personality disorder
Personality disorders are as complex as they are misunderstood; delve into this diagnosis and learn the typical cognitions, behaviors, and inner experience of those inflicted.
I Finally Let Myself Cry — Here’s What Happened
I used to believe that crying meant losing. Losing control. Losing strength. Losing respect. So I stopped myself every time the tears came. I swallowed them in meetings. I blinked them away in arguments. I turned my face to the wall at night and told myself to “be strong.”
By Dadullah Danishabout a month ago in Psyche
When Reflection Feels Like Accomplishment
There is a subtle experience many people recognize but struggle to name: the feeling of having done something meaningful without having actually changed anything. It often follows long periods of thinking, talking, organizing, or refining ideas. The mind feels clearer. Tension feels reduced. There is a sense of closure or completion. And yet, when examined closely, nothing in the external world has moved. No decision has been enacted. No behavior has shifted. No responsibility has been embodied. What changed was internal orientation, not external reality.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcastabout a month ago in Psyche
It’s Really Not That Deep
Some days I hate myself for still wanting things I was never built to have. Some days I hate everyone else for having them without trying. I hate their friends. I hate their laughter. I hate birthday parties and inside jokes and photos where nobody is standing slightly outside the circle. I hate how effortless it looks. Like if you asked them how they do it, they’d laugh. Or look at you in that quiet way that makes you wish you hadn’t asked. I know it’s pathetic to resent people for being loved. I know it makes me seem like someone you wouldn’t want to know. I hate that I know that and I still feel it anyway.
By Suzanne B.about a month ago in Psyche
