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Do you ever feel like the blue duck in the picture? Trauma survivors often feel alone in a crowd of people. We see life in many more layers than people who haven't lived through trauma. We see everything all at once, and it can be exhausting.
By Elizabeth Woodsabout a month ago in Psyche
Learning to Be Alone Changed Me More Than Any Relationship
No one teaches you how to be alone. They only tell you to find people, find love, find noise. From a young age, we are taught that happiness is something external. That it lives in friendships, relationships, crowds, attention, and validation. We’re told that being surrounded by people means we are doing life correctly. And if we’re alone for too long, something must be wrong.
By Francis E Kemohabout a month ago in Psyche
stop overthinking with just 2 words
Did you know that there are exactly two words that cause overthinking and exactly two words that can end it forever? These are tools you can carry with you for life. Overthinking is not the real problem, it is a symptom. And treating a symptom without addressing the root cause never truly works. Beneath overthinking, there is often a deeper issue: a lack of trust and a loss of control. From that space, two small but powerful words are born: “What if?”
By Mahboubeh Fallahiabout a month ago in Psyche
When a Job Stops Feeling Like Progress
Editor’s Note This article is presented as an edited interview shaped from publicly shared ideas, long form discussions, and talks by Ashkan Rajaee, a creator known for exploring the psychology of work, career transitions, and long term thinking around employment and independence.
By Felice Ellingtonabout a month ago in Psyche
Scrapbooking as a Tool for Mental Health
In my early twenties, I started keeping a daily journal. I enjoyed doodling, gluing in receipts, and writing down my thoughts. I started journaling with the intention of capturing memories, since my mental illness greatly affects my long-term memory.
By Kera Hollowabout a month ago in Psyche
When Thinking Feels Like Action
There is a particular satisfaction that comes from understanding something clearly after wrestling with it for a long time. The mind settles. Tension releases. Pieces line up. In that moment, it can feel as though real movement has occurred, as though something meaningful has been accomplished. That feeling is not imagined. Cognitive resolution is a real event. The danger appears when that internal resolution is quietly mistaken for external change, and thinking begins to substitute for action rather than prepare the way for it.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcastabout a month ago in Psyche
The Terrifying Psychology That Can Turn Anyone Into a Monster (Including You)
What do you think is your quiet thought when you hear something really awful, a story of cruelty, or a dreadful injustice? It is most likely to be something such as, "I would never do that." We reassure ourselves that monsters are of another breed. They are the bad men, the men with a crooked soul, the men with something wrong in their hearts.
By Tarek Rakhiessabout a month ago in Psyche
