Mental Health Awareness

Trigger Warning: This article contains descriptions of an eating disorder. “I eat until I’m so full it hurts,” I told my therapist who, as therapists

This is the third installment in a three-part series about being prescribed ketamine treatment for a traumatic brain injury. You can read the second instal

It happens every year here in New York City. You’re living your best life in the streets, mingling at the block parties, acting up at the BBQs, when sudd

I’m 15 and glued to my Motorola Razr phone, flirting with my crush. He’s a little older than I am — and, in my eyes, totally out of my league

I could feel the space between me and S. getting smaller and smaller, our legs slightly touching. My knee found its way to hers underneath the table, and s

On Saturday, July 16, 9-8-8, the 9-1-1 alternative designed specifically for mental health crises, was launched across the country. Ahead of the rollout, m

Over the course of the pandemic we’ve talked a lot about… the pandemic. Specifically, we’ve used a variety of terminology, often action verbs, to des

Maria is in her late 20s and living with endometriosis. She is now working on a PhD on the history of the disease, and exploration of patient experiences w

Warning: This article contains mentions of descriptions of mental illnesses that some readers might find triggering. Think of the one beauty product that b

By the second half of December, I was starting to have a bad feeling about 2020 too 2022. It wasn’t just the rise of the Omicron variant and the fact tha

“Gut instinct” is a term that holds an almost mystical quality, speaking to a sense we might feel for what is right or wrong: an action, a deci

After winning bronze in the women’s balance beam final, seven-time Olympic medalist Simone Biles spoke out about her triumph — and her decision to

Demi Lovato has always been an open book, whether they’re talking about their experience with addiction, eating disorders, or their sexuality. But on

The pandemic has driven many people into — or back into — therapy. We’ve probably all noticed this — if not because of the experiences of people we

Before March 2020, Addison and Steven were busy. Arguably too busy, although their schedules were filled with things they loved and valued — friends