mental health

feelings rookie

mental health

health

Feelings Rookie: New Year, New You?

I refuse to make a New Year’s resolution. I can’t buy into that idea anymore, because I know it only sets me up for failure.

Molly Priddy —

Jan 3, 2017

feelings rookie

mental health

first person

Feelings Rookie: The Spiral

How can one negative feeling send a whole day into disarray? Why do feelings like worthlessness seem to snowball? How do I stop this?

Molly Priddy —

Dec 21, 2016

2016 election

mental health

politics + activism

How The 2016 Election Is Still Fucking With Our Mental Health

Why does an event like the election so profoundly affect marginalized people, while allies can almost avoid it?

Andre —

Dec 9, 2016

feelings rookie

mental health

first person

Feelings Rookie: When It All Adds Up

Feelings about feelings: How do they work and why are they so awful?

Molly Priddy —

Dec 6, 2016

2016 election

hate crime

first person

Trump Won, So I Finally Got Out of Bed

When the election results came in, it had already been a month since I gave up on trying to fix my own mental health issues. And so it turned out…

Cecelia —

Nov 30, 2016

feelings rookie

mental health

first person

Feelings Rookie: The Terror of Hope

Hope is light, hope is all that is good, hope is what keeps humans alive when all other circumstances say they should be dead. So why was I so afraid…

Molly Priddy —

Nov 22, 2016

feelings rookie

mental health

health

Feelings Rookie: Coping Skills

Coping is a huge part of our lives and we all have our schemes, whether they’re conscious or not. In this particularly troubling time, it’s more important than ever.

Molly Priddy —

Nov 11, 2016

feelings

feelings rookie

first person

Feelings Rookie: Overwhelmed By Everything

This is about what we as individuals can tolerate comfortably before we’re pushed into emotional discomfort. We try to live in this comfort zone, but that’s impossible, because we’re human…

Molly Priddy —

Oct 25, 2016

2016 election

Daily Fix

news

Hillary Clinton Unveils a Promising Plan to Improve Mental Health Care

Clinton’s new plan calls for prioritizing mental health care and putting it on par with physical health care when it comes to access or quality of treatment. For LGBT people,…

Yvonne —

Aug 30, 2016

bdsm

kink

love + sex

View From The Top: Playing Through Depression

It’s almost impossible to master while grieving. When that grief turns into a depression, is it even M/s anymore?

Sinclair Sexsmith —

Aug 30, 2016

intervention

mental health

friendship

You Need Help: What To Do About the Jerk in Your Friend Group

What’s a compassionate queer to do when an insecure friend starts to make the whole group miserable?

Adrian —

Aug 26, 2016

bdsm

bottoms up

love + sex

Bottoms Up: Did My Feminist Ancestors Burn Their Bras For This?

I’ve worked hard to hold onto my independence, and here I was giving it up — to someone more dominant and more masculine. My feminist ancestors didn’t burn their bras…

Ari —

Aug 23, 2016