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Redefining My Spiritual Relationship With Self-Care As A Muslim Woman
Maliya Naz
Mar 27, 2024
Unbothered
I Spoke To Chat GPT’s “Black Female Therapist.” Will AI Save Our Mental ...
L'Oréal Blackett
Mar 13, 2024
Wellness
The Only Way To Get Through Winter? Enter Your Hibernation Era
Elizabeth Gulino
Feb 9, 2024
Relationships
I’m Single & I’m Embarrassed About How Lonely I Am
Ever wondered what you’d say to a therapist, given the chance? We asked Dr. Sheri Jacobson, a retired psychotherapist with over 17 years’ clini
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Sadhbh O'Sullivan
Press Pause
Why Is It So Damn Hard To Keep A Journal?
Welcome to Press Pause. This January, we’re asking: What does self-care look like when it’s not all-or-nothing? What if we simply pr
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Kayleigh Dray
Press Pause
Do Not Disturb Turns My iPhone Into A Burner Phone
Most people I know who are 26 years old and under are simultaneously addicted to and terrified of their phones. The fact that Instagram tells us when someo
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Kelly Washington
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Wellness
Feeling Tired? Say No To Holiday Plans Like These Women Have
“It’s become a treat to myself to spend Christmas alone, having a couple of days completely to myself,” says Rachel, a 32-year-old nurse. It might so
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Tanyel Mustafa
Wellness
Don’t Fall For The Holiday Happiness Trap
The movies, the ads, the perfectly curated Instagram pictures of decorations, wrapped presents, and matching family jammies all fuel this idea of what we t
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Elizabeth Gulino
Voices of Disability
My 27 Tattoos Have Helped Me Reclaim My Chronic Pain
My life involves two kinds of needles. The first one is found at hospitals or doctor offices, a syringe that is used to test my blood, on the continuous qu
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Hannah Turner
Mental Health
The Rise In Manifestation Sounds Is Causing Chaos For People With...
Twenty-seven-year-old Erica Kathleen regularly finds herself making private TikTok videos in the middle of the night to “manifestation sounds.”
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Kate Fowler
Living
I Tried Hypnotherapy For My Fear Of Flying & Apparently, I’...
While I wouldn’t put myself in the category of someone who has an intense phobia of flying (e.g. avoiding it at all costs), the cabin of a plane has alwa
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Alicia Lansom
Body
I Got Sweat Botox In An Attempt To Smell Better
My keen vigilance against smelling like body odor follows me around like a cartoon fart cloud. I am assured by people around me that the smell is all in my
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Sadhbh O'Sullivan
Work & Money
Can A Company Fire You For Being Depressed?
The thing about depression is that you can’t exactly tell it that now’s not a good time. Unlike the silenced group chat messages and Hinge notification
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Judith Ohikuare
Living
5 Women On The Beauty & Burden Of Being Caregivers
Taking care of people is a fundamental facet of life: whether it’s for a friend, a loved one, a stranger, or a pet. But there are many, many people for w
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Sadhbh O'Sullivan
Wellness
Can You Actually Self-Diagnose ADHD? It’s Complicated
Since its posting back in 2021, the TikTok video that helped spur this viral self-diagnosis conversation has racked up nine million views and counting. You
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Mirel Zaman
Most Wanted
33 Gifts To Cheer Someone Up, No Matter The Reason
When you have a friend who’s feeling down, it’s natural to want to cheer them up. Whether you send a small gift that says, “I’m thi
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Charlotte Lewis
Dedicated Feature
How Getting Breast Cancer In My 20s Changed My Relationship With ...
My day started out normal, a day like any other. It was the middle of summer last year, and I decided to go to the gym. After my workout, I went home and s
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Kianna Walker
Sex
Here’s How Anxiety Affects Your Ability To Orgasm
If you’re someone who deals with stress and anxiety, the unwanted mental and physical effects can creep up during the most inopportune times. Perhaps you
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Claire Fox
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Sex Re-Education
Fight, Flight Or Freezing In Bed: What To Do When You Get Sexual ...
If you’ve ever dealt with sexual anxiety, you’ll know it’s the last thing you want in bed. Even if the lighting is just right and the music is su
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Claire Fox
Fandemonium
Screaming Crying Throwing Up? What Stan Culture Does To Your Brain
There are several ways to describe the outsize, almost alien reaction that stans experience when seeing their idol in person. Way back when it was attached
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Sadhbh O'Sullivan
Unbothered
What I Learned During My First 30 Days On Antidepressants
Trigger warning: This article contains references to suicide, which could be triggering to some readers. Welcome to Vibe Check, Unbothered’s wellness col
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Kimber Bowman
Press Pause
Bed Rot Is Gross But So Is Life
The latest phrase to jump from TikTok hashtag to aggrieved headlines is bed rot, a term used to describe, surprisingly, rotting in bed. Not in the literal
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Sadhbh O'Sullivan
Mental Health
I Tried Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation For Depression — Here’s...
My depression is deep. Enough for me to find myself sitting in a chair with a helmet on my head, a magnet delivering electric pulses to my brain. The hope
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Fortesa Latifi
Mental Health
This Magnetic Putty Is An Aesthetically Pleasing Fidget Toy — & 2...
Fidget toys aren’t just sensory pleasing and satisfying, some are also aesthetic enough to hold a permanent place on our desk as decor. Speks, home t
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Mercedes Viera
Brain Health
‘Glimmers’ Can Make Us Happier — & They’re All Around Us
In significant life events, joy is supposed to be easy to find. Things like marriages and children and graduations and job promotions are the times when we
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Elizabeth Gulino
Not Your Token Asian
We Tried Brainspotting Therapy Live On Twitch — And Cried
Picture this: You grew up in a family that didn’t openly talk about mental health. Now, well into adulthood, you’re much more comfortable talking about
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Patricia Karounos
Wellness
After A Sudden Medical Diagnosis, Radical Self-Acceptance Was My ...
Last year, two weeks before Christmas, my face broke. I’d been going about my usual business — parenting, working, grocery shopping — when I be
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Lisa Patulny
Somos Latinx
Latinas, Taking Mental Health Medication Doesn’t Make You &...
During my junior year of high school, I began struggling with invasive, destructive thoughts. I was clinically depressed, and as a teenager, I had no idea
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Brenda Barrientos
Mental Health
Not Feeling “American Enough”: The Mental Impact of Cross-Cultura...
When Eun Ae Koh was 8 months old, she was adopted from her birthplace in Korea by two white Americans. Overnight, she gained two loving parents, three olde
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Sadaf Ahsan
Not Your Token Asian
10 AAPI Therapists Across The US & How To Get In Touch
In the first few minutes of my introductory session with my now-therapist, I was left speechless. It wasn’t because we’d had a miraculous breakthrough
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Katherine Singh
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