August 23,2023
The New Sleeping Beauties: Do Sleep Patches Work?
Remember the ’ol saying “there’s an app for that”? Well, these days, there’s a patch for that. We’re talking about... View Article
Tag Archive: Depression
August 23,2023
When Guilt Goes Into Overdrive
There are some people who feel guilty about everything. Guilty about not calling home enough. Guilty about blowing off a... View Article
July 7,2023
Everybody’s Talkin’ About Dissociation. But What Is It, Exactly?
You’re scrolling through social media and, (seemingly) suddenly, two hours have passed. What happened? According to researchers at the University... View Article
June 28,2023
22 “Therapy Dupes” to Soothe Your Pregnant Self
The summer of 2009 was an interesting one at Allure. I was the beauty director there, attending Chanel events, interviewing... View Article
May 30,2023
You’re Pregnant and Love Beauty Products. Now You’ve Got Ingredient Anxiety
I’ll never forget the one night, somewhere during the second trimester of my pregnancy with my first daughter, when I... View Article
May 25,2023
The Postpartum Mental Health Issues That Silence Women
One of the most memorable onscreen birth scenes (for this ’90s-era teen, at least) was on a 1992 episode of... View Article
May 23,2023
Mental Health Merch You’ll Actually Want to Wear
Now that mental health is the cause du jour—despite, you know, actually being a cause du always—mental health merch has flooded... View Article
May 16,2023
The Link Between Money Probs and Mental Health (and How to Improve Both)
It was minute 45 in my therapy session, and I was still on the same topic: how much money I... View Article
May 12,2023
When Life is Bananas, These 20 Pro Tips Will Help Calm Your Mind
When I started Mental, I wanted a phrase that would explain why Mental, why now. A phrase that would encapsulate... View Article
May 8,2023
16 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
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, therapy is often a luxury... 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 might be summed up by the word “clinical.”... 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 duplicate for therapy. No candle offers human... 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 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
October 2,2022
The Most Pandering Things People Say About Mental Health
We like a little crowd-sourcing as much as the next parrot. Particularly about mental health misconceptions, because people say triggering... View Article
