Instagram Is Making Us Sad
The image-driven platform allows us to share our most vulnerable moments. But is this really the best way to foster community and engage in meaningful dialogue about mental health?
Therapy
Sex and the Kitty
When writer Carrie Borzillo's new boyfriend moved in, she was excited for a new man in her bed. Her cat Aidan had other ideas.
Dear Julie: “I Think My Friend Needs Meds and It’s Scaring Me”
DAME’s Friendkeeper advises on armchair diagnosing, and helps a woman find her voice with a lifelong bossypants.
Dear Julie: “I’m Stuck in a Marriage and My Friends Don’t Approve”
DAME’s Friendkeeper helps a woman ease her people pleasing and tells another to mind her own beeswax.
Dear Julie: “My BFF Is Having Another Baby Without Me”
DAME’s Friendkeeper brings an only-child mother back from the brink, and helps us cope with a friend’s annoying new obsession.
Dear Julie: “My Friend’s Horrific Divorce Is Affecting My Family, Help!”
DAME’s Friendkeeper walks a woman through the minefield of a pal’s explosive divorce, and blows the whistle on a grammar grouch.
Dear Julie: “Can I Break My Friend’s Debbie Downer-ism?”
DAME’s Friendkeeper gives advice for halting the cycle of complaint, and about what to do when a friend in need wants more than you can give.
Dear Julie: “I’m Depressed” + “My Friend Didn’t Tell Me She Had a Baby”
DAME’s Friendkeeper guides a good listener to get help of her own and tells a woman what to do about the bestie that’s iced her out.
I’m Worried I’m Messing Up My Kid
But maybe we all worry too much. Did our parents agonize like this?
Losing My Lifeline
My therapist saved me from the worst of times, and enabled me to celebrate the best. Who was supposed to console me when she died?