family
Family can be our support system. Or they can be part of the problem. All about the complicated, loving, and difficult relationship with us and the ones who love us.
My Experience With Music and Anxiety/Depression
I am not an avid writer. However, I am a musician in a band called Cape Cub and also a mental health sufferer. Firstly, I have suffered for a long time with anxiety and depression, and as context for this story, my father had daily struggles with these illnesses also.
By jack jones8 years ago in Psyche
Focus on Your Kids
As our generation begins to mature and sprout, we may notice that while some thrive and socialize — others will sit back and almost disappear. As a person who suffers with depression, I can tell you that even though most people believe they know what it is, you probably don't know the details of it. In-depth depression is more then a serious sadness and it has consumed 20 percent of teens before they reach adulthood.
By Kiarra Dries8 years ago in Psyche
We Moved!
What’s the hardest thing you’ve ever had to do? I've gotten myself though abuse, addictions, and suicidal thoughts; now, I'm getting myself through a move. A month ago, I moved to a new town to start over. A fresh start was something my son and I needed. Like anything, changes has its ups and downs. The only person I know here is my boyfriend, and I am so grateful to be able to live with him and have a new family life, but the change has been hard. My depression has gotten considerably worse.
By Dagny Desiree8 years ago in Psyche
My Dad Is Mentally Ill
Today while watching an episode of ER, a sub-story triggered a long held memory. A six-year-old boy had just found out his mother was a paranoid schizophrenic, and although just a show, I felt his sadness to my core...because I, too, have lived this life.
By Crystal Damato-Pineda8 years ago in Psyche
Not Just Luck
Beginning my life wasn’t always easy. I was a baby, but everything seemed to difficult. As I began to grow up I would get bullied at school, at church, in the grocery stores, in my own house, my mother never really knew how I felt, my father was always working, and my older siblings could care less how I felt. I had a younger brother but... he was like 3 years old, he didn’t understand what was happening.
By Leslie Garcia8 years ago in Psyche
Unwanted
Dear Loved Ones, Have you ever felt like a ghost... a ghost who is trying to reach out to people, but no matter what she does, they will never see or hear her cries for help. Well if you have felt that way, so have I, and it hurts. It hurts that no matter what you do or say, nobody will see or understand you. All my life I've been invisible, at home, at school, in public, everywhere I went I was the girl nobody even noticed. Even in my own family people didn't even know my mother had a second daughter. I go to work and I feel like nobody wants me around but how do I tell my loved ones my true feelings, how do I tell my loved ones that I need their love right now more then ever?
By Shelby Spencer8 years ago in Psyche
Empty
It seemed like the perfect time to die. Alex had been thinking about his death for a long time now, fantasizing about the way he would do it, imagining the look on everyone's faces, the silent vigil and tiny shrine his classmates would come up with. Would they regret not talking to him? Would they regret the way they seemed to look through him? He wondered if anyone at school would truly miss him.
By Astha Writes8 years ago in Psyche
An Open Letter to My Abuser
I'm scared. I'm scared of being happy, I'm scared of opening my mouth, I'm scared of crying, and most of all, I'm scared of you. I love you, but all you do is hurt me. Even when you don't mean too, it's like I don't matter anymore. I can't understand why.
By Marissa Dover8 years ago in Psyche
