When I tell people, “I live with my boyfriend three days a week,” I often get two reactions. 1. “That must be-um– challenging.” 2. “That sounds ideal!” The first reaction often comes from a place of concern. How can you have a meaningful long term relationship when you only see each other three days a […]
Depression, the way it’s depicted in popular culture and cultural myth is almost glamorous. Someone who is struggling under the weight of their depression is depicted as reflective. Brooding. Intense. Romantic. Feeling things so deeply that they’re driven to suicide. Think Kurt Cobain, Elliot Smith, Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf. They are not necessarily people you […]
Talking with some physicians about depression and anxiety therapy is a direct way to determine what is not right and then taking action to cure your problem. However, for some patients, the prospect of talking about their mental health issues with a physician is as horrible as the issue itself. LaShawnLewis gives thirteen tips for helping […]
Health insurance is important, and we all know about that already. Some of us might have already purchased one for ourselves and our family. Some of us might be just vaguely considering the idea. Some of us might be too lazy to get off our cozy couches and get one. There are all kinds of […]
I don’t obsessively wash my hands; in fact, I spend most of my time barefoot, germs faze me that little. I don’t feel an inexplicable need to count things. I don’t have any good luck charms, either physical (objects) or mental (numbers, letters, etc.). But I do have moderate OCD that has, over the course […]
After our wedding, when my husband and I finally got around to opening our gifts and noting who gave what for our thank you cards, we became concerned that a bunch of our wedding gifts might have been stolen. About a third of the 150 guests who attended our wedding did not appear to have […]
When I married Jason on August 7, 2015, the same day as his 29th birthday, we didn’t feel that marriage would change our relationship dramatically. After five years of dating, we were true partners-in-crime who had traveled the world together, raised two small dogs as though they were our children, and enjoyed daily debriefing sessions […]
As an oldest child/perfectionist/control freak/Taurus, asking for help is one of my least favorite things. Whether I’m doing a crossword puzzle or weathering an emotional storm, I’ll handle it on my own, thankyouverymuch. Over the past year, though, I’ve been dealing with some pretty intense life changes and found myself in the position where I […]
A week before my high school graduation, my doctor told me that I had to go to the hospital. My weight had fallen too low, my EKG results were scary, and my continued refusal to eat was putting my life in danger. While my classmates went to college orientation, I went to nutrition counseling and […]
