What came first: the depression or the goth? It's hard to say
depression
dating
I’m trying to figure out why I’ve been alone this long, because I’m kind of sick of it. (And everyone at xoJane is sick of hearing about it.)
Marci in
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Mar 7, 2013 at 2:00pm | 586 comments
condiments
Guys, I'm a little down this week. What snack should I make?
ihtm
I shivered on the table as she, this total stranger who was about to examine my vagina, condemned and disparaged my most private battle. I was already laid bare, literally, making me feel enormously vulnerable and awkward.
antidepressants
The last few years of my life have been an on-and-off battle with my brain and the bottles of pills that were supposed to fix it.
ihtm
I’m a human being that deals with mental illness in self-destructive ways, not a bunch of orifices for you to poke because you think my reckless treatment of my body somehow cancels out my autonomy over it.
depression
Spring always makes me inexplicably mopey, to the degree that I sometimes have trouble putting food in my mouth on the regular. If you have this problem, too, I have a few suggestions for meals you can survive on until May.
how not to be a dick
When you tell someone with depression that they should maybe try harder to be happy, it's essentially like telling a diabetic that they could totally make an adequate amount of insulin if they just concentrated a little harder.
exercise
Turns out there's a scientific explanation for why so many of us don't enjoy breaking a sweat.
health insurance
Thanks to a couple of friendly letters from health insurance companies, I've recently learned I don't deserve to go to the doctor.
suicide
He left the bedroom calmer than I'd seen him all night, walked into the backyard and ended his life.
antidepressants
Antidepressants are complicated. Getting off them is more so.
atelier cologne
You may feel like the black hole inside of you is swallowing up everything decent and good in the world, but in the meantime, you can look and smell nice.
Hannah in
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Jul 6, 2012 at 1:00pm | 129 comments
cremation
NFL linebacker Junior Seau's suicide made me realize just how much I think about death, but also how unprepared I am in the instance it actually happens.
depression
They’re frustrated because the normal me is funny and talkative and entertaining -- and generally fucking awesome -- and right now I’m just pathetic and not living up to any of those expectations.
seasonal affective disorder
I want to crawl into a hole for the winter and emerge looking pretty just in time for spring.
Hannah in
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Nov 8, 2012 at 1:00pm | 111 comments
the frisky
I decided to get off of Paxil, the anti-anxiety drug I’ve been on–off and on–for the last 10 years. And let me tell you, withdrawal is a bitch.
depression
The company line: We nutty/depressed freaks often have highs and lows, after all. Clearly, we unhinged loonies could not be trusted to tell them when our meds work.
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.
depression
I deleted his number from my phone. Then I called him. I do this kind of thing a lot.
depression
In the wake of any suicide, but especially a very public and prominent one, there is a rush to attribute reasons, and there is a collective sense of panicked guilt as people struggle to understand what happened and why.
dating
The Crazy Town stuff is difficult to explain to my boyfriend. He’s sympathetic, for sure, but as far as I can ascertain, his biggest life tragedy thus far was wearing a palate expander in the fourth grade.
