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On Prodigy, raves, and feeling hope :))) Open in app or onlineMusic for the Jilted GenerationOn Prodigy, raves, and feeling hope :)))P.MoskowitzMar 29PreviewSaveIts 2002 and I am 14 and I am on a New Jersey Transit Train headed back to the city after being dragged to the country for the weekend by m

It's time to keep getting more aware.Open in app or onlineI Don't Think You're Aware Enough of Mental HealthIt's time to keep getting more aware.MoskowitzMar 21PreviewSaveHave you guys heard about mental health.Its something thats extremely important.Subscribe to Mental Hellth to read the rest.Becom

[LINK DROP] Yes it's the pandemic.Open in app or onlineWe're All Fucking Crazy.[LINK DROP] Yes it's the pandemic.MoskowitzMar 14PreviewSaveimage via-The BBC reported on a shoddy study (truly, the methodology is atrocious) that claimed that most peoples mental health wasnt negatively affected by the

Rayne Fisher-Quann on how to combat the "forced proximity" of social media.Open in app or onlineIt May Be Time to Finally Log OffRayne Fisher-Quann on how to combat the "forced proximity" of social media.MoskowitzMar 7PreviewSaveIve wanted to talk to Rayne Fisher-Quann, writer of the Substack Intern

What if we need to break down in order to rebuild.Open in app or onlineThe Upside of a Mental Breakdown What if we need to break down in order to rebuild.Feb 23Saveby Evan MalmgrenEvan Malmgren is a school bus driver and freelance writer based in Madison, Wisconsin.He is currently working on a book

An interview with an 18-year-old who has never, ever been on social media Open in app or onlineThe Anti-Social Media TeenAn interview with an 18-year-old who has never, ever been on social mediaP.MoskowitzFeb 16PreviewSaveHana is an 18-year old living in Croatia.She talked to me about her hate for s

Lobotomy-by-algorithm.Open in app or onlineTime for Your Brain Flattening.Lobotomy-by-algorithm.MoskowitzFeb 6PreviewSaveSeemingly every day, this country produces another horror that highlights its antipathy toward learning, literature, art, and anything that could possibly let people imagine a wor

[LINK DROP] TikTok therapists, diagnosis-via-algorithm, teen Luddites more.Open in app or onlineThe Internet Is Terrible for Our Mental Health in More Ways than One[LINK DROP] TikTok therapists, diagnosis-via-algorithm, teen Luddites more.MoskowitzJan 26PreviewSaveRecently, I have been on TikTok a l

The pandemic forced me to reckon with my drinking.Then came the targeted ads.Open in app or onlineInstagram AlcoholismThe pandemic forced me to reckon with my drinking.Then came the targeted ads.Jan 18Saveby Annie TresslerAnnie Tressler is a publicist and freelance writer in New York City.Do you nee

What if touching grass sends you into anaphylactic shock.Open in app or onlineWe Live in a StimulationWhat if touching grass sends you into anaphylactic shock.MoskowitzJan 11PreviewSaveAt certain points, it feels like my system overloads.Ill be out with friends, or on a nice walk, the sun shining on

"I started to realize that the only person who could get me out of this endless cycle was myself." Open in app or onlineRejecting the Strong Black Woman Archetype Saved My Life"I started to realize that the only person who could get me out of this endless cycle was myself."Jan 4Saveby Rachael Vaugha

Learning to have hope, even when it hurts.Open in app or onlineThe Rubber Band ConundrumLearning to have hope, even when it hurts.MoskowitzDec 21PreviewSaveOn a recent Sunday night, hungover from a party the night before, but not dramatically so, I decided to microdose LSD (one-tenth a tab, liquid m

We must erase barriers to exercise in order to improve people's mental health.Open in app or onlineExercise Is an Antidepressant.Why Isn't It Used More to Treat Depression.We must erase barriers to exercise in order to improve people's mental health.Dec 15SaveMikala Jamison is the author of the Body

[LINK DROP] Plus: What do we do about our country's humungous loneliness epidemic.Open in app or onlineThe Adderall Shortage is Driving Us Crazy[LINK DROP] Plus: What do we do about our country's humungous loneliness epidemic.MoskowitzDec 7PreviewSaveIts winter.I am listening to a lot of contemplati

The vast commercialization of the drug has had unintended consequences.Open in app or onlinePlease help support Mental Hellth by subscribing.Upgrade to paidWhat If Weed Is Sometimes Bad.The vast commercialization of the drug has had unintended consequences.Nov 30SaveListenBy Micah CashMicah Cash is

Or, why life feels like it sucks more than ever.Open in app or onlineWhat Happened to the Three Martini Lunch.Or, why life feels like it sucks more than ever.MoskowitzNov 21PreviewSaveFor the last two weeks I have been rewatching Mad Men, the television drama about advertising executives in the 1960

Finding a good metaphor/descriptor.Open in app or onlinePlease help support Mental Hellth by subscribing.Upgrade to paidWhat Does a Panic Attack Feel Like to You.Finding a good metaphor/descriptor.MoskowitzNov 17SaveListenI was writing about panic attacks, and got me wondering, what does a panic att

Not too long ago, a movement fought against our inadequate and oppressive mental health system.We have a lot to learn from it.Open in app or onlineMental Health Was Once Radical.Not too long ago, a movement fought against our inadequate and oppressive mental health system.We have a lot to learn from

The Substack app is the new AOL Instant Messenger Open in app or onlinePlease help support Mental Hellth by subscribing.Upgrade to paidMental Hellth now has a chatroom.The Substack app is the new AOL Instant MessengerP.MoskowitzNov 7SaveListenHi.Substack just launched a new feature that Im really cu

[LINK DROP] Plus: Why the fuck is everyone so lonely :( Open in app or onlineHealth Nihilism, Depressed Teens, Jewish Therapy, and More.[LINK DROP] Plus: Why the fuck is everyone so lonely :(P.MoskowitzNov 2PreviewSave-Professor Nate Holdren argues against pandemic nihilismthe ambivalent stance many

Wellness Departments, yoga for cops, and lots of "listening" Open in app or onlineMy Time in the Mental Health Industrial ComplexWellness Departments, yoga for cops, and lots of "listening"Oct 27SaveTaylor Cody Beck is a Chicago-based screenwriter whose work centers around American masculinity and q

Trying to get off Zoloft in a world of hauntingly-specific targeted advertising Open in appHelp.SSRI Commercials Are Following Me EverywhereTrying to get off Zoloft in a world of hauntingly-specific targeted advertisingOct 19SaveSource: iSpot.tvBy Matt WilleThe hers ads began mocking me in late May,