May 8,2023
15 Weighted Blankets In Colors Other Than “Mental Illness Gray”
“Does anyone make weighted blankets in colors other than mental illness gray,” @webscoundrel asked on Twitter—a tweet that has since... View Article
Tag Archive: Bipolar Disorder
May 6,2023
We. Will. Get. You. Therapy. (Even If You Think You Can’t Afford It)
Talk may be cheap—but talk therapy certainly isn’t. Here in the United States, at least, mental health therapy is often... View Article
May 5,2023
Trauma, Healing—and a Tall Glass of MILCK
She appeared on the first season of The Voice, which is only ironic in retrospect, now that her voice has... View Article
April 27,2023
Is it ADHD? Or Bipolar? Could It Be Both? What. Is. Going. On.
When I cycled through episodes of feeling so depressed and hopeless I could barely get out of bed with periods... View Article
April 20,2023
What It Feels Like to Have an Eating Disorder—And How to Help a Girl Out
Reading a list of eating disorder symptoms is one thing, and that thing is best described as “clinical.” That’s because... View Article
April 20,2023
The Gen XYZ Guide to Eating Disorders
There was a time in the late ’90s when real people struggling with a very real mental health condition were... View Article
April 11,2023
21 Cool “Therapy Dupes” From Cool Women in the Wellness World
Gonna start this story off counterintuitively by telling you there is no real dupe—short for duplicate on social media—for therapy.... View Article
April 7,2023
The Pill Diaries: Latuda + Lamotrigine + Vyvanse
In the mental health world, a debate persists: to pill or not to pill? For some, prescription meds can be lifesaving;... View Article
March 28,2023
The Pill Diaries: From Wellbutrin + Lamictal to Adderall + Cannabis
In the mental health world, a debate persists: to pill or not to pill? For some, prescription meds can be lifesaving;... View Article
October 2,2022
The Self-Help Author Who Is Totally F.A.R.T. (Yes, Now You Have to Read This)
Anybody who can turn the word “fart” into an acronym for her mental health journey is probably someone who should... View Article
October 2,2022
These “To: My Anxiety” Letters Should Be an Official Coping Technique
Her Instagram handle might suggest winding, romantic-tinged diatribes. But since turning her poetry account, @thatsappywriter, into a forum about mental... View Article
October 2,2022
The Pill Diaries: Pristiq + Lithobid + Vyvanse
In the mental health world, a debate persists: to pill or not to pill? For some, prescription meds can be lifesaving;... View Article
