Elizabeth Laura Nelson

No energy at 3PM? The mid-afternoon slump is a well-known phenomenon.

Does chronic anxiety ever make you feel like a flake?

Although research is clear we should not come to work sick, there’s still a stigma associated with admitting you’re too ill to go to work.

We anxiety sufferers are good at covering up how we’re really feeling. You are not alone.

Yes, a lot of parents are assholes. But you know what? A lot of people are assholes; some of them happen to have kids, some don’t. I can’t speak for all parents, and I wouldn’t want to try. But speaking as one particular person with kids, here’s what I wish my childfree friends would understand…

In a marriage, should you really feel lonely that much of the time? And if so, then how lonely is too lonely?

Sometimes you have to let go of your dreams. As the years go by, you come to the realization that who you are now is pretty much who you’ll be forever.

My anxiety doesn’t mean I can’t be a good parent. In fact, it makes me a better one.