coping
Life presents variables; learning how to cope in order to master, minimize, or tolerate what has come to pass.
The Life of an Introvert
Has anyone ever asked you to change for them? Maybe someone who told you to lose weight. Maybe someone who told you, you would look prettier in certain clothes or with makeup on or if you smiled more. Has anyone ever asked you to get cosmetic surgery? When they asked, how did you feel? Did you change? Did changing make you happier?
By Natasha Couoh5 years ago in Psyche
Learning to Live Again
Have you ever felt like never fit in with your family or peers ?? Ever since I can remember I had never felt like I belonged. I always felt different and by the time I was ten years old I had learned that my family wasn’t what they seemed. I had learned that my parents were my grandparents, my brother and sisters were were really my aunts and uncle. I remember as if it were yesterday, I can’t remember what exactly was said about my mom, I just knew her by her name and then was told that she was really my mom. Now here I am only ten years old and I had witnessed this woman yell and fight with whom at the time I knew as my mom. She then slapped her demanding that I was going to live with her. I was very scared and confused as I didn’t want to leave the only home I had known for ten years of my life.
By Mary Edwards5 years ago in Psyche
The Worst Wish
I wish my daughter had cancer. That sounds just awful, I know. And as awful as it sounds, it’s ten times worse to have that thought bouncing around your head. Then multiply that awfulness by 100, once you put it out in to the world. But I promise, I’m not the worst father in the world. I’m also not suffering from Munchausen syndrome by proxy.
By Gregg Hirshberg5 years ago in Psyche
A great new life
About 2 to 3 years ago, I was living in community housing (otherwise known as the ghetto), in South Australia, Adelaide. I had just gotten over a series of mental health episodes ( lots of relapses of them). I was against taking the medication which treats my schizophrenia and did not trust the doctors or workers whom were only trying to stop me from relapsing.
By Dawn Theresa Withers5 years ago in Psyche
Living With Mental Health
Living with mental health problems has never been easy for me. Some days are easier than others. Some days I just want to break down and other days I feel like anything is possible. Those are my good days. A lot of the time I have good days. My husband really does try to help on my bad days. I know a lot of people suffer from mental problems too, and I know many of them may not have the support that they need.
By Claudia Nicole Parker5 years ago in Psyche
Change After Change
Hello counselor, I am 5 years old and today is my first day in kindergarten, its cold outside and my clothes aren’t completely dry because we don’t have a washer or dryer at home. I’m excited to make friends, they all smell like bubble gum and flavored color markers! Me and my parents and my newborn baby brother just moved from Mexico, we are all staying in a 5 ft by 4ft room with a space heater, I stop drinking water by 6 pm because it has been snowing and its cold to go pee in our porta john.
By Leydi Herrera5 years ago in Psyche
Cariña
You wake up in the morning and think, "why am I alive?" You contemplate on bed whether or not it is worth getting up. You don't get up. You don't get up at all, even though you know that there are a million reasons to get up. You pull your comforter over your head, hoping that the temporary feeling of warmth might alleviate some of the pain you've constantly been feeling. You want to die. You feel worthless. What's the point? You're a waste of space.
By Jay Cordero5 years ago in Psyche
