trauma
At its core, trauma can be thought of as the psychological wounds that persist, even when the physical ones are long gone.
Suicide is Prevalent
How to deal with people who can’t stand you? (I ignore them.) How to keep going on when you can’t keep going on? I hear about people ending their lives because I guess they are unhappy, scared, or depressed. It becomes dangerous and destructive. I mainly hear depression is the reason people commit suicide. They commit suicide because they cannot go another day of living on earth. Do they have friends or someone to talk to? We should be more open to friendships and relationships. Human touch, hugs, talking, and knowing you have someone there for you. Human touch builds up the immune system too. It makes people healthy too. I think that is wonderful that friends make us healthier. Friends help us smile and help us live longer.
By Regina Mauldin4 years ago in Psyche
Cost of Convenience. Top Story - January 2022.
To wake up mesmerized and still breathing was both terrifying and humbling. I woke up, forever changed, at 20 years old. I woke up with a traumatic brain injury – a TBI that would set the tone for the rest of my life. But I didn’t know it then. The fall Colorado breeze brushed against my hair, my black Security Forces beret now MIA, having shot out of the SUV like I did. Shot out of the windshield that smashed. Shot out, landing right on my head then blacking out.
By BC Purchas4 years ago in Psyche
The Trauma Is Inherited From Your Parents!
This theory was developed when children of Holocaust survivors who were never in a concentration camp were observed and yet had the same symptoms of post-traumatic stress as their parents; their children, the grandchildren of the concentration camp survivors, also had the same symptoms.
By John Wheeler4 years ago in Psyche
Why is it so important to heal from NARCISSISTIC TRAUMA?
Why is it so important to understand and heal from narcissistic trauma? Narcissistic abuse is a form of emotional abuse perpetrated by someone who suffers from narcissism or sociopathy. These individuals tend – whether conscious or unconscious – to use words and language in manipulative ways to damage, alter, or otherwise control others' behaviors.
By Christa Cusack O'Neill4 years ago in Psyche
How Did A Story of Being Groomed on The Internet Turn Into A Campaign for “Not All Men”?
(photo source: Suzi Kim on Unsplash) Trigger Warning: Talk of sexual situations involving a minor I chose to write a very personal story about when I was groomed by strange men in an infamous online chatroom. I understood putting this out there would warrant criticism — which is fine. But I wasn’t prepared for the number of people who told me that I shouldn’t think negatively of men.
By That Psych Nerd4 years ago in Psyche
The Octopus and Tumbleweed
I feel his gaze before I see him. A deep pull almost turns me inside out and straight into the space between my body and the air around me. This strangeness of feeling makes me look into the crowd for the source. I spot him like a shooting star’s glow across a night sky. His eyes are down, where he is maybe writing or reading, I can’t tell. Then he looks up at me, his eyes studying me intensely as I move through the air, where I am suspended in the space that I can so clearly feel all around me now. It is all so distracting I lose my concentration and slip mid-air a few feet before I regain my grip. The crowd gasps. My head hangs to where I am now looking directly at him, his golden-green eyes wide, holding me steady in the air. Who is he?
By Tanja Kaia Kala4 years ago in Psyche
Awaken
I fell back in love with San Francisco, with you. You helped me close my chapter there and start fresh and new in Los Angeles. I thank the universe for sending me a nice human, a sober human, and an intelligent human with dreams. After I had caused chaos in my own family and tormented those close to me with my own despair, I had a glimmer of hope. And it was you. Sorry to have put all that pressure on you, but I thank you for getting me clean and sober, down to Los Angeles, and leaving me at the perfect time.
By Kyle Thomas Shea4 years ago in Psyche
THE STAR OF JUDAH
THE STAR OF JUDAH By Deborah Dereje Tsige I love to watch films. My favorite ones are the sports flicks where you feel so moved that you have to clap from your sofa. The streamers break over you, the boy kisses the girl, and for some reason, you jump up so strongly that your glass of Guinness spills over the Persian rug preachers’ wives buy at Factory Warehouses. Richard chuckled as he scrubbed his goof off the corner, eye-ing me like this will be a funny story someday. After fifteen minutes,bundles of Charmin brand paper towels and the licks of our elderly border collie- I feared that this stain wasn’t going to blow over after a quick chuckle.
By Deborah Tsige4 years ago in Psyche
Samedi
You would’ve thought the whole town was in Davinas backyard. War drums pounding to wake her ancestors. The yard shimmered with moonlight, making the dew on the grass sparkle. Four drummers on the left of the yard and four on the right. Two women danced surrounding the fire in conjur magic. There movements mocked the flames or it may have been the other way around. Joe was one of the tallest people she’d ever met and the towns most gifted Rootworker. Like a giant he stood 6’7 in the center of the yard with his famous saxophone playing Muddy Waters famous “Got my mojo working.” White paint dripping from his face, a red serpent along his forehead and bones ringing on both wrists. Tonight was a full moon and was perfect for the ritual. White sheets of cloth dances around the whole yard. Davinas skirt moved back and forth in the breeze.
By Briona Dabney 4 years ago in Psyche
The Truth About Narcissistic Abuse
By: Amanda Spradlin 12/28/2021 First things first. I am just leaving my narcissist after well over a decade of deceit and if nothing else from this article, let this first point be the takeaway; we don’t ever choose to stay. It is never a conscious choice that one makes. To stick around for some psychological showdown of who is the bigger and meaner clown is not a decision that we debate upon within our minds when contemplating a relationship. We want out, and more than anything else, we just want to feel safe in our own space. The problem is, we don’t know how.
By Amanda Spradlin4 years ago in Psyche
