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A solid support system is invaluable for one's recovery from psychiatric illness and mental health issues.
The Girl at Seat 4B: What I Learned by Ignoring My Phone for a Month
The blue light was my morning prayer. Before my feet hit the floor, before the coffee breathed its first steam, I was scrolling. I fed on a diet of outrage, filtered perfection, and the relentless "ping" of notifications that made me feel important while I was actually becoming invisible.
By imtiazalam7 days ago in Psyche
International Women’s Day: the freedom not to be perfect
Today is International Women’s Day, and I’m writing this from the dining table while listening to Radio 3 Unwind. I’m sitting down with my laptop and a going-cold cup of tea, after Virginia Woolf’s famous essay A Room of One’s Own popped into my head. In it, she reflects that for a woman to write fiction, she needed two things: money and a room of her own (ideally with a door that closes). What she really meant, perhaps, was time to think and the freedom to exist inside her own mind.
By Chelsea Branch9 days ago in Psyche
Stop - Just Stop it right now
"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 Woods10 days ago in Psyche
