“How Not to Kill Yourself”: A Writer’s Advice
Author Clancy Martin writes about his own struggles with attempted suicide and includes his best reframing advice-- live another day, and then another.
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Lonely in America
Loneliness is natural, "designed to alert its host to a need, just like sensations of hunger or thirst or exhaustion."
Cowgirl Boots, Anxious Nights: Transgender Youth and Families Grapple with Hostile Legislation – and Sky-High Rates of Mental Illness
It started with a pair of cowgirl boots – pink and blue with floral embroidery. Grandpa B. offered to take his grandchild Marty shopping for boots. At the store, which sells Texas-style western wear, 5-year-old Marty checked out the offerings and decided that the coolest by far was that special pair from the girls’ section. Assigned male at birth, Marty (a pseudonym) had already been experimenting with mixing “boy” and “girl” clothes, a point of tension between the generations in the family.
Crying on the Subway: A Journalist Explores Her Trauma History
Talented journalist Stephanie Foo thought she had conquered her demons from an abusive childhood. So why was she so bereft?
When Positivity Becomes Toxic
We are in the #GoodVibesOnly age, and it’s kind of a bummer. The book Toxic Positivity points the way toward authenticity.
