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My Dates Aren’t Worth What They Cost

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I Think I’m Outgrowing My Friends

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The Problem With Low Maintenance Friendships

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I Can’t Afford My Friends Anymore

When Emily*, in her early 30s, boarded a plane to visit her childhood friend, it ended up sparking the unravelling of their relationship. She was strugglin

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PCOS Cannot Be ‘Cured’ – But TikTok Disagrees

Like many people after receiving a diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), Mia*, age 25, was left with more questions than answers. She recalls bein

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The Problem With Saying ‘We All Have Mental Health’

It’s often said that attitudes towards mental health are changing for the better and yet what we mean by the term ‘mental health’ remains vag

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The Young Women Struggling With Porn Addiction

Safiya* was 19 years old and in her first year of a medicine degree when she started using porn to cope with stress and depression. She’d watch adult con

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Therapists Shouldn’t Be Posting About Clients On Twitter

In many ways, therapist Kristina Virro’s short, snappy content unpacking pop psychology topics is typical of #TherapyTok. From coping with burnout to set

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Inside The Risky World Of Facebook Sperm Donor Groups

Zara* watched nervously as a car pulled up outside her house in London. She rushed outside and took from the driver – a man in his 40s – a sterilised p

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The Dark Side Of TikTok Self-Help Content

At the beginning of the pandemic, Stacy Li, a 24-year-old from Los Angeles, had just moved home to live with her parents and was struggling with her mental

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The Problem With Posting About Your Breakup Online

Losing You is a weeklong series investigating heartbreak. According to Facebook data, 11th December is the most popular day for couples to break up. S

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Prison Wife TikTok Shows The Reality Of Dating Someone Behind Bars

When Naomi, 27, from Manchester, started writing to a prisoner based in Michigan over lockdown, she never thought they’d end up romantically involved. He

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Has ‘Burn Out’ Lost All Its Meaning?

It is often stated that we are in the midst of an epidemic of burnout. Particularly over the past year, as coronavirus wreaks havoc on individuals’ menta

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Conspirituality Is On The Rise In The UK’s Yoga Community

When Stewart Robertson, a 58-year-old statistician from Milton Keynes, received a Facebook message from his female yoga teacher* linking to an anti-vaxx pr

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TikTok Is Exposing The Scandal That Is Bad Student Housing

In 2008 we bailed out the banks. We now face the biggest financial crisis in a generation, with record youth unemployment. Who will bail out young people?

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The Relationship Advice Destination For Trans People & Their Part...

Dana*, 27, met her boyfriend, Ryan, when he was three years into transitioning. A few months into their relationship, their sex life started to dwindle –

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Inside The Complex World Of ‘Psych Ward’ TikTok

Mia, an 18-year-old inpatient on a psychiatric ward, likes to pull pranks on her nurses. But it wasn’t until her most recent admission to a mental health

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