Depression is a fickle, frustrating beast. It can come at any time, in any variety, and in any severity. You could have had the best week of your life. Everything going right; work is incredible, friendships are healthy, and social life is stellar. But one day you wake up and that terrible feeling has emerged. You have no idea how long it will last or how bad it will be. All you know is that it's an incredibly awful burden. One that affects every part of your life. But that's the thing about de…

Are you fighting demons?

Simply existing in 2023 is a pretty big deal. It feels like almost everyone I know is feeling some degree of crappy, whether due to their financial status, mental illness, or seasonal depression. But sometimes, you just…get used to it. And sometimes, the pain can transform you. For example, do you ever feel so crappy that the misery seems to transcend into a sort of dark humor ? If not, then we're sorry for you. You see, sometimes when life becomes so cosmically crappy, it can feel a lot like t…

My goodness. It really has been a year or two. Honestly, maybe it's more like three. Whatever the case, time is moving quickly, and not in a fun speedy way but in a frantic upsetting way. Maybe it's because as we get older, time starts to feel as though it's moving faster. But, ya know, it could also just be our old friend “crippling depression ” that makes a thick fog of the days, weeks, months and years. While some people are snapping back into place after the pandemic, I still can't help but…

I am a simple woman who just wants people to be happy. Do you derive pleasure from chugging down ten 20 oz bottles of Diet Dr. Pepper every day of your life? If so, far be it from me to deny you such a delicacy. You might be the subject of derision from your family, your partner, your doctor, and society at large, but you won't be made fun of by me, no way, no how! We're all adults here, and we all have something in our lives that we do “too much” in order to cope with the extremely goofy

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We all have mental health, but some of us have less mental health than others. Conversations around mental illness often focus on more socially acceptable diagnoses. Anxiety and depression are not only extremely common but also widely discussed. In a way, they've almost become completely destigmatized conditions. It's kind of wild how much more socially acceptable to talk about these things now. Back when boomers were growing up, it was incredibly hush-hush. Nowadays, everyone's on Lexapro, and…

As a wise person once said, everybody has mental health . That much might be true, but unfortunately, not everybody has good mental health. Before we are born, we are entered into the mental health genetic lottery, and while some of us come out unscathed, those with a sweet, sweet history of mental illness will likely come out extremely scathed. The worst part about having mental health issues is that everybody thinks they're experts on how to help you. People roll out lethargic advice all the…

C'mon Joey, don't play with us like this

We're in this together

Ah yes, the summer. As a child I looked forward to this. Freedom from school. Warm weather. Maybe going to the beach. Languishing in my incredibly hot house eating fake popsicles made of juice as my mom somehow drank hot tea and chain smoked in the kitchen. The best times were visiting my grandparents and getting to watch cable television. Nowadays, summer is slightly less boring, but mostly because we have to exist as semi-functioning members of society as the season gets continuously unbearab…

Pain

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You'd think it would be hard to find someone who doesn't enjoy animal memes . First of all, animals are better than humans. They just are. Second of all, most of them are pretty cute or, at the very least, cool. Like snakes and shit. Or whales and sharks. But there are some people (I'm not naming any names) who think animal memes are too fluffy. Too happy. Too sweet. Sure, some of them describe relatable plights like, uh, being tired, or feeling stupid. But for the most part, animal memes are l…

When the entirety of existence just seems to become a boring series of tedious tasks and tending to thankless responsibilities, it can be hard to find the time to decompress and watch that television show you've been meaning to binge watch, or read a good book for a the first time in lord knows how long. But we can't just let the perils, pains and boredom of adulthood get the better of us. We deserve a refreshing dose of spontaneous fun every now and then. Nobody wants a predictable life. Even…