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!
in

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

looking good
Apparently, you can't possibly have real problems if you're attractive.
anxiety
If dreaming about flying means you want to have sex, what does dreaming about crashing mean?
in

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

the gym
Because I sure as shit don't.
in

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

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

Apr 17, 2013 at 2:00pm | 119 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.
in

Sep 10, 2012 at 6:00pm | 114 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
vagina
Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the pelvic exam.
in

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

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.
in

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

anxiety
I went to therapy once. For exactly a year. I don't think it worked.
in

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

ex boyfriends
Sometimes when you’re feeling a little lost, a little self-destructive and in dire need of a clean slate, you kind of just need to sleep with your ex boyfriend.
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.
in

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

anxiety
You can't win a fight against your own body, friends.
anxiety
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.
childbirth
Some people struggle with depression and anxiety for years after having children. It may never feel worth it.
anxiety
I received several emails after I wrote about how to reduce stress. They were all the same: I want more, please!
in

Jun 14, 2013 at 11:00am | 30 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
Are you on the east cost? Worried about a hurricane? This will help.