mental health

Suicide is a calculated escape from desperation—it is also a paralytic of the patriarchy, used to thin the herd of potential disruptors.

If you're trying to avoid a balanced life filled with real connections with others, I'm here to let you know—you too can realize this fantasy!

Is 2015 the year we will finally take an honest look at our country’s dealings with mental illness?

This season is hard. So I'm pretending it doesn't exist. You're welcome to join!

Fear of this magnitude—i.e. possible violent death—shouldn't have a place at school.

Psychiatric illness is still stigmatized. And that’s hard when you have a psychiatric illness.

I’m lucky to be smart, to have an astonishingly good memory. Or maybe I’m lucky to be bipolar.

It’s time to institute best practices for covering mental illness. Happily there are years of in-depth research designed to do just that. The media just ignore it.