity or entertainment as an escape from reality or routine," in this, we mean avoiding reality by submerging ourselves in a fictional world. They are many ways to do this, many forms of "imaginative activities" for some people it's video games, for others books, or television, movies, fanfiction, role-playing games, the list goes on. The one thing they have in common is that they take us out of our own lives and allow us to explore someone else's.
By Megan Paul7 years ago in Psyche
The Cost
Jane still felt like the new starter after six months in her job. Her lack of experience was telling when she began her work practice. Jane had spent her twenties cleaning various hotel bedrooms around her region always moving on to find better work conditions. Now approaching her forties Jane had through a bereavement, undertaken voluntary work in the Samaritan organisation to give back to them, a thank you, for their support when she was grieving. After which she went to college to study to become a trained counsellor.
By Lesley Anne Armour7 years ago in Psyche
