The IDONTMIND Journal

Personal stories, articles, and interviews with experts and advocates that help you understand your mind in new ways.

 

New on the IDONTMIND Journal

Featured
Talking mental health with parents who don’t get it (yet)
Talking mental health with parents who don’t get it (yet)

How to approach conversations with compassion, boundaries, and facts.

By Mia Barnes

Overcoming decision fatigue
Overcoming decision fatigue

7 hacks for simplifying choices.

By Kristina Benoist

What is delayed grief?
What is delayed grief?

How to move through the grief that resurfaces when you least expect it.

By Kristina Benoist

 

Popular Articles

Featured
Why do I get sad at night?
Why do I get sad at night?

When the sun goes down and your mood does too.

By Jackie Menjivar

Featured
Depression
The reality of bed rot
Depression

What does this new TikTok trend actually mean?

By Dineka Ringling

Depression
ADHD
What is ADHD paralysis?
ADHD

When there’s so much to do that you can’t do anything.

By Jackie Menjivar

ADHD
Anxiety
Is anxiety a disability?
Anxiety

When does a mental health condition “count” as a disability?

By Jackie Menjivar

Anxiety

Anxiety

Featured
Is anxiety a disability?
Anxiety
Is anxiety a disability?
Anxiety

When does a mental health condition “count” as a disability?

By Jackie Menjivar

Anxiety
Is it anxiety or intuition?
Anxiety
Is it anxiety or intuition?
Anxiety

When should you listen to that gut feeling.

By Jackie Menjivar

Anxiety
Just Checking In: Anxiety
Just Checking In, Anxiety
Just Checking In: Anxiety
Just Checking In, Anxiety

Ten simple questions to check in on someone's mental health when they're struggling with anxiety.

Just Checking In, Anxiety
 

Relationships

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Chemistry is not enough on its own
Relationships
Chemistry is not enough on its own
Relationships

Discovering what truly matters in making connections last.

By Lizzy Madrigal and Drew Valo

Relationships
How do you know if someone is bad for your mental health?
Relationships
How do you know if someone is bad for your mental health?
Relationships

What actually makes a person toxic, and how do you manage these relationships?

By Alyssa Goldberg

Relationships
Why do I need constant reassurance that they still love me?
Relationships
Why do I need constant reassurance that they still love me?
Relationships

They still love you even if they’re not around to tell you.

By Jackie Menjivar

Relationships
 

BIPOC Mental Health

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What does it mean to decolonize mental health?
BIPOC Mental Health
What does it mean to decolonize mental health?
BIPOC Mental Health

Things to learn (and unlearn) about justice-oriented mental health care.

By Kristina Benoist

BIPOC Mental Health
How to stop intergenerational trauma
Trauma, BIPOC Mental Health
How to stop intergenerational trauma
Trauma, BIPOC Mental Health

What is intergenerational trauma, and how can you heal from it?

By Kristina Benoist

Trauma, BIPOC Mental Health
How to find an inclusive therapist
BIPOC Mental Health, Black Mental Health, LGBTQ+ Mental Health
How to find an inclusive therapist
BIPOC Mental Health, Black Mental Health, LGBTQ+ Mental Health

Tools for finding culturally-affirming care.

BIPOC Mental Health, Black Mental Health, LGBTQ+ Mental Health

Self-Care

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IDONTMIND's guide to self-care on a budget
Self-Care
IDONTMIND's guide to self-care on a budget
Self-Care

Feel your best without breaking the bank.

By Dineka Ringling

Self-Care
8 ways to get out of your head and in the moment
Self-Care
8 ways to get out of your head and in the moment
Self-Care

Sometimes you just need to give yourself a rest.

By Jackie Menjivar

Self-Care
6 tips for when you're feeling overwhelmed
Self-Care
6 tips for when you're feeling overwhelmed
Self-Care

Feeling overwhelmed is a normal part of life. Here are a few things to try next time your brain is trying to process too much.

Self-Care
 

Personal stories

Featured
Emerging from shadows: A journey through depression
Stories, Personal stories
Emerging from shadows: A journey through depression
Stories, Personal stories

Navigating the darkness, finding hope, and shattering the stigma.

By Dina Najjar

Stories, Personal stories
How one mental health advocate is tackling mental health access on her campus
Personal stories, Stories, Interviews
How one mental health advocate is tackling mental health access on her campus
Personal stories, Stories, Interviews

Hannah Berrett discusses overcoming barriers to mental health support at her university and paving the path toward a brighter future.

By Kristina Benoist

Personal stories, Stories, Interviews
The colors I did not choose: Black queer woman
Stories
The colors I did not choose: Black queer woman
Stories

“My love has burned red and drowned in blue but my rainbow love hides in the shadows.”

By Jo Oluwatosin

Stories