A HECKLER IS NOT A QUALIFIED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL. I have no doubt that this incident made it much worse, because eating disorders are a mental illness and the last thing someone with a mental illness needs, is someone throwing it in their faces as they attempt to struggle through normal activities and…

Or if people know you have a diagnosis of mental illness then all behaviour that goes against societal convention is a symptom of you being ill. So being emotional about something that most people would be upset about is now viewed as being the illness.

I was diagnosed with bipolar 2 in my mid-20s. I think initial feelings of shame and worry about what people would think of me professionally, personally, romatically. But I figured out pretty quickly that the only thing to be ashamed of was not taking care of yourself, be it with meds or therapy or whatever combo…

Our society wants to deny the existence of any sort of mental illness for many reasons, one of the greatest is that treatment costs money, making sure people find the right meds(not always easy) and take them costs money and real counseling and therapy really costs money. So much easier to pretend we're all…

This is wonderful! And I'm totally not crying.

One time I asked her what I should wear for a night out and she told me that "You don't have to dress up for me". She loves me just the way I am, you guys!

Helluva drug.

This will probably be identified by anyone who knew me in high school, but I will change names to protect the innocent.

As has been pointed out elsewhere, technically not the mascot. It's more of a secondary logo. Just for accuracy's sake...

If my husband used my Pinterest boards to make anything come true, we'd have way too much pie and very, very elaborate children's birthday parties. Ok, we already have elaborate parties, but they'd be even crazier.

Well..

Here you go.

Cheer for the Browns?

That's nothing. My friend Romy and I invented Post-Its.

or just a giant room with a california kong, which is two california king beds strapped together with gorilla leather.

Bourbon is the good looking 35 year old bearded professional, that like sports and is great in bed. also smells like clean laundry and is a great cook.

Smirnoff Ice is Joe Francis.

A good Scotch is like George Clooney in a Tom Ford tux - always sexy, always classic, always awesome.

Long Island Iced Teas are the gay friend who says they'll be your wingman for the night, then leaves you hugging a toilet while he hooks up with someone you thought you were flirting with.

Brandy is the old guy you secretly sleep with in your early to mid twenties (though he's always dozes off before penetration) because he buys you fancy dinners and talks about past decades in a way that makes you wish you could wear organdy and pull off those spidery late sixties eyelashes. But he's starting to get…