mental health

Am I misrepresenting? Am I misunderstanding? Am I misremembering?

An obsessive spiral is largely invisible, with no quirky Monk-like hand washing to ground it in reality. The hand washing stuff — the compulsion — comes later.

Going to a therapist is like getting a regular physical. It’s good for your health and everyone should do it. Here are four reasons why the same can be said about seeing a therapist.

The commonly held interpretation is that I am “a woman trapped in a man’s body,” but the truth is much more complex than that.

For a long time, I kept a mental list of things that I’d do once I was “better.” I yearned for a sound mind and a thin body — two things I was not born with but figured I could somehow earn. Once I had those two things, I could do anything I wanted.

My life is a constant recollection.

Today in, You Can Ask Google Literally Anything: Am I Clinically Depressed?

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