coping

Life presents variables; learning how to cope in order to master, minimize, or tolerate what has come to pass.

How do you find humor in a stressful situation?
One of the main goals of finding humor in a stressful situation is to use humor to create distance between yourself and your stress.
By Dr. Sonia Parikh, MD (Psychiatrist)5 years ago in Psyche
This tool will help you improve critical thinking.
Socrates, one of the founding fathers of Western philosophical thought, was on trial. Many Athenians believed he was a dangerous enemy of the state, accusing the philosopher of corrupting the youth and refusing to recognize their gods.
By Better Brain5 years ago in Psyche
Fear and Loathing in the Time of Corona
I used parts of another old typewriter to fix this one. And fix it I did. For the most part. It is an eighty-fiver year old piece of equipment, though. I'm just glad she works at all.
By Jacob d'Armand5 years ago in Psyche
What I've Learned as the Mother of Two Terminally Ill Boys
I had considered not sharing this here but it has dawned on me that some personal stories are meant to be shared. This particular story is very hard for me. I won't deny that, but I feel that the journey I've been on is important to share for those who may be in similar situations.
By Sai Marie Johnson5 years ago in Psyche
I Want to Go on a Tropical Vacay, but I Could Also Settle for a Few Nights of Continuous Sleep
One month after my Pandemic Anniversary, this is my answer to the question, “What do you really want right now?”. Weirdly, two diametrically opposite things come to mind, and I cannot choose which one I want more.
By Debdutta Pal5 years ago in Psyche
My Life Skirmish
Tonight is one of those nights, one where I don’t even know where to begin. A night where the pathways and cobwebs of my mind are all a buzz with thought, yet blank when I try to grasp at them.
By Tim Lawson5 years ago in Psyche
Visions
The beginning. Maybe some do believe in this and maybe some do not. Maybe the viewpoint governing this is due to many things, religion, our strength of emotions simply just trying to help us cope, an ingrained idea that 'if you cannot see it, then that is it (plain and simple), or that it is just merely a fabrication within our own minds, this is my account of what I went through - just what I envisaged as a 10-year-old boy after losing my father to suicide 4 months earlier - a terrifying loss due to suicide in mid-1980.
By Jonathan Townend5 years ago in Psyche
Second Star to the Right
There’s a famous story that starts, “All children grow up, except one.” And just once more, I wish that weren’t true. I wish that Wendy Darling had chosen to stay, had cast aside expectations and the bitter days of growing up and stayed in youth and paradise forever, like I wish I could.
By Megan Joss5 years ago in Psyche
I Was Invited on Dr. Phil
When I was in college, I wrote in to Dr. Phil. Without getting into too much detail, my dad was a gambling addict with an anger problem, and I wanted help for one of my younger sisters, who was affected the worst by our toxic family dynamic and was having serious behavioral issues.
By S. Frazer5 years ago in Psyche
Covid-19 Pandemic
When Covid-19 struck the world with earth-shattering effects, the only way of getting through such a destructive virus, was to declare a Pandemic and enforce lockdown status within every country across the globe.
By Jonathan Townend5 years ago in Psyche
You may not be depressed, just drained.
Environment. It’s something that’s often overlooked when discussing happiness, success, the future, etc. But it’s one of the most important factors in someone’s life. A persons environment can be the difference between them becoming everything that they have on their vision board or something out of a horror movie! Yet when brought up, it’s often looked at as an excuse.
By Norman Willis5 years ago in Psyche
Borderline Personality Disorder: How to Cope
My brain is my worst enemy. I’m constantly overthinking every scenario, constantly questioning myself and those around me. Do they like me? Or are they pretending to like me? Every time I send a text, did I say the right thing? Down to every sentence, I examine until my heart feels like it might explode out of my chest.
By Lindsay Dewolfe5 years ago in Psyche