“An emotionally broken man better fix himself, while an emotionally broken woman can reasonably expect a man to come along and nurture her, coddle her, and to perform emotional labor to build her back up.” 

“An emotionally broken man better fix himself, while an emotionally broken woman can reasonably expect a man to come along and nurture her, coddle her, and to perform emotional labor to build her back up.” 

I admit this was a one-off experience, but I was in a food court in a mall once about fifteen years ago, and I was looking away from a breastfeeding mother. Admittedly, because I have some personal issues of my own, I probably wasn’t being all that subtle about it, though I honestly meant no offense. I was also a…

Will was great fun.  He was just delighted the whole time, and his face was so great when he heard the “cyst poot”.

I was in conversion therapy, too, but mine was quite mild.  Basically, just pressure to “reconsider” and “think of my family” sort of things.  I was pretty lucky in that sense: I’ve had friends who went through things like exorcisms.

I used to do temp labor, and I worked in a daycare for two days before my background check was cleared. I thought it had been completed, but it hadn’t. There was nothing to find on me, but that’s not really the point. Had I been a dangerous person to those children, I would have had two days of access to them, and…

I have some issues with gender dysphoria, and I definitely have issues with getting rather depressed after orgasm and feeling sick.

I got a tubal ligation at 23 (single and childless), which is quite unusual. I had been searching for a doctor since 18, and finally found one. The minimum age was 21, and I showed up with paperwork showing that I’d done my research and why I didn’t want temporary measures. He agreed with me, and I was sterile a week…

Animaniacs had a similar concept: the “Please, Please, Pleese Get A Life Foundation!”  And I love the criticism of hyper-obsessed fans.

Congrats on your newfound sobriety! I hope you have lots of support, and even if you relapse, try to remember that you can always start again. It’s not an abject failure: a few of my friends have struggled “starting again at day 1", feeling like they’ve lost all progress, but they didn’t! They had a bad time, and now…

Plus, people have plastered his face everywhere.  I can recognize him without knowing his name, because so many people have republished his photos with descriptions of the allegations and the sentencing.

Thank you!  I don’t live in the US at all anymore, unfortunately, so I’ve been trying to figure out if there’s anything I can do besides write my representatives and vote :/

Thank you for your work.  Do you know how we can best support it, especially if we don’t have money to donate?

Then I think it’s worth it to ask a mental health professional that you trust about it! I mean, you deserve to not feel like shit all the time, or even a lot of the time. I don’t think it has to be to the level of danger of harm to self to be an option, but like I said, I know that for many people, cost is a big…

I’m a sleepy depressive. I’ve noticed that I’ve been oversleeping a lot more in the last few days in the current heat wave, so it’s something to keep an eye on :)

I’m not sure about Britain - I’m in the EU :) To be admitted, there’s generally a wait list (save for emergency cases) and approval from your mental health care professional, I believe!

I was in a mental health care facility for two weeks (I also live outside of the U.S., so my healthcare plan covered it, except for the bed fee, which was €2.50 per day). My friends were overwhelmingly supportive and kind. I was shocked at how many people were good to me, offered words of support, no criticism or…

I have. However, I live outside of the U.S., and I paid €2.50 per night for the bed. I, too, have depression and anxiety, and my mental health care people asked me to do a two-week stay to see why I was having trouble with my medication. It was kind of uneventful, because I wasn’t having the same symptoms by the time…

Dude, same. The heat is miserable for me (I describe myself as a “delicate winter blossom”), and while going somewhere new is nice and fun, it’s just not financially/temporally feasible for me a lot of the time. It doesn’t make you unequivocally a better person to have backpacked around.

I wear boxer briefs with longer legs, because they prevent thigh chafing.  I like my system and suggest it to many people who ask.