Mental Health

I don’t have issues with men, they have issues with my work — Before your neurons light up, this is not a rant or a men-bash festival. You can allay the anxieties of your testicular and ovarian energies. Speaking with Jedi Master David Todd McCarty, I confessed like a naughty kitten that one of my relationship peeves is I don’t like to discuss…

My gamophobia has been eating me alive ever since — I was touched when my boyfriend made plans this past weekend instead of leaving it up to me as is the norm. Recently, I have been dealing with some stuff, among them 6 months of physical therapy with no end in sight alongside juggling work and life. Not to mention…

Discover how fake laughing into your pillow can transform you from the human embodiment of grumpy cat to a giggling meme lord — uncover this peculiar habit hidden at the end of the article. Imagine this: it’s Wednesday evening, and you’re cocooned in your Sriracha onesie (or is that just…

It’s not easy to walk away from security. Especially security that you’ve worked hard for. In my case, it took decades. See, I loved books and some time between watching Dead Poets Society and my first college literature class I decided I was going to be a professor. So I…

Exploring why BPD should be rebranded as a trauma-related disorder. — Current research suggests as many as 3.5% of adults in the general population are living with a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), with upwards of 18% of adults diagnosed with BPD in clinical populations. According to the International Classification of Diseases, 11th Edition (ICD-11), there are also estimates of…

Two physiological reasons for why you feel worse after quitting drinking — So you’ve quit drinking and are awaiting the rush of health, vitality, and all things nice. Most of us quit because we want to feel better, or else why bother stopping, right? Except that now you feel a bit worse and can’t figure out why. You’re beginning to question your…

But there are science-backed ways to create closure for yourself. — I changed my mind at least a dozen times. Do I want to see him or do I not? What would I even want him to say? I knew our relationship was over and with the amount of hurt that had built up, there was really no point in seeing…

#2 Helper fatigue. — Fatigue, often associated with physical exhaustion, is a state of being that affects us on multiple levels. It’s a complex web of physical, mental, and emotional weariness that can leave us feeling drained and depleted. While physical fatigue is commonly recognized and addressed, there are other hidden aspects of fatigue…

The generation’s mix of adolescent optimism and aggressive individualism may tee them up for a rough midlife ride. — A few years ago, the New York Times ran a piece about “Xennials,” defined as people born during the late 1970s or early 1980s — a generational gray area when the Gen X-ers (those born between 1965 and 1980, roughly) gave way to Millennials (1981 to 1996). “Xennials are straddlers…