mental health

LGBT women's health

mental health

health

Autostraddle Roundtable: All About Our Mental Health

A lot of the requests from readers for advice and for personal writing are about mental health, so today we thought we’d share with you about our brain situations, what…

the team —

Nov 6, 2017

mental health

video games

geekery

“Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice” Joins a Growing List of Video Games That Explore Mental Illness

Nothing is straightforward about Senua’s journey.

Jenna —

Sep 29, 2017

mental health

you need help

health

You Need Help: Your Friend Needs a Therapist, You Don’t Want It to Be You

You’re tired of feeling like your friend’s therapist; how do you opt out of that without just avoiding them forever?

Rachel —

Sep 7, 2017

community

LGBT women's health

health

All the Small Things: 5 Simple Self-Care Methods For Your Daily Routine

Sometimes getting out of bed and onto the couch is the biggest thing you will achieve in day, and that is okay.

Reneice Charles —

Aug 10, 2017

death is sad

mental health

music

Thank you, Chester Bennington: The Queer Strength I Found in Linkin Park

“Chester Bennington’s anger was so present and so empathic. It told me it was okay that I had it too— that I wasn’t alone, that my feelings were normal. It…

Raquel —

Jul 23, 2017

community

LGBT women's health

first person

Beyond Self-Care Bubble Baths: A Vision for Community Care

If I and other people with certain disabilities are going to survive, we need care — and not from ourselves. Because when it gets really bad for me, self-care is…

Abbie Jones —

Jul 20, 2017

bisexuality

mental health

love + sex

Y’All Need Help #6: You Can Still Trust Yourself

Realizing you’re bisexual after you’re married to a dude, coming to terms with this awful therapist, and never ever ever U-Hauling again. It’s time for some good old fashioned advice!

Laneia —

Jul 15, 2017

friday open thread

mental health

straddleverse

FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: What Creative Pursuit Keeps You Sane?

So, about that time I was having a mental break.

Nora —

Jun 30, 2017

Alternative Lifestyle Haircuts

greatest hits

first person

I Never Meant for My Hair to Be the Way Back to the Lighthouse

“I thought changing something on the outside would change the wrecked ruin of me on the inside. I thought somehow the inside would get a memo from my outside and…

A. Tony Jerome —

May 11, 2017

disability

mental health

identity

Queer Crip Love Fest: Insider/Outsider

“I feel affinity for parts of Asian communities, neuerodivergent communities, queer communities and kink communities. I don’t really feel completely invested in one place. It’s always been like that.”

Carrie —

Apr 27, 2017

feelings rookie

mental health

health

Feelings Rookie: So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye

Goodbyes are only goodbye if I want them to be. Life is about making connections and working to maintain them. It’s also such a wild ride that you never know…

Molly Priddy —

Apr 26, 2017

community

fullscreen

health

We Are One In the Same: Experts Explain What Self-Care and Community Care Really Look Like

We all know self-care is important, but what does that actually mean? I talked to four experts in mental and social health care to find out more about the nuts…

Caroline Catlin —

Apr 12, 2017