Why therapy is better than ever in the digital age
Even if you’ve never gone to therapy or dislike the concept based on prior experiences, now’s the time to test the waters.
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Why it’s OK to go to therapy
After growing up in a community that frowed upon therapy, coming to UC Berkeley has taught me that therapy is not an act of weakness but of strength.
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Why everyone should prioritize mental health, work to end the stigma
We all must understand that feelings of anxiety and depression are not a choice. Often, they require a medical diagnosis.
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Breaking up with my psychiatrist
I have never dealt well with change. My usual response to change is to curl into a ball and cease to function until I finally get used to my new reality.
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Dear therapy, we have our ups and downs, but I love you
I know we’ve had a rocky relationship in the past, but I wanted to write to say how much I’ve grown to love you.
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From depression to addiction: dispelling mental health myths and mysteries
If mental illness has ever touched your life in a serious way as it has touched mine, you know that most of society’s perceptions and discussions about mental illness are less than ideal.
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It doesn’t get better (and then, it does)
Bear in Mind
I have received a plentitude of terrible advice in my time as a Chronically Mentally Ill Person. One of my favorite (not at all appreciated) pieces of advice (that is not at all advice) is “It gets better!”
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The thing that almost worked
Bear in Mind
The idea of zapping my brain felt like a last-ditch effort, as though my depression had become an unsolvable problem that required an extreme solution.
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God’s plan
Sex on Tuesday
I thought about how I was taught that our outcomes were predetermined by a higher power. I realized that God did not have a map of my life. Rather, God’s plan was to allow me to regain agency in my life.
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Recognizing sex as a coping mechanism
Sex on Tuesday
It wasn’t until I started journaling and addressing the root of my pain that I realized how my trauma had impacted my sex life. Being a survivor of violence has meant unlearning my dangerous coping mechanisms and unpacking my unhealthy relationship to sex.
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