recovery
Your illness does not define you. It's your resolve to recover that does.
Mirroring Wilderness
After many tests, trials, assessments, a conclusion has been drawn. For your lack of self-love you have been deemed a lost cause impossible to love. Whether you were loved or not is of no consequence when what is found at the bottom line is that if you do not love you, how can anyone else? You are the fool. The chagrin of your fellow denizens. How you chose to live your life spoke louder volumes than your tongue ever could. One last ditched effort of embellishment is that you weren’t fully cognizant of your disposition. There it is again. But I digress.
By Arthur Essay4 years ago in Psyche
My little crab hand
My mama used to tell me I'm like a pink tree in a green forest. "People will stare because it's different. They will also stare because it's magnificent." As she'd hold me in her arms, I'd try to let her sweet touch and comforting words reassure my aching being. My mama tried very hard to make me understand that there is nothing wrong with me. Even more so, that being different is beautiful. Although I couldn't help but agonize in wondering why. Why? Why me? Flawed, shameful, ugly, faulty... I got the notion inside my head that, somehow, I was defective and needed to hide my hand.
By Katherine Emma4 years ago in Psyche
The Decisions We Make
Life is full of moments that change everything. Imagine if you will staring into a mirror, then smashing it with a hammer. You can try to piece it back together, but it's forever altered. Sometimes those moments are massive like a house fire. Other times they are so small and seemingly insignificant you might have missed it. Have you ever taken a moment to look back on your life and thought about the changes and challenges you have overcome? Allow me a bit of your time to tell you a few instances in my life that have shattered proverbial mirrors in my life that have changed everything. However, I feel the need to inform you, the reader, that this does deal with sexual abuse and a suicide attempt.
By Tiggerish Eeyore (Aaron Wood)4 years ago in Psyche
Death Shaped My Life For The Better
My coming-of-age story was just a prelude to the rest of my life. Painful experiences and what to do with them was the greatest lesson that thrust me into adulthood. It started the summer of my 17th birthday. I was a junior in high school and my cousin ended her own life. It sparked something in me that was fighting to be seen and heard. I too had wanted to kill myself at the age of 16. When I told my mother that she cried, and she couldn’t understand why I wanted to die. Honestly back then neither could I but I didn’t know how to live.
By Matthew Mccahey4 years ago in Psyche
I'm just looking for the way out.
A week or so ago I was sitting outside in my yard in a quiet meditation. Feeling the cold grass on my thighs and hands, the breeze cutting through the stifling heat is just so nice.. ya'll know it's been hot this summer. I've been meditating on how to grow spiritually for months now. Thinking about how my Atheist upbringing, Christian late teens and 20s, Buddhist research and practice, and all the drugs in between; How none of them filled me. Nothing so far made me feel free, happy, whole. My husband is amazing, my son is just perfect, and our cats are my loves. I thought having my own world put together and functioning after coming out of addiction would free me. I thought being sober would free me. I thought I had a higher power that was freeing me through these painful transformative life events. So why do I feel alone? And the universe answered.
By Amaya DreamDriven4 years ago in Psyche
Sober Living Program in Hayward, CA
Sober Living in Hayward CA has become more popular in recent years, due to a number of factors. The economy has taken its toll on many people around the country, and it has become tough to make ends meet. The high cost of living also adds a big financial burden onto families. Add to that all the stress that is present with work, family and finances, and sometimes there is just too much to deal with on a daily basis. This is where Sober Living in Hayward comes into play.
By Dennis Hackworth4 years ago in Psyche
Getting into a Inpatient Drug Rehab in Babylon New York
When a person is searching for the most effective treatment program or rehab facility for an addict, they should look no further than Inpatient drug rehab in Babylon NY. The medical care received in an Inpatient rehab program setting is superior to that of outpatient programs and is usually provided at a reduced cost. An addict will spend time in a medically induced environment where professional help is available to treat their addiction. The severity of the addiction and the frequency of trips to the doctor will determine how long the stay will be.
By Margy Gabbard4 years ago in Psyche
You Don't Need Make-Up
I grew up never wearing much makeup and in my twenties, even less. Then there were children, I birthed two and my husband was a practicing alcohol/drug addict. When we were getting divorced and the judge mistakenly said, "And you have three children," I pointed at my soon to be ex-husband, laughed and said, "yes, I did have three, until today!" The ex didn't think that was very funny. How did I get to the point of divorce. I was married to this man for 13 years and we were together for 15 years. I knew from our early dating that he had a problem with alcohol. I was used to alcoholics. That is who I loved and continue to love. I grew up as a codependent, as the saying goes. And what does this have to do with makeup? Well, I am here to tell you.
By Denise E Lindquist4 years ago in Psyche
Snow In April
Snow on my birthday was the best possible gift Denver could have given me after the past five birthdays here. That is not to say that the others haven’t been beautiful in their own way, but instead to say that now, finally at 32, an age that I never thought I would reach, a blanket of soft, fresh, silent snow, is exactly what I wanted from Mother Nature.
By Kymi Parker5 years ago in Psyche
