mental-illness
What Can I Expect If I’m Seeing a Therapist for the First Time?
Like the first day of school, therapy (aka, the first time you introduce yourself to a complete stranger and confide in them your deepest, most…
How to Be Supportive When Your Partner Has a Mental Illness
My girlfriend and I are poster children for couples who struggle with mental illness. Both of us have been diagnosed with anxiety and depression, which…
Anthony Bourdain and the Hope for Better Men
The suicide of a famous figure you love is a strange, disorienting blow. This person who revealed their life to me as I remained hidden…
Ketamine Could Be the New Depression Treatment of Choice
I’ve never read Watchmen nor seen the 2008 film, but suddenly I’m existing inside one of its stark posters. My consciousness unfolds into a quiet…