Mental Health
Nature or Nurture: Insomnia and What We Pass On to Our Children
“How do I teach her letting go, when my hands are still gnarled in the shape of everything I’ve ever lost?”
What to Do with Self-Hate: A Comic
Try to give it to a stranger. Try to feed it to the dog. Marry it.
Nietzsche and Kanye Don’t Know Shit About My Migraine Pain
“Migraine is deceptive pain. It lies when it begins, and it lies about what it signifies. It signifies nothing.”
Treating Migraines: How Women Are Harmed by Gendered Medical Language
I’ve gotten incapacitating headaches since I was a kid.
Tics of the Saints: On Conversion Disorder, Mental Illness, and Searching for a Voice
On the gendered aspect of conversion disorder, how it might have historically manifest in nuns and mystics, and the strange comfort of being diagnosed.
Capturing Dementia’s Voice: Postwar Memories Under Siege
If I collect Oma’s memories, if I truly remember my grandmother, I too can retain what is slipping away.
How to Prepare for an Emotional Disaster: A Comic
Keep a notebook of all the ways things could go wrong so as to curb expectations.
Postpartum Tea: Taking Care While Changing Identity
“It is a bewildering and lonely thing to be so attached to another human and also feel so adrift and so alone.”
We Need to Recognize Complex PTSD in Order to Treat It
Our communities lack fundamental solutions to the scars of complex trauma.