HeyJaredEmotional Support Lady
A weekly newsletter of mental health musings from a New York Times best-selling author who has a master's in psychology and has been mentally ill since childhood!
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FIGHTING RESPONSIBLY (opens the original)
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The other night my husband and I had one of our biggest fights in the almost six years we’ve been together. But if you had watched us through the window, you probably wouldn’t have been able to tell. The entire exchange took less than ten minutes and neither one of us raised our voices. I sat on the edge of the bed while he stood in his closet, freshly out of the shower. We both remained reasonable and regulated.It took everything in me, every single tool in my emotional toolbox, to keep it that
CAN I RECREATE WHAT I HAD TEN YEARS AGO? (opens the original)
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Back in 2016, I was at the height of my career. My YouTube channel with Gabe Dunn, Just Between Us, garnered at least one hundred thousand views per video with a handful going into the millions. I had a book deal for my first novel that went on to be a New York Times bestseller. Brands were paying me laughable amounts to make short form content and the Patreon I shared with Gabe had enough contributors to pay my r
SHOULD I TELL YOU I’M ON A GLP-1? (opens the original)
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The only hard part of deciding to try a GLP-1 was whether I should publicly write about it. I have built my career on being open and honest with my audience. The main thesis of my life is that by sharing our experiences with each other we can find comfort and, in some cases, guidance. But what could possibly be the takeaway of me admitting that I am taking such a controversial weight loss drug? What message does that send?I know what message I want to put out there. Mainly that life is complicat
I USED TO HURT MYSELF (opens the original)
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The instinct to cause myself physical pain to distract me from the emotional kind started when I was young. I have a half-formed memory of being a little kid with some sort of fidget toy to keep myself from pinching my own skin. As I got older, pinching turned into hitting, scratching and eventually cutting. The goal wasn’t to punish myself. It was to survive.During my master’s program in psychology, I did a two-person presentation on self-harm. Or, as the DSM refers to it, Nonsuicidal Self-Inju
I’M WORRIED A BOY DOESN’T LOVE ME AGAIN (opens the original)
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“Do you think Parker will ever give me a hug or a kiss,” I asked my husband without a drop of sarcasm. A part of me knew this was a ridiculous question. Most children show affection toward their parents. But in my head, it didn’t just seem possible that my son would never want to hug me, it seemed likely.And that’s when I knew I was in a familiar type of trouble. Read more
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