disorder

The spectrum of Mental Health disorders is incredibly vast; we showcase the multitude of conditions that affect mood, thinking and behavior.

Embracing the Beauty of Sixes
When I noticed I had submitted six haiku to the Blue Haiku challenge, the familiar anxiety I feel for the number started to creep in. Immediately, I tried to think of ideas for another haiku I could hastily write and submit. Nothing of quality came to mind.
By Katie3 years ago in Psyche
IV.
Jermaine Lamarr Cole released his fifth studio album, KOD, appositely, on April 20th, 2018. The title, having three distinct meanings, reveals the work's thrust, the problem that inspired his conversations. Kids on Drugs, King Overdosed, Kill Our Demons. We are dying, he says, before we have lived.
By kp3 years ago in Psyche
III.
Bump? The young man apologizes, revealing his assumption that I’d accept any drug. He determined this, he says, by my relaxed sweats and Hawaiian button-up; lime-green GameBoy; Hokusai copy (not the great wave) hanging; Jose silver next to game leaves; and my confessed exploits with microdosing during this day’s regularly scheduled programming. I tell myself (hardly in earnest) that he is most likely correct and accept his offering. He says I am ‘the real,’ and I am left to decipher what this means from his earlier list of observations. I decide it must refer to people who are chronically depressed and filling pesky emotional voids with persistent substance abuse and tedious displays of appropriated interests. He rambles for some time before he tells me again that I’m as real as it gets, adding that this assessment includes people who don’t have social media profiles. I don’t tell him I don’t have social media profiles. He has lionized this misanthropic manic enough.
By kp3 years ago in Psyche
Arrested for ADHD
Yes, you read that title right. I was, in fact, arrested for having ADHD. I truly wish I was being hyperbolic and that it was a disorder “made up” to medicate people like many love to purport. As someone who mastered the art of masking to the point that I was missed with a proper diagnosis until about a month ago, deep in my 30s, I can assure you that it is a very real condition that can have a devastating effect on one’s life when it is not treated. Now that I have some answers and am beginning to process my diagnosis, I’m left to wade through the moments in my life that were blatantly overlooked as symptoms of a literal disability I’ve been unknowingly carrying around my entire life.
By Sissi Smith3 years ago in Psyche
V.
Apple juice. VeggieTales. Grape juice. Olive fingertips. Saturday mornings. Visiting the library and reading stacks. Climbing trees. Scooby-Doo and the gang.
By kp3 years ago in Psyche
II.
I moved to Ypsilanti, Michigan, at twenty-four years of age and thought I had lept before. I had lived in Kalamazoo for a year while attempting to attend Western and moved into a trailer on my own in Big Rapids. Yes, a two-hour drive to my parent's house down to a 10-minute bike ride, but independence was maintained, nonetheless. So I thought. I had paid only $250 a month for rent and had only juggled the cost of one or two utilities. I had never tried to manage a forty-hour work week to afford rising rent costs or the monopolized prices of energy and internet while managing a full course load in college. Up to that point, I had only done one or the other at any given time. I moved to Ypsi and learned I was slightly behind on the curve. With only a few hundred dollars in my bank account, it didn’t take long for the eviction notices to start piling up. The final call to court prompted the mass sale of my personal belongings. Clothing, games, pills and weed, services, and a keyboard my parents paid six hundred dollars for. That money should have gone towards their mortgage, but they believed in the off-chance that I would learn how to play.
By kp3 years ago in Psyche
ADHD & CRIME
Identifying the link between the mental disorder ADHD and crime. Something a little different for my readers, but nonetheless equally as important as actual cases.
By lolly True Crime3 years ago in Psyche
When is the RIGHT time to build self-confidence and how?
Now. Whether you are a student, a fresh graduate, unemployed, employed, retired, a parent, a child, or a grandparent…it doesn’t matter. Your mental health requires attention now.
By Kahlee 3 years ago in Psyche
Anger is not a solution
Humans are born with the impulse and emotion of anger. Anger is a natural response to emotional or physical harm. Everything is OK and even beneficial as long as the rage is under control. However, it can become a serious issue if rage spirals out of control. Then you'll need to learn how to control your anger, and frequent meditation practise can help.
By Dr. Tulika Sarkar3 years ago in Psyche
Broken Bones
1. The Devil I Know The door slammed Time and time again Another silhouette melting Into the distance Disappearing from everything
By Poppy 3 years ago in Psyche
Science Vs Podcast: The Adderall and ADHD Controversy
Science Vs is unlike other science podcasts. Those shows produce fascinating episodes on the James Webb Telescope, why an ultraviolet can detect scorpions, and new breakthroughs in cancer research and treatment.
By Frank Racioppi3 years ago in Psyche
When Will This Enddd?
Laying in bed at night, where it's still and quiet. I've put my phone down, and I stare up at my ceiling. My body ceases movement, but it seems as if my mind is running a marathon and my emotions are on a roller coaster.
By Felisha Danyelle3 years ago in Psyche