coping
Life presents variables; learning how to cope in order to master, minimize, or tolerate what has come to pass.
Best of Alan Watts
Most of you might not be aware of who Alan Watts is, but he is actually a notable philosophical figure of our time. He recently passed away, which comes as a blow to the philosophy community, but his teachings will always be remembered through books, various recordings, and lectures that were given by him on various accounts. Watts was a pioneer in teaching the western world about eastern religious practices and Buddhism.
By Slaydro KinSmoke8 years ago in Psyche
Video Games and Depression
I've been enjoying video games in some form or another for almost two decades, but more prevalently since I bought an Xbox 360 in 2007. What started out as an occasional hobby became something that I love doing, a place where I made friends and somewhere to distract me from suicidal thoughts and to make me feel happy. They are something I can do to focus on something other than how I feel; they can make you feel so many different things over the course of a story. They also allow you to go places you wouldn’t ordinarily go, places you wouldn’t imagine, both real and fictional.
By Duncan Ainsworth8 years ago in Psyche
Dungeons & Dragons & Depression
"I reject your reality and substitute my own."- Adam Savage Reality, in its collective, is horrifying. I came to this conclusion a few years ago when my own battles with depression increased in intensity. On the small scale, I was struggling to deal with my own day to day life. Paying bills, rent, working, socializing, and being creative seemed like trudging through thick tar with no end in sight. Large scale problems like civil rights, war, poverty, and the laughingstock that is our political system seemed like insurmountable problems, but I worried about them all the same. It seemed this world was just not worth living in anymore.
By Sean Fraser8 years ago in Psyche
Self Harming
In this essay, I’m going to briefly discuss and hopefully alter your perspective on certain aspect of the mental ‘illness’, typically termed “Self Harming” or “Self Harming Behaviour”. I present three interrelated points, the literal definition of the word, its nature within reality, and finally a brief juxtaposition with the Taoist Yin Yang notion.
By Ashley Kent8 years ago in Psyche
My Depression, Anxiety, and Truth
Recently, I wrote a post on my personal Facebook page about depression. I touched on the fact that depression is not merely the feeling of being sad, but in and of itself, much more than that. This "thing" we call depression rears its head in other forms. Forms such as, anger, isolation, anxiety, the feeling of being overwhelmed or underwhelmed, darkness, emptiness, paranoia, and sometimes even feeling like you are drowning in a deep, dark sea and you can see no "hope" of a light in the distance to be saved.
By Wynter Snowe-Gem8 years ago in Psyche
Living with My Mental Illnesses
What I want to talk about today are my mental illnesses. They are the reason I started writing. I have anxiety and depression. As a result of these, I have an on/ off relationship with food and have great difficulty sleeping. I also suffer from sleep paralysis.
By Rebecca Jones8 years ago in Psyche
Coping with Social Anxiety
According to Mayo Clinic, social anxiety disorder (also known as social phobia) is essentially the feelings of nervousness, such as anxiety, fear, and self-consciousness, during everyday interactions. The most common being the fear of being judged or scrutinized by other people.
By Monte brogdon8 years ago in Psyche
My Strange Addiction
Trichotillomania. I don’t expect you will have heard of this before. I’m yet to meet anyone who is familiar with the word, or indeed, the condition. That’s partly because I’ve never spoken openly about my own personal affliction with this “disorder.”
By Anika Heale8 years ago in Psyche
