humanity
Mental health is a fundamental right; the future of humanity depends on it.
Positivity: The Sword and Shield
When I was 15, I had hit rock bottom. I was plagued by chronic depression. Because of this, I was also suffering from an eating disorder, self harm, and suicidal thoughts all at the same time. The negativity which loomed over me threatened to swallow me whole. The war which took place in my unstable mind, of which I had so carefully fortified and constructed, broke me down further and further each day. I was defenseless. I had no means of defending myself, and so I often succumbed to it, allowing myself to continue losing the war. Every day was a battle, full of bloodshed. I lost every one. To me, there seemed to be no possible way to win.
By Collin Olson8 years ago in Psyche
When Homelessness Gives Hope
Once upon a time, giving money to strangers was a rarity for me. I preferred to donate to charities that I had screened so I knew the money wasn’t going for a nefarious purpose. So the night my friends and I decided to go shopping downtown, I never expected to part with a cent that wasn’t for a Christmas gift.
By Rachel Carrington8 years ago in Psyche
Mercury Retrograde: The Good, The Bad and The Truth!
Have you ever wondered if the planets could actually have an affect on your life? It's not as far-fetched as one might think it is. Mercury is more than just a mysterious planet in the far away galaxy. Even though Mercury is an average distance of 48 million miles (77 kilometers) from Earth, it's presence is felt by all of the people that are living on planet Earth.
By Silena Le Beau8 years ago in Psyche
Transgender Mental Health
If I had a pound for each time I heard phrases such as, "Transgender is a mental illness" I'd be quite the rich woman by now. It's needless to say that being transgender is not a mental illness—but transgender people are more likely to experience mental illness than the general population, and this is a scary fact that can be ignored no longer.
By Skylar Rose Pridgeon8 years ago in Psyche
Being an Empath
What does it mean to be empathetic? The dictionary says, "showing an ability to understand and share the feelings of another." You are most likely a caring and loving person, someone people come to in times of trouble because they know you will understand them and stick by their side.
By Harriet Gutierrez8 years ago in Psyche
Mental Illness As a Scapegoat
The idea of blaming or using another person to absolve oneself of sin is ever present. From the primitive scapegoating of eliminating humans from a tribe in response to a natural disaster or other inexplicable misfortune, to more modern concepts of blaming subordinates for a business mistake, the scapegoating of humans tends to fall on those whom we consider to be weaker or of less importance than ourselves. However, we often practice scapegoating using ultimately unchanging and superior forces. When there is no secondary person to place the responsibility on, we scapegoat by saying that the event was out of our control. This case can be seen throughout history in the form of religion and faith as humans place blame on a god or higher force when things go wrong. However, today many people find a scapegoat in their own mentality.
By Amelia Clare Wright8 years ago in Psyche
Who is Self?
The self, when approaching it from a philosophical view, is scary — the possibility that lies within how many replicas of me; what is the me like in those situations? Those questions come later. Is the self nonexistent without a physical representation? 100 percent physicality is mainly important, but why? Something, filled with a life force, needs to be here on earth to take on responsibility for the actions and thoughts of the person. No matter which body it ends up in, the self is practically not real without some form of physical life. This is sad because this form of self defines how we view the world. I think that it's sad that the way we view the world is dependent upon the body we were given. As we see this form affects gender and how we determine what we do with it. The self is not at all accommodating. To find yourself, you must step outside of the skin and bones you were dealt and reach a state of omnipresence that overpowers all outward focus of what you see in the mirror and reaffirms it into the being you choose to be, on your own, without help. This is the state of self-acceptance. So, to say the most, the self is ever-changing, but why? Well, we are always finding new ideas, new prophecies, and new ways of life. No one ever stays the same once in their life. We all differ from what we can do. The path we choose to take may be different than the one we would have chosen the day before or even the minute before we made that final decision. We all constantly change to meet how we feel in the present moment.
By Kenya Carpenter8 years ago in Psyche
