The following piece was selected as one of the winners of this year’s Refuat Hanefesh Creative Expression Contest. Age group: High School. It has been lightly edited. I look just like you. But I am living in a different world than you. I live in the world of OCD. You sit next Read More …
I remember just staring. Staring at her so helplessly. They don’t teach you in kindergarten how to deal with your mom’s panic attacks. So I just stood there, watching her pace the back porch over and over again. How could the person who is supposed to be my rock and my everything just take a Read More …
I couldn’t catch my breath. “It’s all in my head,” I told myself. “I just need to relax, take a walk, and wash my face.” I walked back into class a few minutes later, not feeling any better. I tried to ignore what was happening to my body. The next class started, and I felt Read More …
Editor’s Note: In addition to inflicting physical damage, the goal of the recurring missile attacks on Israel from the neighboring Gaza Strip is to inflict mental anguish. The following is a post from Taryn Simon (who recently authored a blog post opening up about her mental health) reflecting on her experiences coping with being in Read More …
Being postpartum is a confusing experience. You’re overwhelmed by mazal tov texts, calls, and visits, recovering from labor and delivery, and taking care of a newborn all at the same time. This was baby number three for me, but I had an inkling in the back of my mind that it was going to be Read More …
The stock market is volatile, the government recently went through a historical shutdown and acts of mass violence are almost a daily occurrence. We live in a world with constant anxiety. Besides persistent speculative fear, many of us may also experience frequent headaches, muscle tension or upset stomachs as a result. Are these relatively benign aches the Read More …
It surpasses ironic. The Connor Project: A fictitious movement based on a fictitious story conceived by the minds behind the fictitious Broadway play Dear Evan Hansen. For many, however, this project enabled the most real feelings they have experienced in a long time. Children, teens, and adults alike – who have felt overlooked for much Read More …
What’s Not in The Picture See this picture I just posted? Me, out with friends, celebrating my birthday, laughing, looking cute, appearing that I am fine. No sign of an illness. But what you don’t see is the anxiety I was paralyzed with moments before my friends came to pick me up. Was Read More …
The following piece was selected as one of the winners of this year’s Refuat Hanefesh Creative Expression Contest. Age group: College And Up. It has been lightly edited. When I came back from my first stay at an inpatient hospital, I was scared to leave my house. I was scared of the questions people would Read More …