selfcare

The importance of self-care is paramount; enhance your health and wellbeing, manage your stress, and maintain control under pressure.

Writing for Wellbeing
Like so many creative people, I struggle with bouts of depression. Indeed, when I was in graduate school, I had to take the MMPI (Minnesota Multi-phasic Personality Inventory) as part of my Test and Measures course. For an exercise in giving personality tests, we were required to take and analyze this 567 word test. Although, I do not test as someone with clinical depression, my professor indicted that I had a pattern typical to writers. This pattern indicates that one is prone to issues with depression and hypomania. In laymen's terms, I am a little bi-polar with some periods of blues and some days of blissful happiness. I am not clinically depressed or manic. However, I like many others, deal with bouts of sadness that appear to perplex the rest of the world. In other words, my blue days don't always appear connected to the quality of my life when viewed from outside.
By Nalda Parker7 years ago in Psyche
Scars
This is already proving to be a really hard thing to write but it has to be done sooner or later. When I say 'scars' I mean both emotional and physical. We all have them, not to the same extents, but no human is complete without having scars.
By Maria Paolini-Covarrubia7 years ago in Psyche
Intuitive Painting for Health
Like so many people living in modern society, I deal with stress on a daily basis. The stress may be from work, or lack there of, depending upon the day. It may be due to family commitments, the political air that pervades our lives, or financial struggles. Regardless of the reason for the stress, it is imperative that we understand the negative impact continued uncontrolled stress has on our lives and that we learn how to deal with it.
By Nalda Parker7 years ago in Psyche
Why It's Important to Talk About Your Mental Health
I have always hated mornings. I felt lazy and far away from motivation when it came to waking up any time before 9 AM. I knew what that felt like. But that morning was different. I stayed in my bed wide awake for four hours staring at my popcorn ceiling. And the morning after that and the morning after that. I started zoning out in every meeting, every conversation and every activity. I loved being photographed but I started feeling an emptiness in myself while posing, like I didn't deserve to be photographed. Everything that I felt good about in myself started vanishing from my memory. I stopped dancing, an activity I have never left in 20 years. I stopped painting my nails, something I loved doing every Saturday. I stopped styling my hair. I stopped shopping for shoes, I stopped shopping altogether. I barely spoke to my parents.
By K K7 years ago in Psyche
Always Be Moving Forward
Always be moving forward. It’s a simple mantra, but that idea of moving forward is one that I struggle with. I am extremely critical of myself, and these words help me to break out of my cycles of negative self-talk that cripple me. These words are now my life line.
By Corinne Squires7 years ago in Psyche
How to Guide of Depression & Anxiety
Depression is a cruel b**ch & anxiety is no better. Not to sound like a self help book, but I have found a few ways to make living life better even with the constant extra baggage.
By Porsche G7 years ago in Psyche
Six Common Mental Health Disorders
Every year 42.5 million teens suffer from a mental disorder in the United States mostly depression, anxiety and bipolar disorders. According to News Weekly. First, I’ll discuss what’s health disorders and the common disorders. Secondly, how Mental disorders damage a person emotionally and physically. Finally, what mental disorders lead to untreated and what you can do to interact and comfort people with a mental disorder.
By Joshua Rice8 years ago in Psyche
Depression and Memory Loss
Memory loss when suffering with depression is a common occurrence that many have gone through, including me. There have been many times where I've been with friends discussing past experiences and have tried to remember specific details and everything is just a blur.
By Becky Street8 years ago in Psyche
How I Conquer My Mental Illnesses Every Day...
I want to share with you how I deal with (& conquer) my mental illnesses each day. I have been diagnosed with depression and anxiety. First and foremost, every day is different. This means that you will have to handle unique situations daily with different techniques and tools. I personally struggle with confrontation in any way. I also lack confidence and that has affected just about every aspect in my life. I struggled with sports in high school, not because I lacked the skill but because I simply didn’t believe in myself. Depression and anxiety also come with those dark thoughts some of us know and love (HA; just kidding guys). You never know what thoughts are going to cross your mind. Therefore, it will take time to perfect the whole “conquer” your illnesses each day thing I am talking about. I was never this motivated to defeat depression and anxiety but once I realized my motivation can actually help people other than myself out, I knew I was doing this for something bigger and more significant.
By H. B.8 years ago in Psyche
Taking The Hit
Have you ever met a person that is terribly good at pointing out your worst insecurities before you even notice you have them? Yeah well, I use to have a “friend” who literally had no filter and always had to run her mouth. She would grab my arm and point at the hair on it, then make a face like she was so utterly disgusted and say, "eww." She would also say I smelled bad even after I had just taken a shower. Another time she proceeded to laugh at my chest because I wasn’t wearing a bra. Which led me to ask my mom to get me one. I clearly didn’t need yet in middle school. To make things even worse she would always beg me to hang out with her after school which became frustrating for me and irritating to my mother.
By Destiny Harris8 years ago in Psyche
Open Letter To The Insecure Ones
Insecurity. It feels like a crushing weight that never relents and just sits on your shoulders like there is no light at the end of the tunnel. Insecurity can clash with anxiety and depression. Insecurity can eat away at your insides and turn you into a shell of a person you didn't know. People manifest insecurity with different things but at the end of the day what it all boils down to is, "Is this good enough?" or "Am I good enough?". The questions that no one can really answer.
By Kai8 years ago in Psyche
Building Immunity to PMDD
So, here comes of my rants. I don't know how this will be received, but here goes...for those with ears to hear. One of the absolute worst symptoms (there are many) of PMDD is how it can make a woman feel about herself...worthless, unlovable, and incapable of life and love. On a daily, yes, daily basis, I see posts on Facebook in the various PMDD groups in which a woman will write how much she hates herself, loathes her life, and wishes she would just disappear...and knows no one would miss her.
By Cheeky Minx8 years ago in Psyche