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How Do I Heal From a Breakup?
This week in the Coping newsletter: Blaming your anxiety on your parents, sensory deprivation tanks, and steps to take after a breakup.
What Can I Do to Better Cope With Anxiety at Work?
This week in the Coping newsletter: Imposter syndrome, working in an open office, and how do deal with office happy hours you don't want to attend.
How Do I Tone Down the Negative Self-Talk?
This week in the Coping newsletter: Anxious people focus on negative cues over positive ones, how to speak less meanly to yourself, and our national history of over-analyzing.
What Tangible Things Can I Try For Anxiety?
This week in the Coping newsletter: Cleaning the house, using CBD, wearing compression leggings...relief is in the body of the beholder.
I Have Borderline Personality Disorder. Any Advice for Me?
This week in the Coping newsletter: How to date someone with anxiety, the scourge of texting, and some advice for a reader with borderline personality disorder.
What Does It Mean If You Just Want to Sleep All the Time?
This week in the Coping newsletter: Therapy is poorly designed for the male patient, meditating on your own death is weirdly good for your mental health, and a solution for a reader who can't stop sleeping.
How Do I Get My Family Member to Talk to Me Again?
This week in the Coping newsletter: Unusual anxiety symptoms, how to manage a panic attack, and advice for dealing with an angry family member.
My Best Friend Died. How Do I Slow Down and Let Myself Grieve?
This week in the Coping newsletter: The things that make you anxious, a breathing exercise for calming down, and some advice for a grieving reader.
The Mental and Social Consequences of Compulsive Hair-Pulling
Echoing the experiences of many, a man in his late 20s described middle school as “absolute hell” because kids perceived him as “the weird kid with missing eyelashes."
People Can Guess Your Name Based on How You Look
When a child receives a first name, it comes loaded with a number of social expectations, inferences, and interactions.