humanity
Mental health is a fundamental right; the future of humanity depends on it.
Afraid
Was I born wretched? Were we all born evil? Or were we born into evil? We are all of that and everything in between. We have the ability to be wretched, kind, amazing, evil. Damn. Thinking about it, I didn't realize how fucking terrible I would feel throughout my 23 years of living. You think it's all rainbows and sunshine? Here's a tip, it's NOT. Even when you conquer one obstacle, there's plenty more to follow. Sounds depressing, doesn't it? Well, it's depressing to try and completely be okay and joyous every single day and have life fuck you. You thought you were doing so well. You probably were doing well. Then you kind of just stop caring. I'm not saying being positive is a bad thing but you can't run from suffering—you CAN'T. I've been there, masking all of the things I was going through and I broke, man. It almost came to a point to where I wanted to end my life. I felt like a stuffed animal, with all of this repressed sadness and anger towards life. I was swallowing any outlet that I could find to feel better. I was in this dark, dark place so far deep I couldn't swim or move. Life is fucking crazy and its an every day battle and it's hard to accept it.
By Nicolette Heisler8 years ago in Psyche
Somewhere Between Certainty and Doubt
Belief is in our blood. We will kill for our ideals, ideologies, and belief systems. We naturally seek certainty and structure, yet we all grow weary of structure as time chugs along. We tend to doubt. We doubt our morals. We doubt our worth. We doubt our perception. Our fickle brains take sledgehammers to everything that we once believed to be true. Order descends into chaos as the dragon of doubt burns down the kingdom we have spent centuries constructing. Better things grow from that destruction. Flowers reach from the stone the very next spring, giving way to brand new ideas. Certainty and doubt should not be mutually exclusive, for they are both very necessary. Juxtaposing certainty and doubt creates extremes that will only destroy and leave us stagnant.
By David Hawkins III8 years ago in Psyche
How Our Bodies Are Holding Us Back
Why is it we wonder, in an age that so glorifies the toil for perfection, how we've come to view our bodies through such a distorted lens? Our society praises those who strive, who suffer in the name of success, for the sake of admonishing those who settle- leaving us to question just who could dare to be seen as anything other than unattainable? As a collective, we've stripped ourselves of our humanity, layer by layer, in favour of growing a new skin: One of invincibility. We've come to associate being at our peak with being untouchable, but set it at too steep a climb for the majority to make- marking not only the expectation, but the demand that we reach the top, in a trembling flag at its summit.
By The Daily Muse8 years ago in Psyche
Am I Crazy?
I've been admitted to the psychiatric ward of the hospital three times. You could call me crazy. You could say that I was in the "mad house" or "crazy ward". Maybe it's true, maybe I am crazy. Maybe there are some parts of the hospital that are for "crazy" people. But my experiences have been perfectly normal, and have taught me a lot about others.
By Amanda Doyle8 years ago in Psyche
44/52: Week One - The Intake
05/05/2019: The Intake So my day isn’t going very well. Yes, I know you didn’t ask, but we are both here so let’s make the best of a shitty situation shall we? Like I was trying to say before you rudely rolled your eyes, my day is not going very well. My boss left a vague, yet detailed passive aggressive note in my employee box this morning. It said the following.
By Richard Newman8 years ago in Psyche
