coping
Life presents variables; learning how to cope in order to master, minimize, or tolerate what has come to pass.
Attachment Styles Uncovered
Imagine going on a date and not just seeing a person, but a blueprint of their heart. Attachment theory deciphers this blueprint, revealing how early bonds with caregivers set the stage for adult romance.
Iris ErdilePublished about a month ago in PsycheHealthy vs. Narcissistic Ghosting.
Ghosting is a form of stonewalling considered one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse in romantic relationships. Ghosting and stonewalling are avoidance defence strategies that break emotional bonds, lead to conflict, dysfunction, and eventual destruction of a relationship.
writemindmattersPublished about a month ago in PsycheKeep Your Mental Health Balance
Maintaining mental health involves the delicate balance of positive and negative thoughts. By embracing a mindset we can conquer those harmful inner dialogues and nurture a healthier state of mind. Recognizing the impact of positivity on our mental well being is the initial step towards fostering a brighter perspective.
Wayne IncePublished about a month ago in PsycheThe Psychology of Boredom
Imagine you are running around reenacting scenes with a gun - well, a fake gun. The action and danger is exciting and the process of enlarging a hole, like the barrel of a gun, is called boring - "Boring". Boring a hole is a slow process requiring repetitive movements from a tool that moves in circles, which might just be why things that are slow and repetitive but don't appear to be going anywhere came to be described with the same word - boring. Just a little something to pick your brain, lol.
Nomfundo GumedePublished about a month ago in PsycheArt and Suffering
There exists a school of thought that maintains that without great suffering and depth of experience, no truly great art can arise. Why does it seem like so many artists, both in the past and in more recent times, appear to have been the victims of so many misfortunes, turbulent psychological states, unhappy childhoods and family backgrounds, and miserable or failed marriages and relationships? Is this unhappiness perhaps part and parcel of the human condition, and are artists just the more obvious or poetic martyrs?
ANTICHRIST SUPERSTARPublished about a month ago in PsycheThe Public Health Issue of Nightmares
I have this recurring nightmare, and it’s really boring. Don’t get me wrong, it’s terrifying, it just happens so often that I’m sick of it. Enduring the stress can feel more exhausting than staying up all night. Whether purposefully or not, I often do that instead.
Veronica WrenPublished 2 months ago in PsycheAssuage
Today I'm Angry. My therapist would be so proud. I'm not an angry person, my defaults typically land me somewhere between Sad & Grief-Stricken. But she's been encouraging me to lean into the Anger of it all. Sounds like weird advice maybe, but to the deeply Depressed sometimes we need a little flame to spark our fire back up, fuel the parts of ourselves we thought we lost long ago.
Hayley MattoPublished 2 months ago in PsycheA Monster Under My Bed
There is a monster under my bed. It whispers to me. “You can’t,” it hisses, “you wouldn’t, you shouldn’t, you aren’t.” I am nine years old. My best friend is Gladys. We watch Clueless and make a pact. Tomorrow, we promise, we will each dress in a plaid matching outfit like Cher and Dionne. I uphold my promise. Gladys does not. Snickers fill the classroom. A kind teacher with curly blonde hair and warm, biting humor whispers to me, “I admire your bravery in expressing yourself.” I think that she thinks it helps, somehow. It doesn’t. That night, the monster whispers, too. “Idiot. Outcast. Weird. Why can’t you just act normal? Just blend in and things will stop being so hard. But you don’t know how to do that, do you? Freak.” I ask my mom if I can clean out my closet. “I’m too old for that stuff,” I meekly justify.
K. StocktonPublished 2 months ago in PsycheReclaiming the Wheel from Trauma
Your traumatized brain is a lot like your beloved first car. It should be treated with the same energy of acceptance, warmth, and reverence.
Veronica WrenPublished 2 months ago in PsycheConscience
Easier it is to raise mountains tall, Lighter to carry cliffs so small, Easier to hold worlds within your sway, Than let conscience in darkness stray:
Elle VihmanPublished 2 months ago in PsycheThe Mother of 1000 Orphans
(Original Extended Version- the other was reduced in word count for the challenge) When asked to write about a woman who has truly inspired me, I immediately think of Sindhutai Sapkal, affectionately known as Mai (lit. translation ‘mother’).
Kayleigh Fraser ✨Published 2 months ago in PsycheP.O.T.A.T.O.E.S
P.O.T.A.T.O.E.S.- Stage 1 Purposely Obscuring Thoughts Aspirations Traumas that Overtly Expresses the Self I smile, but I smile only slightly. The truth is, I am suffering; I am unhappy. I disguise my suffering with a smile, others do not have a clue that inside the dorms of my soul I feel crappy.
K. WisendangerPublished 2 months ago in Psyche