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Advice and tips on managing mental health, maintaining a positive outlook and becoming your happiest self.

My Time in Vocational Rehabilitation
We have all known people. Perhaps they are family members. We wondered why they were still living at home in their thirties or forties. We whispered about them and gossiped about them at the dinner table.
By Lawson Wallace5 years ago in Psyche
'Deperson'
What does it mean to deperson someone? This is what I would like to consider today. Note, I do not speak of depersonalising or depersonalisation, though these are indeed associated experiences and referents. The word deperson, as I use it refers to the act of willfully denying another the expression or the meaning that they may wish to convey in an encounter with you. I may also put it as willfully ignoring the situation that the person may be representing to you, a situation in which they may be in, and in which you, through your encounter with them may share. Let us say that I were to ask you as to where you may have found your watch, telling me it's make would not be an answer to my question, and in denying the volition of my agency, you deperson me.
By Arsh K.S5 years ago in Psyche
Mental Health Matters 100%
Hats off to Simone Biles, an Olympic gymnast from the USA who decided to pull out of the Olympic race, not due to physical fatigue, but rather the mental and emotional toll the pandemic and abuse had put on her life; and good on her for taking a stand. This awesome article highlights in further detail all that Simone has been through, in order to make that all important decision. On the flip side, she gained much love, respect, and admiration from people who know her direct, and conversely from others who do not know her from a bar of soap.
By Justine Crowley5 years ago in Psyche
Normalize "No"
I am not an athlete. I do not have pressure from entire countries and endorsements on my shoulders. I do not have the eyes of history boring into my back. I have no idea what it is like for people in such positions. However, what we've been seeing unfold this year, and frankly, for decades, is that at least in the United States (and I imagine this is the case in many other places), we have a mentality that forces people into uncomfortable and dangerous situations where the individual feels either too powerless, or too full of shame, to say, "No. I can't/won't do it."
By Mimi Sonner5 years ago in Psyche
In Her Shoes
A young lady, perhaps one of the world's greatest living athletes made the decision to step away from something she has trained her whole life for because she understood at the ripe old of age 24 something most never will.
By Rebecca Brooks5 years ago in Psyche
My name is Yetunde
I had to come to terms that I had a short afro; and black elbows, and black knees, and wider hips, and a wide nose, and bigger lips,
By Fiona Nneka5 years ago in Psyche
Online ADHD Tests - How Can They Help You Find Out If Your Child Has ADHD?
Typically, however, these specialists specialize in diagnosing and treating Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or ADD. The reason for this is that there are some subtypes of ADHD that need to be properly treated and diagnosed. In most cases, treatment is provided on a trial and error basis. Because of the various types of ADHD, it is often necessary for parents and doctors to use a variety of different diagnostic tools to find the right combination of treatment options that will best suit an individual patient.
By Cynthia Dean5 years ago in Psyche
When Your Life Falls Apart
It can be hard to find the light when it feels like everything has gone wrong. When your body's in crisis mode and you're consumed by stress, and focusing on anything else is difficult. There are different strategies to lift yourself back up and get your life back together, and here's some advice I hope will help you on the way.
By Tone Breistrand5 years ago in Psyche
The Great Resignation: some considerations before changing your career path
If you are currently having serious doubts about whether your current career path can actually lead to a better place, you’re certainly not alone. Last April, a staggering four million Americans quit their jobs, according to the Labor Department. As the pandemic is nearing its end, another 27% are planning to leave their employers in the nearby future. The reason we’re collectively having second thoughts about our current jobs is the fact that working from home has given us a lot more time to think about if we’re actually enjoying what we’re doing, so it seems that COVID-19 has made us realize that life is too short to spend our lives doing something we don’t like. Where the stats show an obvious trend, it also leads to a snowball effect as many of us seem to jump the bandwagon without thinking their decision through. Although we absolutely encourage you to change career paths if you are truly unhappy, we also recommend taking a few of the following aspects into consideration first.
By Daniel Negrijn5 years ago in Psyche
Bouldering: Creativity through Limitation
I have experimented with various hobbies, from playing guitar to drawing, in the hopes of finding a way that I could explore my creative side. They have helped, and I still take part in some of those hobbies to this day, but I always come back to a wall full of grimy, colorful plastic rocks, which has been my sanctuary and creative outlet for the past ten years or so.
By FP5 years ago in Psyche
Your Satisfaction is not Your Identity
Identity. Individualism. The downfall of the West. We have long been separated from something truly meaningful. We find our meaning through our outward projections of what we think is our entire self. But we are yet unaware or simply in denial about what is essential to human life.
By Kristopher Michael Cafaldo5 years ago in Psyche
Paying Upfront or Until the End of Your Life
When we buy something we need to pay for it, that’s just economics and a commercial reality. Sometimes though we pay in other ways that are not commercial but commercially devastating. Compromising the moral economy has dire consequences and the currency is a lot more valuable than dollars and cents.
By Dean Gee5 years ago in Psyche