When OCD Feels Like a Haunted House
You walk up to the haunted house and you feel impending doom. You step inside and the air changes.It’s colder here and thick with that uneasy stillness that seems to hum under your skin. The floorboards creak with each cautious…
The Trauma of Having a Parent With Untreated Mental Illness
Ava was only 13, but she could tell the second her dad stopped taking his medication. His lips twitched more. He made eye contact less. He developed an intense preoccupation with everything in the mail. When she saw these signs,…
Getting Past a "Haunting" Ex Is Key to Dating
This Halloween season may be a good time to check out your haunts, so to speak, and see whether you have a "haunting" ex. That's the term being used on social media for when a significant other from the past…