Matt Huston

How to anticipate and cope with mania | Psyche Guides If you have bipolar disorder, you can learn to play an active role in managing your symptoms and live a fulfilling life

If you live with bipolar disorder and experience manic episodes, this Guide provides some tips – drawn from research and clinical expertise – to help you along the path toward stability and recovery

Psyche offers rich, multidisciplinary perspectives and advice from psychologists, philosophers, artists, anthropologists and more – all in service of helping our readers know themselves better and live well psyche.co

I'm really proud of the work Psyche does with experts to inform, provoke thought and provide sound guidance. With our relaunch, Psyche's getting bigger and better. One of our first new pieces: @clarapretus.bsky.social and @jayvanbavel.bsky.social on how brains process the goodness/badness of things

In a hateful time, Alicia del Prado says, "it’s important that each of us do our part to stand up to injustice, for ourselves and for others. Silence is toxic to the individual as well as to the collective."

del Prado, a counselling psychologist, offers some tools:

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Learn to tune into birdsong – respite and fascination await | Psyche Ideas Listening deeply to the sounds of birds is a powerful form of meditation and a first step towards a rewarding new hobby

If you're looking for a wholesome distraction (though really it's better than a distraction) as springtime approaches, we published a scientist's brief guide to relishing birdsong last year.

I was very happy to edit this helpful piece by @kathryngordon.bsky.social, in which she walks through how to raise the possibility of therapy to someone you love – in a way that's compassionate and non-pushy.

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How to compare yourself with others fairly | Psyche Guides Ever worry that you don’t measure up? These CBT-based practices can make social comparison less painful and more productive

A social media platform seems like the best possible place to share one of our new Psyche Guides, by clinical psychologist Joel Minden (@joelminden.bsky.social), on what to do if you feel bad when you compare yourself to other people. 👀

How to support someone with depression | Psyche Guides Being there for someone can be challenging. A clinical psychologist shares what to say and do to help them feel less alone

A clinical psychologist walks us through how to be there for a friend or loved one with depression, even when it feels hard, in one of our newest Psyche Guides @psyche.co