Why do I eat fine all day and then lose it at night?
All day you're on track. Then evening comes, and it feels like someone else takes over. It isn't a willpower problem, and it usually starts much earlier in the day.
Was it anxiety all along, or something else?
You've been told it's anxiety, and some of it probably is. But if the worry tends to follow being behind, overwhelmed, or scattered, it may not be the whole story.
How out-of-network reimbursement works for therapy in Arizona
Private pay doesn't always mean paying the whole cost on your own. If your plan has out-of-network benefits, part of each session may come back to you. Here's how it works.
High-Functioning Anxiety: When You Look Fine and Don't Feel It
Overprepared, overthinking, and exhausted, while everyone thinks you've got it handled. What high-functioning anxiety is, and what helps.
ADHD and Perimenopause: Why Your Symptoms Might Be Getting Worse
Many women notice ADHD symptoms getting harder in their 40s. What may be going on, and what to do with that information.
Why starting grad school can make you feel like you're falling apart
You got in. You were ready. And a few weeks into the semester you're behind, anxious, and wondering if everyone else got a manual you didn't. Here's what's usually going on.
The first months at a new job: why you're exhausted and doubting yourself
You wanted this job. So why are you lying awake replaying meetings and feeling like a fraud? The first months in a new role ask more of you than anyone admits.
Stretched across every role: when you're everyone's person except your own
You're the one who remembers the dentist appointments, answers the late email, and checks on your mom. You're also exhausted in a way sleep doesn't touch.
"I don't know what I want my life to look like anymore"
Nothing is wrong, exactly. You have the job, the people, the routine. It just doesn't fit the way it used to, and you can't tell if that's restlessness or something worth listening to.
High-functioning OCD: when your compulsions look like strengths
Rereading every email, overpreparing for every meeting, thinking a decision through one more time. In high-functioning OCD, the compulsions are often the parts of you other people praise.
When therapy stops working: why understanding your patterns isn't changing them
You can explain your patterns better than most therapists could, and you still feel stuck. A plateau usually means the work hasn't reached what keeps the problem going yet.
When your diagnosis never quite fit: how OCD, ADHD, anxiety, and eating struggles get mixed up
If you've collected diagnoses that never quite fit, or done treatment that should have worked and didn't, the problem may be the diagnostic picture rather than you.
ADHD therapy for adults: why medication is only part of the picture
Medication helps a lot of people with ADHD. It doesn't undo years of shame, teach you how to start the thing, or explain why you forget lunch and then can't stop eating at night.
Food, the body, and mental health: why I ask about more than your thoughts
Sometimes the missing piece in therapy isn't psychological. Why I ask about eating, sleep, and physical health, and what I do (and don't do) with the answers.
What integrative therapy actually means, and how to tell if a therapist does it
"Integrative" shows up on a lot of therapist profiles. Here's what it should mean in practice, and the questions that tell you whether it's real or just a word.
ADHD or OCD? How to tell the difference, and what it means when it's both
Both can leave you stuck on a thought, unable to finish things, and quietly ashamed. But what drives the repetition is different, and so is the treatment.
Is it ADHD or trauma? Why they look alike, and why it's often both
Big emotions, trouble focusing, bracing for criticism, and a long history of feeling like a failure can come from ADHD, from trauma, or from both. Sorting it out changes what helps.
"Do you still love me?" When reassurance in a relationship is actually OCD
If the reassurance never holds for long, no matter how good it is, the problem may not be your communication. It may be OCD, and the relationship has been recruited to feed it.