Shirley J. Davis
Bio
I am a psychology student, currently attending a four-year university with a goal to become a PhD. I write a blog that reaches an international audience. I am also an author and public speaker.
Stories (5/0)
The Art of Self-Discovery
There is a lot of talk today about finding yourself and being true to yourself. But what if you have a mental health problem and have spent your entire life hating who you are? What then? How on earth do you change the attitude that you hold stating you are worthless and shouldn’t have been born?
By Shirley J. Davis2 years ago in Psyche
Two Important Lessons That Can Be Learned in Psychotherapy
Two of the purposes for which clients enter psychotherapy are recovery after a traumatic event has plunged them into an abyss of negative emotions, and the human capacity for misconceptions about others with whom we have associations. These two problems often fog human ability to get and maintain relationships and function well in the world. Learning the following two lessons in psychotherapy can aid anyone in finding their way out of the self-imposed prison many find they have fallen into of self-pity and resentment.
By Shirley J. Davis7 years ago in Psyche
The Rambling Thoughts of an Insomniac
It's two o'clock in the morning and I'm still awake. The ghosts of the past as well as the stress of the present play hell with my mind, and so I don't sleep. Sleep has always been illusive to me, always just out of my reach. Every day I tell myself, "I'll sleep tonight because I'm really tired," but I rarely do. Mr. Insomnia is my best friend. I've been a pal of his all my life. You see when you are a child of abuse, in bed is a precarious place to be. You are never more helpless than when you are asleep. It ranks right up there with being naked in the tub. I need to relieve the tremendous emotional energy that is building up and spilling over robbing me of sleep and carrying me to the edge. I've been taking notes on every piece of paper I can find to get the feelings and thoughts out in some semblance of order. It’s my way of downloading, if you will, all the thoughts in my head.
By Shirley J. Davis7 years ago in Psyche
