Latest Stories

Most recently published stories in Psyche.

True Evil Is, Above All, Seductive
It slithers. Slipping into your room in the night while your eyes remain closed and your breathing is at a steady rhythm. While a collection of rapid images flutter beyond closed eyelids, ones made to either bring joy or adventure, Its cold fingers pinch at the fabric of your sheets. Its blazing breath, rancid and foul, coats along your skin until seeping into your pours. Before you know it, you've absorbed It, and you do not understand the true terror that ensues once you open your eyes.
By Genie Moon9 years ago in Psyche
Losing a Loved One
A lot of misery stems around death. The demise of a pet, a friend, a family member. It is a pivotal moment in anyone's life, and it can change someone exponentially afterward.
By scc9 years ago in Psyche
Diagnosed
Bipolar II disorder is a bipolar spectrum disorder characterized by at least one episode of hypomania lasting a minimum one week, and at least one episode of major depression lasting three months or more. Like our unique finger prints and eye colors, our brains are all different. No one will fit all of the exact diagnostic text book criteria.
By Leanne Livingstone9 years ago in Psyche
Suicide
In August, my uncle killed himself. He left his home at 8 o'clock in the morning, walked out the the woods where him and his brothers used to go fishing, and hanged himself.
By Casey Rose9 years ago in Psyche
Unceremonious Unveiling
There are few moments in life that burn itself in your memory on impact. There are some times you remember being at; sometimes a smell can take you back to your childhood, or a certain feeling of nostalgia when you bite into a peanut butter and banana sandwich like mom used to make you.
By Blake Theau Thor9 years ago in Psyche
The Road to Recovery
I don't know if this road is a road less traveled, or a road walked on by many, but I do know that this road will take me to a beautiful place, and the journey, just as wonderful. I am 22 years old, and I am 70 days clean from all mind altering substances. 5 years ago, I found methamphetamine, a demon of a drug, a crystal shard recipe for disaster. I remember the day I held a hot flame under that glass bowl, and inhaled my first breathe of the insidious, black hole of a life that I lived for so long. I thought that I had found true euphoria. I thought that for the first time, I had clarity and peace of mind. Really, I had found my master, and I was now it's slave.
By Katie sevin9 years ago in Psyche
I Feel Bad My Boyfriend Has to Deal with My Anxiety and Depression
Most people who suffer from a mental illness know it's everything but easy. I suffer from anxiety and depression and now I feel like it's taking a toll on my boyfriend.
By Leslie soto9 years ago in Psyche
Grief
Grieving is an extremely powerful emotional response. It overwhelms you, stretching to every corner of your mind, body and soul. You experience an array of awful sensations, one minute your gasping for air, as if you’re drowning, next it feels as though theres a mountain sitting on your chest, crushing you. Grief is the most intense form of sadness you could possibly ever endure.
By scc9 years ago in Psyche
Please Stop Saying Everyone Is a Little ADD
As I was sitting on the bus coming back from the gym yesterday, I overheard a conversation about this topic. How people think they have anxiety and other mental health issues because they had a bad day and feel stressed while at the same time, when asked whether or not they have been diagnosed. When people do that, it truthfully does absolutely nothing other than make you look uneducated regarding a serious medical condition. How many times have you heard people say things such as 'everyone is a little ADHD' or 'I know what it’s like to have anxiety' and 'I had a really stressful week' and so on. Statements such as these and other statements that are along the same lines, do absolutely nothing, other than take away from the seriousness of the various things someone diagnosed with a mental health issue goes through on a daily basis.
By S P9 years ago in Psyche
When Anxiety Won't Go Away
This past weekend was not particularly stressful. We didn’t go out or participate in any social events. For the most part, we stayed home, watched television, and played games. However, most of the weekend, I spent in what could only be described as a prolonged panic attack.
By Vanessa Cherron Riser9 years ago in Psyche
Black and Crazy
I am a mixed raced woman, just for clarification. I have a Black Caribbean mother and a White European father. Something I noticed growing up was the way that black families deal with mental health and disordered behaviour.
By Charlemagne Griffin - Anker9 years ago in Psyche
The Dark Night of the Soul
Finding a pound on the ground, a holy dollar of fortune, can light up your whole day and until you spend it you can feel you’re not penniless. And then walking around town you see things to spend it on: a coffee, a sandwich, a piece of fruit or some beggar holding his hand out, maybe a plastic cross or the pound shop that has hundreds of shelves with things that are only a pound.
By Dean Moriarty9 years ago in Psyche