Elizabeth Laura Nelson

This is your brain on love. And it’s scary.

Go ahead. Give in to the misery.

Yes, a lot of parents are assholes. But you know what? A lot of people are assholes; some of them happen to have kids, some don’t. I can’t speak for all parents, and I wouldn’t want to try. But speaking as one particular person with kids, here’s what I wish my childfree friends would understand…

The elephant in the room is my mental illness. Do my anxiety and depression make me unworthy of love?

My anxiety doesn’t mean I can’t be a good parent. In fact, it makes me a better one.

Pretending you don’t have feelings doesn’t pay off.

Never ask a Libra where they want to go for dinner.

A low libido doesn’t have to be a clinically diagnosable condition in order for it to be a problem.

The thing is, when you fight with your partner, it’s your amygdala that takes over. It's the part of the brain that processes fear, and it’s powerful.