Elizabeth Laura Nelson

We anxiety sufferers are good at covering up how we’re really feeling. You are not alone.

The only thing worse than being in a bad mood, is dealing with someone else’s bad mood.

Although research is clear we should not come to work sick, there’s still a stigma associated with admitting you’re too ill to go to work.

How far should love go?

Is it better to be alone than to be in a miserable relationship?

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…

Is it possible that talking about your relationship less could actually be the key to making it better? Sometimes, stop talking and just let yourselves be.

In a marriage, should you really feel lonely that much of the time? And if so, then how lonely is too lonely?

As a person who writes about relationships for a living, I might be one of the people least in need of all this well-meaning advice, which usually amounts to clichés and can even veer into the territory of outright insults. What I need – what most of us need – is for people to hear me, and to trust me.

Does chronic anxiety ever make you feel like a flake?