Congratulations! From what I hear, half of parenting is figuring out how to function like a human while simultaneously convinced your offspring is lying dead somewhere AT THIS VERY MOMENT, so I think you're squarely in Camp Normal. If you find that you can't get past it even after multiple assurances that everything…

Does anyone find psychologists worth it? I have probably seen a dozen in my lifetime and I tell them how messed up my life and thoughts are and I constantly get stupid advice. Today, I saw one who told me to breath deeply and maybe join the ymca. I mean, I have had chronic,lifelong issues that have impeded my ability…

UGHHHH I know that hiding away in grad school isn't gonna necessarily make my life better but I am so sick of the job market, y'all...

Happy Ragnarok! Grab your mead horns and drink to Destroyer of the Universe!

I had a baby at 35 weeks last week. This is our first full day home and he is doing so great. And I'm doing great. After a terrible emergency c-section delivery two years ago and a bout of post-partum depression that put me in the hospital, getting a delivery that I am happy with is a huge accomplishment. And…

I went to yoga for the first time today and it was great! challenging, but good. they have a "gentle yoga" class for the injured where I went. it was great to do something physical even with my limitations. I feel bad for kind of mocking yoga in the past!

It's also my birthday! I'm turning 25, and hope to give myself the gift of self-acceptance this year. I want to be okay with not being super pretty or fit or thin, because I'm otherwise pretty awesome and should put those other things first. For now, I got myself an awesome leather jacket in this lovely emerald color…

Ok, this is lame, but I have been extra depressed and having severe panic attacks for the past couple of days, so I would like to request supportive words and/or pictures of cats.

You can always call the non-emergency number!

My fave, from Ontario:

"Not all inappropriate emergency calls are created equal, though. Police also handed out top honours for the cutest call of the year. The award went to a three-year-old, who called 911 while watching the movie Cars. The child feared for the safety of the character Lightning McQueen during a…

Dogs are also being tested to detect lung cancer, colon cancer, and skin cancer.

When I'm not feeling well, my Stella knows it and won't leave me except for quick bathroom trips. It's adorable and so sweet.

My tinydog always grabs my leg whenever I go to get into the shower. I mean, he really wraps his little legs around my leg and refuses to let me get in (for only having 7lbs of pup, he's amazingly strong). I expect it's because he hates the bath so terribly that he's trying to save me from it.

This really has nothing…

There are non-LaVeyan satanists out there who genuinely worship Satan as an evil bringer of death and destruction and believe that doing his will will usher in 1000 years of Satan ruling the world and net them eternal life, as well as other biblical/quasi-biblical things. I don't know if they have a name for…

That's the exact kind of thing a murderous satanist would say!

She's giving Satan worship a bad name.

Murderous satanic cults don't exist. Except in the minds of fundamentalist Christians, the mentally ill and the victims of recovered memory therapy.

Pentecostals are part of extremely isolated and insular communities. She probably really believes god would have healed her baby if she'd just been "better." It's both infuriating and tragic.

I can see why 5 year olds are so drawn to her.

My grandfather sexually abused all of my aunts and my mother their entire childhood. My grandmother knew and only kicked him out for 6 months before letting him back. I remember at his funeral his sisters (from Mexico, that obviously had no idea what had been going on) wailing dramatically but among the other women in…