anxiety
A look at anxiety in its many forms and manifestations; what is the nature of this specific pattern of extreme fear and worry?
Do We Ever Really Heal, or Just Learn to Hide It?
No one tells you this, but healing is rarely loud or dramatic. It does not arrive with a clear ending, a final conversation, or a moment where everything suddenly makes sense. Most days, it looks like waking up tired, pretending you are fine, and carrying memories you no longer talk about. Maybe that is not healing at all. Maybe it is just survival wearing a calmer face.
By Salman Writesabout a month ago in Psyche
Addiction Recovery Guide. Breaking Free & Staying Resilient.
Being addicted to either something and/or someone is more common than you think. It is commonplace and natural to think of drugs, food and drinks (mainly the alcoholic variety) when it comes to addictions; yet people can be addicted to a myriad of substances, people, and circumstances. What starts as an obsession breeds an addiction.
By Justine Crowleyabout a month ago in Psyche
When Life Gets Too Much
"Each one of us has lived through some devastation, some loneliness, some weather superstorm or spiritual superstorm; when we look at each other, we must say, I understand. I understand how you feel because I have been there myself. We must support each other and empathize with each other because each of us is more alike than we are unalike."
By Elizabeth Woodsabout a month ago in Psyche
What Steps Do I Take to Start With a Ketamine-Assisted Therapy Consultation?. AI-Generated.
Starting a new mental health treatment can feel intimidating especially when it involves something unfamiliar. Most people who explore ketamine-based care aren’t chasing a trend, they’re usually seeking relief after other approaches didn’t fully work. If you’re curious but cautious, that’s a healthy place to begin.
By Adrienne D. Mullinsabout a month ago in Psyche
What Role Does Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy Play in Depression Care?. AI-Generated.
Depression doesn’t always respond to the paths that once worked. For some people, medication dulls symptoms without touching the core pain. For others, talk therapy brings insight but not relief. When progress stalls, it can feel discouraging like doing everything “right” without moving forward. In recent years, a different therapeutic approach has drawn attention for how it opens emotional access, especially when other options fall short.
By Adrienne D. Mullinsabout a month ago in Psyche
Psychedelic Therapy for Depression, Anxiety, and Trauma
For people who have tried talk therapy, medication, journaling, meditation and still feel stuck psychedelic-assisted approaches can feel like an unexpected opening. Not a shortcut, not a miracle, but a different way of working with the mind when conventional paths fall short. Interest continues to grow because these therapies don’t aim to suppress symptoms; they invite people to understand them.
By Adrienne D. Mullinsabout a month ago in Psyche
A new gadget translates stroke victims' silent speech
Some stroke victims are still able to move their lips and form words, but their speech is no longer understandable to others. With the promise to facilitate daily communication and restore some degree of independence in daily care, a soft, neck-worn gadget now seeks to translate those silent, laborious attempts into clear spoken utterances.
By Francis Damiabout a month ago in Psyche
Essence, Embodiment, and Relational Reality
The Failure of Reduction and the Need for Synthesis There is a persistent failure in many modern attempts to explain what a human being is. Some frameworks reduce the person entirely to matter, insisting that identity, consciousness, morality, and meaning are nothing more than emergent properties of physical processes. Other frameworks move in the opposite direction, detaching spirit from reason and grounding belief in intuition alone, often at the cost of coherence or accountability. Both approaches fail because both misunderstand essence. One denies that essence exists at all. The other treats it as something vague and undefinable.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcastabout a month ago in Psyche
