recovery
Your illness does not define you. It's your resolve to recover that does.
A Letter to the Addict Still Suffering
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By Jaquelyn Cannon6 years ago in Psyche
I'm Not What I Seem
My name is Matthew Duguay. I was born on May 25, 1994, to my loving parents, Deanne and Brent. I have two siblings, a younger brother and sister named Samuel and Arianne, respectively. I work a full-time job as a laborer and customer service representative in a salvage yard. I feel as if most people would describe me as a happy, fun-loving, young guy who enjoys life all around and tries to make every moment matter, but there's more to this tale then what appears.
By Matty Duguay6 years ago in Psyche
Dealing With Severe Health Anxiety and Psychosomatic Symptoms
From December 2017 - May 2018 I experienced months of severe, and some could say sudden, health anxiety symptoms which completely took over and ruined most parts of my life. That first sentence sounded very dramatic but I can't stress enough how debilitating it can be to be constantly convinced that you are seriously ill every second of every day. My anxiety (fortunately or unfortunately?) hooked on my ability to see and created a compulsive fear of going blind (which I later found out is called Scotomaphobia).
By Lynsey Blacklock6 years ago in Psyche
My Mind at the Movies. Top Story - May 2018.
The first movie I can ever recall seeing was Free Willy. I was only 3-years-old and I have this memory of sitting on the carpet, neck craned, staring directly up at the television as the movie played out. I was completely in awe of everything I was looking at. That may have started my life long love of whales, but I believe it also started my stronger obsession with film. I used to watch that movie over and over again on repeat, sometimes getting up at 5 or 6 in the morning to sneak downstairs and put the tape in the VCR. Eventually, the sound became worn out on all three Free Willy VHS tapes I had.
By Sarah Franchi6 years ago in Psyche
Define Recovery
50 MG I spent the second week of my sophomore year of high school in a psychiatric hospital. What brought me there wasn't the point. Nothing outside of the barred windows mattered the second I was rolled through those doors with my limbs secured and my body exposed to what felt like the entire world.
By Rachel Marie6 years ago in Psyche
Art May Save Your Life
Imagine being underwater and you're swimming to the top and, just when you make it and catch that gasp of air, you're being pushed back down. Sometimes you're deeper. Sometimes the water is calm and quiet. Sometimes there are sharks around you. Sometimes you're completely alone. This is what Borderline Personality Disorder feels like. You're always feeling a different emotion from the last and they come crashing in like sea waves, leaving you breathless. Happy is ecstatic. Love is over joyful. Pain is gut-wrenching. Heartbreak is the end of you. Feelings weigh so much heavier on us than we can handle, so much that we sometimes give up trying to withstand it. Being normal and having normal reactions isn't an option and our coping mechanisms are greatly unhealthy. It's not a rollercoaster to me. It's an abyss. At least you can see where you're going on a rollercoaster ride.
By Jane Insane6 years ago in Psyche
Treating Mental Illnesses with Neuroscience
Approximately one in five adults in the United States experiences some aspect of mental illness in a given year, with one out of twenty-five of them reporting that the mental illness is “serious” and “substantially interferes with or limits one or more major life activities” (National Alliance on Mental Illness, 2018). In the past, mental health disorders and disabilities have been viewed in a negative light, and treatment for these afflictions has been lacking, if not entirely ineffective. Historically, patients were placed into isolation, often in insane asylums, where they were subjected to repetitive, reprehensible tests. Their skulls were drilled in the process of trephination, blood was drained from their bodies in bloodletting, and bodies were repeatedly purged of their “evil spirits” through ritual religious means. After this heinous poking and prodding came slight medical advances, and many patients were subjected to lobotomies, insulin coma therapy, or Metrazol therapy, in which individuals’ brains were cut, injected with compounds, or compromised in other ways in a vain attempt to “fix” their problems (Hussung, 2016). Despite these somewhat progressive medical treatments, mental illnesses were not cured, and researchers had to look further to discover the proper means of treatment.
By Emily Leister6 years ago in Psyche
My Own Unhappiness. Top Story - April 2018.
PMA Growing up, my father used to tell me that the only person making me unhappy was myself. It was infuriating. Some situation or another had me wallowing in self pity, and here comes dear ole dad telling me to get over myself. Getting over yourself is not an easy feat for a sullen teenager. So I shrugged off his advice and continued on my self destructive path, blaming everyone but myself for my discontent.
By Shelby Schulten6 years ago in Psyche