Anxiety… Economic Anxiety 2 Sep 2022 This begins as the tale of three colleagues - a devout Republican, the guy who became president of the Young Democrats for the county, and me. All three of us…
Anxiety Sure, Sex Is Great (Unless You Have Social Anxiety and a Touch Aversion) 3 Jun 2022 Yesterday was a "sexy" day. It came up as a topic of conversation among friends, and then I continued reading "The Shadow of the Wind" and its charming sex scenes.…
Anxiety… Medical Anxiety, Social Anxiety, and OCPD – Going to a Doctor When You Hate Medical Offices 2 May 2022 TW: Brief discussion of a graphic injury Every time I sit down with a new medical professional, they will invariably ask how things are with me and I will struggle…
Anxiety Climate Anxiety 6 Apr 2022 It's something I don't think anyone has ever seen in their lifetime. You've seen stories like it before. A headline will scream that "an asteroid the size of North Dakota…
Anxiety… One Death: How One Event Shaped My Anxiety and OCPD 21 Mar 2022 TW: death I feel like I learned the truth about death far too late in life, a combination of natural insulation from the subject and a consequence of my social…
Anxiety Social Anxiety and Animals (Especially Those We Call Humans) 16 Mar 202217 Mar 2022 I cannot stress this enough, not only on my behalf but also in the interest of all who share these descriptions. Those with social anxiety are anxious in social situations.…
Anxiety Parasocial Anxiety 7 Mar 2022 Parasocial relationships play an ever-increasing role in our world. Whereas these sorts of relationships have always existed to some degree, the advent of social media, which allows direct communication and…
Anxiety I Hate My Body (Too) 18 Feb 2022 Where does this even go in the spectrum of my mental health stuff? It's hard to say with any precision because the only person who knew any of it prior…
Mental Health A Most Perfect Contradiction 31 Jan 20224 Feb 2022 Humans are contradictions. It's something that I find beautiful and frustrating (see how easy it can be?). We can hold two disparate beliefs sincerely at the exact same time, be…
Anxiety… Mental Health and Sexuality 9 Aug 20219 Aug 2021 We need to begin this post with a pure truth: definitions describe; they do not prescribe. Some definitions are by their nature comparative. For example, I could describe myself as…
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