panic attacks
Panic attacks aren't fun. But they can be funny.
Rebecca in

Apr 17, 2013 at 2:00pm | 119 comments

boston
orgasms
As soon as I start to feel real good, my brain goes on some self-hating, orgasm-thwarting monologue about how my partner is probably bored out of their mind.
Zoe in

Apr 4, 2013 at 3:00pm | 64 comments

janeane garofalo
SINCE I’M NOT GETTING ANYWHERE with all this sharing of emotions stuff, I’ll just go ahead and tell you about my weekend with Janeane Garofalo at the Arlington Drafthouse.
the gym
Because I sure as shit don't.
Helena in

Jan 7, 2013 at 5:00pm | 136 comments

anxiety
This depression and anxiety thing isn't temporary. It's not going to disappear when I hit a certain age, or achieve certain career milestones, or get a really great deep-conditioning treatment.
anxiety
I went to therapy once. For exactly a year. I don't think it worked.
Lesley in

Dec 18, 2012 at 3:00pm | 88 comments

childbirth
Some people struggle with depression and anxiety for years after having children. It may never feel worth it.
reiki
The list of things I don’t believe in includes: Crystal healing, any form of organized religion, life after death, therapy, auras, fate and Nicolas Cage.
Rebecca H in

Oct 16, 2012 at 6:00pm | 91 comments

vagina
Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the pelvic exam.
Lesley in

Oct 10, 2012 at 3:00pm | 91 comments

college
I got lucky, in a sense, that my struggle with agoraphobia and suicidal depression didn't hit its lowest point until my junior year at Emerson College in Boston, when I'd had time to cement friendships that would prove to be of invaluable assistance during that time.
Sara Benincasa in

Sep 10, 2012 at 6:00pm | 114 comments

anxiety
anxiety
If dreaming about flying means you want to have sex, what does dreaming about crashing mean?
Lesley in

Aug 1, 2012 at 1:00pm | 174 comments

anxiety
You can't win a fight against your own body, friends.
anxiety
Yes, we all have anxiety and gluten allergies and we're all on antidepressants, but we're just animals, man! We were never meant to live this way!
Emily in

Mar 9, 2012 at 2:25pm | 236 comments

anxiety
I have a rare condition where too much stress can actually kill me, but my treatment can probably help you to not wig out too.
anxiety
I find myself fascinated with the ways people find to hold it together: whether with drinking, drugs prescribed and scored, strings of sexual partners, knitting, cutting, calling their mom every Sunday to cry into the phone
anxiety
anxiety
Movies about football that you'll like even if you don't like football. And a shirtless picture of Paul Walker!
49ers
anxiety
Are you on the east cost? Worried about a hurricane? This will help.
anxiety
What do you do when you feel like your brain is going to explode?
Hannah in

Aug 23, 2011 at 2:08pm | 0 comments