So Sad Today
Meditation in the Time of Low Self-Esteem
I don't practice meditation to become more enlightened. I do it to massage certain qualities within myself that make it difficult for me to live on Earth.
I Found My Inner Child and She’s a Disaster
I dislike my inner child so much, in fact, that I can't even deal with the words "inner child."
Studies Show I'm Worse Than I Thought
I thought I was only moderately depressed. Then I took four different online depression tests, and they all said I have "severe depression."
Fuck Music, Let’s Talk About Feelings: FYF Fest
So Sad Today went to this year's festival to talk to musicians whose work is "sad," "dark," "nostalgic," or "melancholic" about what happiness is, what it means to them, and how to get it.
Everyone Dies Alone: Advice from So Sad Today
"I mean, even though some people die with others at their bedside, don't we all face death alone?"
I Grew as a Person and It Sucks
The longer I stay out of the game, the more I see my intentions behind things—the way I sexualize life.
Only Everyone Can Judge Me
I take solace in the realization that the river of haterade is going to flow no matter what.
Eating Gives Me Anxiety and Not Eating Gives Me Anxiety
Lately, I feel that the way I've lived for years—in hyperconscious, hypervigilant awareness of everything I put in my mouth—no longer serves to quell my depression and anxiety. It actually exacerbates it.
Being My Own Worst Enemy Is Going OK
If I recognize everything that could possibly be wrong with me in every situation, I won't be caught off guard if someone else sees it.
The Smell of Depression
It seems like I've divided my feelings into categories, the way that one might do with fragrance types: floral, citrus, earthy, smoky, gourmand, spicy.
Everything Is a Drug
I've been in the crystal game for less than a year and already my thoughts and well-being have become controlled by quartzes, amethysts, tourmalines, and calcites.
Fuck Music Let’s Talk About Feelings: An Interview with Mish Way
Onstage she's a fearless rock god, but when the show is over, she's got the same crippling anxieties as the rest of us.