You may have “challenges with emotional regulation, [such as] losing your temper, being overwhelmed by anxiety [or] having big feelings that you struggle to rein in,” Saline said.
This includes a “low frustration tolerance,” explained Terry Matlen, psychotherapist, founder of ADDConsults and author of The Queen of Distraction. For example, you may have a tantrum about something that seems…
At-Home Pap Smears Without A Speculum Is An Option In Other Countries. Here's Why You Can't Do This In America.
April 25, 2025
Under the Affordable Care Act, most private insurance companies are required to cover once-a-year routine Pap smears and HPV testing 100% with no copay.
“I know paps aren’t fun. I’ve been on both sides and have seen many different reactions to them. So…
I Had My Fallopian Tubes Removed To End My Marriage. My Then-Husband's Reaction Shocked Me.
April 15, 2025
In the summer of 2020, while the virus raged and my marriage folded in and collapsed in slow motion upon itself, I decided that I would become infertile.
My husband sat next to me in the waiting room before I was wheeled away, surprisingly good-natured about it all, even…
I Help People Get Divorced. These Are The Biggest Relationship Red Flags I Constantly See.
April 14, 2025
“I’ll make you pay for this!”
I used to hear these dramatic words uttered by jilted lovers in movies, and think it was something said in the heat of the moment, with no real consequences.
I’ve discovered that’s not the case when it comes to high-conflict spouses.
My Online Date Rejected Me. When He Asked Me Out Again 17 Years Later, I Was Shocked By What He Said.
April 13, 2025
It was a song that hooked me. “Boots of Spanish Leather,” a lesser-known Bob Dylan track I’d been playing on my Volkswagen tape deck obsessively — the Nanci Griffith version. I mimicked Griffith’s twang and bounced in and out of singing with her. It’s a song of…
I Finally Worked Up The Courage To Tell My Husband I’d Never Had An Orgasm. His Response Shocked Me.
April 5, 2025
The night I met my husband, we slunk into a faux denim sleeper sofa, a hand-me-down that resided in my parents’ basement for years, after too many PBRs and tequila shots. I insisted he watch several episodes of “Scrubs,” clumsily bringing my body closer to his on the…
Note: Names have been changed for privacy.
I was 21 when I got married. Young, starry-eyed, and ready to take on the world. Curt, who I met in college, was 23, a junior when we met. I was so young and innocent when we decided to get married, but of course, if you asked me…
Our relationship felt easy, but after a year of dating, we broke up when he revealed he wasn’t interested in marriage, something that was now important to me. At 40, with my window for having children beginning to close, I understood that I might not become a mother. But…
At 19, I Was Forced To Marry A Stranger And Was Sexually Assaulted Every Month For 12 Years
February 24, 2025
Note: The following essay contains descriptions of sexual assault and abuse.
They sent me off to be raped, with a party and a tube of K-Y Jelly.
The lubricant was to reduce the intense physical pain they explained I would endure while being penetrated by a…
My Wife And I Agreed To Try An Open Marriage. What Happened Next Was Not What I Expected.
February 23, 2025
One evening, she brought up an idea I wasn’t expecting: an open relationship. She thought it might give us the space to explore parts of ourselves we felt we’d missed while still staying committed to each other. It wasn’t easy for me to wrap my head around, but I…
