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

Stop Waiting for Everything to go Back to Normal. Top Story - November 2021.
You’ve probably heard it before, or maybe you’re the one saying it. “When will things go back to normal?” Everyone wants to go back to a time before the pandemic, when they were comfortable in the life they were living, but it doesn’t look like that’s going to happen.
By Nicholas McKenna4 years ago in Psyche
“That’s Just the Way He/She Is” Should Not Be an Excuse for Toxic Behavior.
We are surrounded by all kinds of different personalities in our lives. Some people's behavior is overtly unacceptable and we know to stay away from them. While others display unhealthy personality traits that we accept by explaining away without realizing the negative impact they are having on our own mental health.
By Lena_Ann4 years ago in Psyche
My Ex-Boyfriend Saved Me To Boost His Own Ego
This article was previously published on Medium. Almost two years ago, I was quite an active member on dating apps despite the fact I could not have been more emotionally unavailable.
By Nicole Kenney4 years ago in Psyche
Have You Been Love-Scammed?
What does it mean to be love-scammed? Being love-scammed can mean anything from being catfished to dating a narcissist, a serial cheater, a bigamist, or someone who's just out to get money from vulnerable (usually older) men and women. Their intention is not all about you or the relationship, it's all about them!
By Yve Anmore4 years ago in Psyche
In the Most Desperate of Times When There Seems to Be No Hope, Just Live
Sometimes we wonder what our life’s really worth We wonder whether we’re fulfilling our purpose or not. Why do we wake up each morning? Why do we work so hard to make a living?
By Jocleyn Soriano4 years ago in Psyche
3 Not-So-Obvious Signs You’re Dealing with a Narcissist.
Narcissistic Personality Disorder Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) has become the most widely discussed Cluster B personality disorder in recent years. Rightly so considering it is estimated that up to 5% of the population may qualify for this diagnosis. Of course, this percentage can only be estimated because so few people who display narcissistic personality disorder traits ever seek a diagnosis.
By Lena_Ann4 years ago in Psyche
Acknowledge Your Fear and Leverage it to Your Advantage
As someone who has overcome severe depression, yeah duh I struggle with fear. Who doesn't? Fear and other negative emotions like guilt and shame can be powerful indicators when noticed and addressed.
By Nicolette Tura4 years ago in Psyche
How To Fake It When You Can't Find the Words
I tried to remember the words I wanted to speak. I couldn’t recall their meaning, so I went looking for paint. I thought maybe the colors would describe how I felt. The color I was looking for perhaps did not exist. So I was left mute, grey, without substance or adequate description; transparent—no, semi-opaque, glisteningly absent, like a spirit that couldn’t let go. Floating, yet drowning.
By Catherine Kenwell4 years ago in Psyche
This Is How Wisdom Is Truly Earned
We all want to be happy. But contrary to what most people assume - we're not owed happiness. There is this belief that life should break its back for us to be happy, that God should play a harp and throw a party - for us, to be happy.
By Rabih4 years ago in Psyche
When A Covert Narcissist Finds Someone New - Part 1
When a Covert Narcissist finds someone new, it can feel as if we weren’t/ or aren’t good enough. We can feel like our world is coming down around us.
By Frederick Emerson4 years ago in Psyche
On the Intellect of Visual People
I think that there is a general assumption that visual artists are not that smart. Like perhaps they weren’t that good at things like reading, writing or math and that’s why they were left to mess around with their crayons instead of graduating past that like most people. In my career in design I’ve experienced some of the fallout from this mindset—being overly praised for writing a good email or the weird surprise from people if I have anything of value to say as if I only thought in color, shape and fonts. As a caveat to this, I will say that in my observations, there are differences in communication styles among “word people” and “visuals people” and that I’ve had to figure out how to bridge this divide so that I could survive and have any influence in a “word people” dominant environment and lucky for me I have been able to do it because I think I happen to exist in between these worlds.
By Nadya Goest4 years ago in Psyche
How Real Confidence Is Built
The world isn’t always friendly, and no matter how prepared we seem to be — we keep being surprised (not always positively) by Nature’s wild & unpredictable, well, nature.
By Rabih4 years ago in Psyche