recovery

Your illness does not define you. It's your resolve to recover that does.

Just Another Visit
It was late September when I was surprised by one of his spontaneous visits; I had been practicing hurdles and 200-meter sprints with my track coach after school with my teammates. Some of my friends were smiling and their eyes twinkled as they looked past my shoulders, curious I spun around.
By ROCK aka Andrea Polla (Simmons)3 years ago in Psyche
To Heal
I'm coming to realise now that the hardest part of a childhood filled with mental unrest, hospital stays and therapy, is healing.
By M. Edwards3 years ago in Psyche
The Adjustment Process
As of November 4th, 2022, I will be travelling back to Ohio to live back with my family. I will have the basement studio apartment and work on the paperwork to have my husband back with me.
By Emily Radford(Rising Phoenix)3 years ago in Psyche
Entwined Memories
Reader warning: Although this story is a work of fiction, it does include an in-depth look into the mind of someone with severe depression and I would like to thank the over 100 people who spoke and provided their accounts on depression and their suicide attempts for this story.
By Daniel Millington3 years ago in Psyche
Grief Is Funny Like That
I never expected him to actually finish anything. He was always leaving. I always picture him with a suitcase in his hand. Sometimes I wonder what he would look like now. When I close my eyes I still see his smile and I swear I could smell him, Well him before the shooting. I dream of him sometimes and he's smiling and walking toward me and then I wake up. I wake up happy then reality sets in. For a long time, I wasn't able to talk about it. Even thinking about his death made me sick to my stomach. Sometimes thinking about it still makes me sick to my stomach almost nine years later. I thought that I would be less traumatized by it after all of these years but I'm not. I'm still that traumatized 17-year-old who just lost her best friend to gun violence. Things can change in a heartbeat. If we didn't walk down that street at that time he would still be here. I would still have my best friend here. But I can't change that. It took me years to stop blaming myself. Somedays I still blame myself or I blame God. Not the actual person who murdered him.
By Nat 3 years ago in Psyche
Drug Rehabilitation Treatment Programs
What keeps this addiction feeding on itself at the best addiction treatment center in Karachi is that the euphoric feelings accompanying its use tend to make you feel that you are more functional than you were in a drug-free existence. For this reason, many people are addicted to meth and search for methamphetamine drug rehabilitation, believing they could never live without it. Unfortunately, some too many doctors will diagnose these people with latent ADD-ADHD or bi-polar depression and will give their patients more justification to continue its use or an alternative with prescription amphetamines, the Sadaqat Clinic Karachi, Ritalin, or other legal speed.
By Willing Ways3 years ago in Psyche
Empathy // Rediscovered
» KEY POINTS One day, something broke... or rather repaired... inside of me. Suddenly feeling empathy for the first time helped me realize that I had been missing so much. There is a massive gap between the compassion I did feel and thought was enough and actual empathy for other human beings.
By J.P. Prag3 years ago in Psyche
Drug and Alcohol Addiction Relapse
Over here at the Willing Ways, addiction relapse is a widespread occurrence. Millions attempt to quit using drugs at the best addiction treatment center in Pakistan and Alcohol daily and with well founded determination. The use of the drug is ruining their lives. They now seek to let go of their marijuana addiction in the rehab center for drug and alcohol relapse.
By Willing Ways3 years ago in Psyche
Live in the Now if Your Mental Health is Suffering
In the time my Bride and I have been together, I’ve learned a lot from her. She’s been a counselor for about 22 years. I’ve picked up a few tips and pointers about mental health struggles. She’s helped many people deal with the challenge of living in the now.
By The Mouthy Renegade Writer3 years ago in Psyche
List of Common Gaslighting Phrases to Look Out For
Gaslighting is a form of emotional-abuse that is used to make the target question their reality. While gaslighting can be used unintentionally by unhealthy adults, it is most often used on purpose as a tool of emotional-control. People who gaslight to gain control of others are committing emotional abuse, and are likely using other forms of manipulation to control the thoughts, feelings, and behaviours of others, such as smear-campaigns, the silent-treatment, and passive aggressive behaviour.
By Vala Flynn3 years ago in Psyche
Goodbye
Goodbye. Farewell. Hasta-la-vista. They are supposed to be sad. They are supposed to be painful. But what happens when they are unplanned, unscheduled bouts of chaos?
By The Schizophrenic Mom3 years ago in Psyche
At Some Point, You Have To Own Your Shit
One common thing in life we share as human beings is the ability to be hurt. I don’t mean falling down and scraping our knees. I’m talking about being really, really hurt. Stuff that affects us negatively as adults.
By The Mouthy Renegade Writer3 years ago in Psyche