recovery
Your illness does not define you. It's your resolve to recover that does.
Hangxiety, are you worth it?
I've stopped thinking in black and white. Right and Wrong have left the building. Instead, the era of nuance has arrived. Measured responses, figuring this out in proportion to how I experience this life. And it has made things so much harder, suddenly there is no All or Nothing, only a constant array of Somethings.
By Kirstyn Brook9 months ago in Psyche
The Peace Within Accountability
There is peace in accountability. If you’d met me several years ago, you couldn’t have paid me to admit that. The truth is, several years ago, I myself was oblivious to this notion. I’d been in conflict after conflict and not one time had I come out on the bottom of it, even if I truly had. If I said it was so, you couldn’t convince me otherwise. And oh, honey I would die on that hill. There was something powerful about lacking any control for much of my life, eventually learning that I can build my own narrative beautifully crafted in any way that I want. What did I want? Control. How did I get it? By being right. Ultimately, I spent over twenty seven of the twenty-eight years on this Earth failing at what I now know as gaslighting. Crafting weak fairytales in a vain attempt to keep what little control I had over my life.
By The Darkest Sunrise9 months ago in Psyche
The Day I Deleted All Social Media – What Happened Next Changed Me
I didn’t plan it. There was no “digital detox” challenge, no Instagram announcement about taking a break. One quiet evening, I simply snapped. After hours of scrolling through photos of people I barely knew living lives I didn’t really care about—and yet somehow envied—I put my phone down and whispered to myself, “This isn’t living.”
By Talha Maroof9 months ago in Psyche
The Age of Digital Solitude. AI-Generated.
There’s a peculiar irony in the fact that we’ve never been more connected—and never felt more alone. At any given moment, you can message a friend, join a group chat, scroll through countless lives on your feed, or video call someone halfway across the globe. Technology has dissolved distances, collapsed borders, and placed entire communities in our palms. But something’s missing. Something very human. Something we forgot to feel.
By Ahmet Kıvanç Demirkıran9 months ago in Psyche
The Difficulty Of Freedom
In the US, many people Celebrate today as a Day of Freedom from Tyranny. Now, if you go into the History of the US, there are Challenges that Exist, and some may say this is not accurate, or that it is a day about the "Possibility" of Freedom.
By Dr. Cody Dakota Wooten, DFM, DHM, DAS (hc)9 months ago in Psyche
Why Your Soul Craves Silence — Even When You’re Not Sad
Silence doesn’t always mean sadness. Sometimes it means healing. Recharging. Breathing. And if you’ve ever found yourself craving quiet — not because you’re upset, but because noise feels too loud for your soul — you’re not broken.
By SHADOW-WRITES9 months ago in Psyche
Persecutory-Onset Psychotic Disorder: Understanding the Fracture Between Mind and Reality
Introduction Persecutory-onset psychotic disorder represents a serious clinical condition, often sudden in its onset, in which the individual develops false and unjustified beliefs of being threatened, watched, or harmed by others. These beliefs—known as persecutory delusions—can emerge in individuals who previously showed no clear signs of psychological distress. The disorder drastically alters the person’s worldview, erodes trust in others, and makes daily functioning extremely difficult, both for the individual and for those close to them.
By Siria De Simone9 months ago in Psyche
The Sewing Box
The box had been there for years — untouched, unspoken, and always in the same corner of Nana’s old attic. Covered in lace that had long since yellowed, it waited like a quiet witness. When Nana passed away that winter, I returned home after seven years to settle her affairs — not entirely ready for what I would find.
By Arshad khan9 months ago in Psyche
