The Trans Health Research Group at Memorial University of Newfoundland did a recent study with 45 trans youth about their experiences and mental health and found that nine in ten transgender persons suffer with depression or anxiety. The study involved sending out a questionnaire to trans youth and their parents in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The […]
By Alex Temblador We’ve heard of postpartum depression, but for the most part, the conversation centers around mothers who deal with it. And for a good reason — up to 1 in 7 mothers deal with postpartum mood disorders which can lead to severe depression, anxiety, loss in appetite, inability to care for oneself or one’s […]
By Krystal Marx Well, this is embarrassing. Here I am, this self-proclaimed bad-ass, Super Mom, Do-All-The-Things chick, yelling “I don’t need no approval” just as much as I am yelling for cupcakes in the workplace (not really, but now I want to), and I find myself scared to post how I’m feeling, for fear that I will…I […]
By Henry Amador So in February of this year I took a nasty spill on the tiny remaining bits of ice that lingered on our front steps. That day is still so vivid in my mind, the fall, the pain that shot through my arm and the look on my little boy’s face as he […]
By: Lex Jacobson When you mix mental health issues with fertility hormone treatments, sometimes you get a bit of a mess, which equals me. I imagine hormone treatments to get pregnant aren’t nice for anyone who has to do it, but I really feel as though it’s poking at old wounds. Crazy wounds. I really […]
