recovery
Your illness does not define you. It's your resolve to recover that does.
What You Eat Matters: 7 Healthy Foods That Can Help WIth Addiction Recovery
Addiction is an illness that permeates every area of your life. Like many other diseases, it can be overcome. The process of recovery is not easy, however. The foods you eat can help support your recovery as they meet your nutritional needs. Some may even help repair damage to organs from substance abuse. You know that what you put into your body has consequences. So, instead of binging on sweets or junk food, take the time to learn what foods will help you work through the recovery process.
By Craig Middleton6 years ago in Psyche
All the Zucchini
My life with Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Depression and how I asked for help... I sometimes think that we see images of people with mental illness, where they say to “reach out” and “ask for help” but we don’t see how they got to that moment. We see a person who tells us they were ill, and now they seem fine, or at least they are functioning. I think it’s hard for those who are suffering and at the beginning of the journey to get the help they are looking for, and to know just how long recovery takes and how messy that recovery is. This post is going to be long so if you have the time, say while you’re sitting in your car around the corner from your house after a long day at work, just looking for a little piece and quiet, that’s perfect. Or if you’re on the toilet, or waiting at the doctor’s office, or in line to renew your driver’s license picture, I hope I can fill your time with some useful entertainment.
By Whitney Sweet6 years ago in Psyche
Psych Hospitals
Through popular media today there are many ideas of what psychiatric hospitals are like. From dimly lit and dirty hallways lined with people in straight jackets and screaming that they want to kill you, to unwilling people being strapped down to beds and having injections forced upon them. Hollywood loves to portray psych hospitals as scary places where people get tortured or forced into things they don't want. But is that really what it's like? The short answer is no, that's not what it's like at all.
By Mariah Adams6 years ago in Psyche
Behavioral Health And Sensitivity - Finding Balance
Starting a new life after spending years in drugs and substance abuse is uphill. The chances are high that you are likely to relapse, given the irresistible cravings for the drugs you had been used to. Besides the withdrawal effects, reconnecting the present to the past when you were lastly sober is impossible. Looking back to your lost opportunities might even pull you back. Therefore, the transition requires your commitment and respect to the strategies and resolutions you have set as a way of pulling off. To help you make things go straight after your rehab’s rescue, here are tips to increase your chances of success:
By davidlight6 years ago in Psyche
Overcoming Abuse Pt Two
People say that when your addicted to alcohol that they can quit anytime they want. Well I am living testament that in fact that is false. You see addiction grabs a hold of not only a persons mind but their heart and soul. As it did to many of the people I loved.
By Kathy Mohler6 years ago in Psyche
Overcoming Abuse
I was seventeen when I met my daughters dad. He was twenty five. I was young and naive thinking that an older man actually liked me for me and not what I could do for him. It wasn't until a year after dating I began to see the changes . Horrible changes that my young mind did not think were possible.
By Kathy Mohler6 years ago in Psyche
Forevermore Abstinent...
So I bet you're asking yourself right now, 'What does a bunch of birds (above) have to do with sobriety?' The answer to this conundrum would be, absolutely nothing- on the surface that is. But in reality, recovering addicts are much like a flock of birds insomuch as they tend to congregate in places to talk about their respective addictions. That's about where the comparison ends from the birds' perspective anyway. I mean it's not like these birds are discussing what they did to make an ass of themselves last night, or how many of their bird friends they pissed off or made uncomfortable because of their use of illegal narcotics or perfectly legal alcohol...the birds have better things to do I'm sure. Nests to build, eggs to warm and the like...
By Joseph Willson6 years ago in Psyche
I Too Am the Face of Addiction
I’ve never met a person struggling with substance abuse that wasn’t fighting it in some way. Addiction is a destructive illness that divorces parts of the brain from itself and suspends the sufferer in a constant state of self-battle, like a person continuously drowning who can reach the surface just long enough to elongate the suffering and glimpse redemption yet never fully break free. It shouldn’t be a surprise that the suicide rate among those with this terrible affliction is so high. You can only go through this mental abuse for so long before you reach a breaking point. It doesn’t matter how strong you are. Torture breaks everyone eventually.
By J. Shifman6 years ago in Psyche
The First Word
I have considered myself a writer since I was a teen and could string together words that sounded deep. I have talked about writing a book most of my adult life. I have come up with interesting titles. I have thought about the content. I have sat in front of my computer for hours staring at it hoping that the words will form. I am a fraud. I am not a writer. I have no degree in literature or journalism. I have never written a single word that a career as a freelance writer could be built upon.
By Jessica Harrison6 years ago in Psyche
6 Reasons Trauma Survivors Should Journal
The Whats and Whys of Journals Journals are one of the first things mentioned on the list of self-help tips and tricks for trauma survivors who are working on healing. Most therapists recommend journals as part of the treatment plan, often giving homework in this regard.
By Surviving Childhood Trauma6 years ago in Psyche
My life was changed in a day
On Monday 13th May 2019 I was a normal 18 year old student, went out clubbing that night like every other week. On the tuesday I woke up with a splitting headache, I thought it was just a hangover. it was a really sunny day and my friends and I decided to go get a meal deal and sit outside and then head to the library. I found it hard to concentrate and ended up leaving the library as the lights were affecting my vision and my headache was horrendous.
By Isobel Ford6 years ago in Psyche
