Anxiety - xoJane

Do This Don't: Sleep With Your Ex Boyfriend

Olga — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:30:00 -0400

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.

POTTED PLANTS: And 5 Other Things That Have Triggered My Panic Attacks

Rebecca — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:00:00 -0400

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

Dear Terrorist: An Open Letter To The Person Who Bombed My City

Lesley — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:15:00 -0400

Boston, you're my home.

I Have Orgasm Anxiety

Zoe — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:00:00 -0400

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.

THIS WEEK in INSPIRING LADY ARTISTS: Janeane Garofalo's Stand Up WORKED IT OUT

Gabi Rivera-Morales — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:00:00 -0400

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.

Does Everyone At The Gym Know What They're Doing?

Helena — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:00:00 -0500

Because I sure as shit don't.

I'll Always Be On Medication (And That's OK)

Sara Benincasa — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:30:00 -0500

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.

What Anxiety Feels Like (For Me)

Lesley — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:00:00 -0500

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

It Happened To Me: Having a Baby Forced Me to Get Treatment for My Anxiety

Sharon Baldwin — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:00:00 -0500

Some people struggle with depression and anxiety for years after having children. It may never feel worth it.

I Don't Even Believe in Therapy and I Tried Reiki

Rebecca H — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:00:00 -0400

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.

Turns Out I Have a Beautiful Cervix. A Medical Professional Told Me So.

Lesley — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:00:00 -0400

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

When College Isn't Awesome

Sara Benincasa — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 18:00:00 -0400

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.

Leaving My Kid at Day Camp is Like Leaving An Important Body Part With a Stranger

Somer Sherwood — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 09:00:21 -0400

And then hoping I'll get it back at the end of the day.

Let's Talk ANXIETY DREAMS (Or, Further Proof the xoJane Staff May Have Some Weird Unconscious Issues Going On)

Lesley — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 13:00:21 -0400

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

I've Got Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: Here's How I Deal With It

Meghan O — Mon, 21 May 2012 12:30:21 -0400

You can't win a fight against your own body, friends.

We're All Just Animals: How I Handle My Free-Floating Anxiety

Emily — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:25:24 -0500

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!

Actually Dying of Stress? It's a Thing (And Here's How You Can Avoid It)

Emily V Gordon — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:00:16 -0500

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.

It Happened to Me: I Had a Nervous Breakdown at 24

Kaitlin Menza — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:00:18 -0500

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

How I Cope With My Melodramatic and Sometimes Debilitating Travel Anxiety

Lesley — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:00:22 -0500

I love to travel, except for when I hate it.

My Top 5 High School Football Movies

Daisy — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:01:57 -0500

Movies about football that you'll like even if you don't like football. And a shirtless picture of Paul Walker!