Elizabeth Laura Nelson

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

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.

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

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

Is it hard for you to accept help when you need it?

If you constantly find that you’re rubbing people the wrong way, take a look at this list and consider if you’re doing any of the following seven things.

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

Clutter is a distraction, causing you to lose focus and get sidetracked, and it also signals your brain to feel that your work is never done.

Parents — we’re the worst.

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