Can you think of a strategy for distracting yourself during the procedure? Would they let you watch youtube videos on your phone or do something crafty with your hands? Maybe just listen to a comedy podcast? The mental part, the days of dread and anticipation... is there a way you can short-circuit that?

Listen to “The Hilarious World of Depression” podcast. It really helps to see how other people are affected by it and how they handle it. Also, if the first SSRI doesn’t work or has side effects, move on quickly. One symptom of my depression is that I can’t bring myself to pick up the phone and make doctor…

Hi! I had the on-the-ground-throwing-up period pain too! All through high school. I almost didn’t go to college because of it. Then a doctor put me on birth control pills on a 3-month cycle (so, 4 periods per year) and the pain was reduced to almost nothing. It was life-changing. I don’t know your situation, but it…

I recently learned some of the details of the foot-binding process — they do something to the feet first before binding that is so violent and horrific, it made me sick and outraged at the inhumanity of humanity. It’s on par with FGM. I thought I was liberal-minded about cultural relativism, but turns out I am NOT.

It’s obvious to me that he is cupping her hand in his immaculately French-manicured fingers.

I think a lot of Jezzies are city folk who don’t have much interaction with animals other than the occasional sewer rat, cockroach, or purse Chihuahua. I’ve seen a lot of ignorance, misconceptions, fear, disinterest and even casual cruelty in the comments over the years. That’s how I took note of your username in the…

Wait, who gets the poisoned pill???

Her nail polish wasn’t dry.

I don’t know what Teeth is and I don’t want to google it, but I have a good guess, and I think you’re on to something!

I thought maybe they lingered on the audience to show the token black person... but once again there wasn’t even a token black person.

Thank you for writing this! High heels on action heroes (or any character with an active job) make me see red. I think that if a woman has to run in heels, her male partners and the perps she’s chasing should have to wear heels too... just to show how ridiculous it is!

I was thinking start eating a lot of food that generates crumbs. Not soft crumbs like cake, but hard, sharp crumbs like pretzels, chips, GrapeNuts... also maybe track in a little gravel grit from the sidewalk or a nearby construction site.

I don’t know much about this so take it with a grain of salt, but I’m afraid that including the details of these assaults might be fuel for potential future abusers, either in a titillation way or an inspiration way. I realize it’s good to provide some details of abuse for the sake of women who may not recognize…

It’s not ego, it’s the opposite! I just recently had this same conversation with jinni, another compassionate, insightful commenter. Y’all don’t realize that you’re doing a fair amount of good in the world just by sharing your good thoughts on this platform.

They’re dropping like flies right and left. We need to urge the World Health Organization to go over there and replace all the soy fields with McDonalds and KFCs. Sign my petition?

Tried starring your comment but it went from 1 to 0. This glitch has been around forever, and I can’t believe that no one has gotten around to fixing it yet!

So true. I had glimmers of hope for Kelly when I saw him standing with his head down and arms crossed, refusing to look adoringly at Trump while Trump rattled off racist, offensive lies. Now I realize he was just trying not to show his true colors. I tried to star your comment, but the number went down instead of up.…

While I, for one, grieve to hear that you have cancer. Many’s the time I’ve read an insightful or compassionate comment and looked up to see your user name at the top.

I think he walked through the store, saw the familiar face and grabbed it for the photo op. If he’s semi-illiterate like his father, he probably doesn’t automatically read any words he sees around him, especially multi-syllabic words like combover.

I think this is an Onion article.