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25 Most Recent Psychology Short Stories

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A Hippie on the Beach (aka Regaining Balance) by Scab Scum
There's an island known as ‘Brightside' just off the shore of my hometown, Cressida. Although the patch of land is only a couple dozen acres or so in size, its still considered an island. There's a wooden bridge that connects Cressida to Brightside, its nearly a mile long. Fortunately, its ..
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A Measure of Heaven by Karen Vanderlaan
we all need a bit of escape now and then..
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A Quick and Easy Way to Deal With Anxiety and Panic Attacks by Gary Gordon
How to control anxiety and panic attacks..
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Abuse by Sara Penrod
In the Children’s Home we spoke Spanish because the nuns could not understand much of it. Even when we were talking about things that didn’t matter, we didn’t like being constantly listened to. “Que tal?” I asked Lupe, my best friend and roommate. “Not much,” she’d say, in English, and s..
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Ain't Nothin' So Scary... by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A teenager writes about her biggest fear: riding the rides at any fair or amusement park...
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Read excerpt from Another untitled beginning Another untitled beginning by Helen Companion
A girl runs away and ends up in quite a pickle. It's only the beginning and im not sure where it's going from here. R/r...
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Answer by Flying Fox Ted L Glines
In an imperfect world, problems over-run solutions. People get upset and frustrated, and they scream for answers, even when they never ask the right questions...
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Read excerpt from Apricot Fields Apricot Fields by Clark Waggoner
A brother and sister riding in the back of a car--A man going crazy in the waiting room of a hospital--A live television debate gone very wrong--and a dead body. A very experimental work dealing with thematic elements of life and death through a series of seemingly unrelated characters and situation..
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Bathroom Scare Tactics by Scab Scum
BATHROOM SCARE TACTICS (dream #23) I'm in my room with Nicole. A patch of hair in the front part of her head has been dyed bright red. I don't want to do anything with her, but she climbs on top of me, and I automatically start grinding my crotch into hers. Then I realize that I hav..
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Read excerpt from Beginning of a short story (not titled yet) Beginning of a short story (not titled yet) by Helen Companion
About two girls and their friendship. Kind of stream of thought. Somewhat depressing. R/r...
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Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea by Joe McCarthy
Part One..
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Read excerpt from Black and White Thinking Black and White Thinking by Sara Penrod
A surgeon struggles with God and death...
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Blue Shadowy Figure by Michael Maxfield
Jackson, a lifeguard, becomes haunted and stalked by a blue shadow figure. But is the shadow figure merely a delusion of the mind or does it infact exist? Although Jackson is terrified, he seeks to find an answer and becomes guided by an unexpected source. As the story unfolds he begins to unlock th..
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BOND by Flying Fox Ted L Glines
We surely do live in an imperfect world, where some people confuse the issues, and others issue the confusions. In our daily interactions with life, we do have a simple choice. We can spread help and cheer and make things better by every positive thing we say and do, or we can hate the world and spr..
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Britney by Flying Fox Ted L Glines
A child prodigy born to parents who were trailer trash - pushed by family greed and paparrazi greed - becomes whatever she can become - until her continued survival is questioned .....
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Changing My Tune by Cryssa C
Never underestimate the power of your words...for both their positive and negative effect. ..
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Confrontation by Clara Treat
"Confrontation" a short story from the works of Clara A Treat..
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Daddy's Girl by Regis Auffray
Sorry for not being around much of late. Those who leave comments know that I always return the courtesy. Even when "in my zone," dreams still happen. Some are unforgettable. ..
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Dreams and real life with a spider by Jeanne Miller
Dreams always seek to make an adjustment in the way I understand things, and this requires a constant sacrifice of some aspect or another of my personal sense of reality. The dream, as a rule of thumb, is a picture of my personal truth. Dreams have multi-levels of meaning...
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Either by Tom Mutchler
yeah......
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Empathic by Flying Fox Ted L Glines
Imagine this. You are awake in the wee hours and you feel desolate and alone and scared. Death would be a release from this. You never feel like that. You have no reason to feel like this. What is going on? Are you going crazy?..
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Exerpt from Diversity Paper by .. NeNe
An exerpt from a paper I wrote for a diversity, democracy, and social participation paper in college...
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Family Ties by Angela Lantzy
A young woman's struggle with lonliness...
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For you by Walt Hardester
You..
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Fragility by L. Craft
(Photo by L. K. Craft) Fragility is the part of us left shatter at the bottom of a wall we could not scale. ..
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View Photo of Fragments Read excerpt from Fragments Fragments by Terry Rizzuti
A published excerpt from my novel "The Second Tour," which is available on Amazon...
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Garage Door Bullet Holes by Beau Fincher
A Valentine's to Remember..
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The Day My Paycheck Did Not Arrive by Judith Bailey
When a paycheck does not arrive on schedule, one must do something quickly... but occasionally there is more to the picture......
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the doctor suggested psychoanalysis ... by richard cederberg
Flash Fiction - second episode in the THERAPY SESSION series..
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The Elephant in my Room by Ruan Wright
what is the elephant,and why? First published online at www.oldcitycool.com..
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The Good Boy Good Girl Syndrome by John Destalo
This is a fictitious psychological study. The doctor is fictitious, the patient is fictitious. This is purely for fun and is not based on any psychological study, although it is based on personal experience and observation as most stories...
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House Of Secrets by Barbara Bishop
I made up my mind early on, if I ever had the opportunity to leave this house... I would. This house is the same as most of the other homes in the neighborhood. Same basic adobe structure and the same pattern to the layout of the rooms. Only this house has a secret; a s..
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Read excerpt from How to Get Over Therapy How to Get Over Therapy by Sara Penrod
A brief story about--as the title suggests--how to get over therapy...
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How to Get Over Therapy by Sara Penrod
A how-to story about therapy--exactly as the title describes...
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I Hear Voices by Sam Vaknin
The laptop was a nondescript square in shades of silver and navy blue. It bore no logo or brand name. It had no visible sockets, ports, or plug-ins. ..
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If buddha works today by Milky Dwarf
keep walking..
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Immeasurably Late in the Morning by Sky Callahan
A story of one man's struggle with sobriety and the dysfunctional relationship that complicates his efforts...
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It Was Never About Them . . . by L. Craft
Our perceptions often reflect our symptoms . . . Blindly we project, fault find and shame others . . . ..
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Jumbalaya...a recipe for living??? by Lynn Barry
One day my hubby/chef said he'd made jumbalaya...what is it???..
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Lucid Dreams by Sam Vaknin
Jack raised both his hands and stuck his left thumb through his right palm. Clean through. I gazed at him, dumbfounded. As the realization of what this meant dawned on me, I felt elated. ..
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Matrix Situation Story by Gregory Anderson
An extract from The Before Story, Matrix is a situation story - a violent take on a real-life court judgement..
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Me and Angels by Rebekah Rosie Lang
For those who think I am totally deaf, I am not, I am hard of hearing, just deaf in one ear. An exercise for a Yahoo group. Question was this: What item do you own that speaks loudest about who you are as a person or an individual? Answer: Read below........
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Miss Julie by Susan Beck
Schizophrenia affects millions of families. We are not alone.....
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Mom Grad by Randall Barfield
Now, what kind of mother is going to miss her only son's school graduation? she asked herself, her husband, and friends time after time...
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No-Clown Zone: A Phobic's (Not-So-Funny) Story. by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A young teenaged boy has an unusual phobia...
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Noontime with Schizophrenia by Joseph Langen
A team of mental health professionals find their work following them to a noontime concert..
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Now I am a Foster Child by Barbara Bishop
I should've known someone was going to find out sooner or later about what it was really like living in my home. People can't come to school every day with bruises and expect people not to notice. I am really kind of relieved in a way. It means I won't have to lie anymore or pretend t..
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On the death of a sibling by Herman Hermans
A short story of a child's experience of the death of a sibling. ..
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One of Dasha’s ‘Research Essays’ – Extreme Literalness in autism by T.O. Daria
This is one of the 'research essays' from 'Dasha's Journal' that reflects a feline perspective on one of the aspects of autism...
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Owner of Indemnity by Romantic Poetess Victoria L. McColley
A Dark Story Poem.....
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