I’m flying home to vote, this is so important to me. I’ve convinced my extended family to vote yes too. Like voting Tory and for divorce in the 90s, I think a lot of people might be quiet about voting No. Add that to the way religious leaders are bringing children into the conversation (“everybody deserves to grow up…

Piglet is a well-known term of endearment in the female submission scene...have you got that kind of dynamic?

I assume you’re rather obtuse?

There is fuck all evidence that schizophrenia or delirium can cause death due to the brain “overcooking” or some shit. The American Psychiatric Association recognises shit like “attenuated psychosis syndrome” (some factors in your life making you more likely to become psychotic”, dermatillomania/excoriation disorder…

I guarantee “excited delirium” is the new drapetomania.

Overwhelmed is totally normal right now - you’re making a tiny person! It’s mind-blowing. Good luck! :)

Thank you for sharing your story. My heart breaks for you.

Congratulations on your pregnancy! Pregnancy sucks for some people, I’m sorry you feel people in your family wouldn’t be supportive. Perhaps you know other people who have been pregnant and can empathise?

LEAVE HIM. I left a guy after ten years of being in a crappy relationship. I also had depression and anxiety for years, and my boyfriend was the only person who was really there for me during that time. It’s easy for friends to drift away when you’re feeling mentally ill, and it’s harder to make friends at those times…

Yeah, there’s an anti-pursepreading sign as part of the same campaign, don’t worry.

How can I make my hair like hers? Any time I try, my coiled hair looks like a lonely dog shit on my head.

I live in the UK, where they recommend the IUD and other forms of LARC to every woman on the Pill who’s over the age of 18. And then they install it for free. Seriously, come over here for a semester and get it done!

It’s really hard to support a family member with mental illness, and mood disorders with personality disorder are particularly hard. I assume your sister is being treated by a GP and has a therapist/mental health team looking after her? AFAIK, NICE guidelines recommend Dialectical Behavioural Therapy for personality…

i was told the american health insurance industry was the best in the world.

(Those odd limits include things like refusing to cover more than one ultrasound for a pregnant person; most people get at least two, possibly more if there are complications.)

Hai, I’m a psychologist here to tell you he’s talking shit. Social psychology has plenty to say about poverty, and most of it is librul left-wing stuff about institutional racism, structures of oppression and how people are selfish and not very interested in equality.

I love the Overcoming series of CBT books. I haven’t read this one, but looking at the contents page it seems to be similar to others in the series:

I’m so sorry to hear you’re having such a shitty time with your current therapist. As a psychologist, my professional opinion is you should DTMFA. You want a therapist who listens to you, who empathises and who remembers you from week to week. That shouldn’t be too much to ask, but sadly there are a lot of dreadful…

I wonder if it’s possible for you to bring up the topic with him in a way that doesn’t make him feel defensive? How does he react if you say something like “I noticed you’ve lost some weight recently, is everything going okay for you?” Nice and general, non-directive. I like the suggestions of the mini-fridge and…

The English Garden or Hofgarten in Munich are beautiful places to sit around reading a book, go swimming in the river or people watch. Generally if you chose to sit in a cafe (even the chains like Rischart have excellent pastries) people are polite enough to leave you alone. So sit with your book in a sidewalk cafe…