selfcare

The importance of self-care is paramount; enhance your health and wellbeing, manage your stress, and maintain control under pressure.

3 Ways Your Nightmares Are Messing With Your Sleep
We all have those nights when nothing can keep us from the horrors of our waking lives. Nightmares are a universal part of growing up and almost everyone experiences them at some point in their lives. The frequency and intensity of nightmares can change over time, however, leading some people to wonder if there isn’t something more going on. Nightmare frequency and intensity is directly related to how well you sleep. If you’re having frequent nightmares, it likely means that something about your sleep is out of whack. Understanding exactly what is causing this phenomenon allows you to take steps toward fixing it. Consider these three ways your nightmares are messing with your sleep.
By Olalusi Enoch3 years ago in Psyche
Yes, Self-Love is Important
This week, I celebrate my second anniversary. That’s right. I started seeing a therapist for the first time 2 years ago. The most important takeaway from my sessions? The importance of self-love and how I sucked at it when I started.
By Alexander Benesch3 years ago in Psyche
Is anybody out there?
Why do we write? Why do we do anything? What is the point? Does anyone even care? I used to think it mattered. What I did. What I said. What I contributed to society.
By Jennidoll of (jennidoll.inc)3 years ago in Psyche
Grief Is Funny Like That
I never expected him to actually finish anything. He was always leaving. I always picture him with a suitcase in his hand. Sometimes I wonder what he would look like now. When I close my eyes I still see his smile and I swear I could smell him, Well him before the shooting. I dream of him sometimes and he's smiling and walking toward me and then I wake up. I wake up happy then reality sets in. For a long time, I wasn't able to talk about it. Even thinking about his death made me sick to my stomach. Sometimes thinking about it still makes me sick to my stomach almost nine years later. I thought that I would be less traumatized by it after all of these years but I'm not. I'm still that traumatized 17-year-old who just lost her best friend to gun violence. Things can change in a heartbeat. If we didn't walk down that street at that time he would still be here. I would still have my best friend here. But I can't change that. It took me years to stop blaming myself. Somedays I still blame myself or I blame God. Not the actual person who murdered him.
By Nat 3 years ago in Psyche
The Responsibility of Your Employer for better Mental Health
The average worker will spend a total of 100,000 hours of their lives at work. Even though work may be the source of self-fulfillment or just a way to stay afloat and support the family financially, it has serious mental health ramifications. So, we are left asking the following:
By Confidential Conversations3 years ago in Psyche
Empathy // Rediscovered
» KEY POINTS One day, something broke... or rather repaired... inside of me. Suddenly feeling empathy for the first time helped me realize that I had been missing so much. There is a massive gap between the compassion I did feel and thought was enough and actual empathy for other human beings.
By J.P. Prag3 years ago in Psyche
Being Me
Being Unique & Always “the Other” Born in a refugee camp following WW2 to parents fleeing from Lithuania just ahead of Stalin's army, I have always been the outsider, the foreigner, the stranger. Till 18, I didn’t even qualify for the citizenship of any country. Truly an outsider.
By Vytas Stoskus3 years ago in Psyche
A Day in the Life of Bipolar Disorder: What It’s Like To Live With Mental Illness
Can you relate? I wake up and can’t get out of bed. I feel like a pink hippo is taking a nap on my chest. All I want to do is sleep, but I force myself to get up, anyway. It’s been like this for a few days now. Every morning feels like an impossible battle just to keep going.
By Scott Ninneman3 years ago in Psyche
Live in the Now if Your Mental Health is Suffering
In the time my Bride and I have been together, I’ve learned a lot from her. She’s been a counselor for about 22 years. I’ve picked up a few tips and pointers about mental health struggles. She’s helped many people deal with the challenge of living in the now.
By The Mouthy Renegade Writer3 years ago in Psyche
Pinball Wizard
Nothing about the grieving process is easy. Nothing. Not even the sitting around and crying. Those tears are the most gut-wrenching tears many of us will ever shed and each one slashes through us as if our flesh were nothing more than a suggestion.
By Monica Cable3 years ago in Psyche
"An Essay Concerning Human Understanding" by John Locke
One of the most significant and fascinating facets of human life has always been philosophy. It has relevance because it creates meanings and values. Furthermore, philosophy completes people's lives in this way. For a deeper comprehension of all that surrounds humans, it is vital to research and assess various philosophical ideas. Because of this, this work will be regarded as the subject of John Locke's thesis on the value and utility of human understanding.
By indika sampath3 years ago in Psyche
Two Tiny Habits That Significantly Improved My Mental Health and Life
There’s a powerful quote I constantly think about that goes, “Show me a person’s habits and I will show you what their future will look like”. I’m not sure who said it exactly but that’s beside the point.
By Kathia Jurado3 years ago in Psyche