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A woman looks into the distance as a man lies in bed topless

Red Flags: How Do I Know My Boyfriend Has Never Hurt Another Woman?

Sophie K Rosa

The other will always elude us, writes Sophie K Rosa, and that is inherent to desire. It might also be the source of great anxiety, particularly in a post-#MeToo moment.

A man hugs a child besides a firetruck, with smoke and fire visible in the distance

Report: Years Later, Wildfires Blaze on in Survivors’ Minds

Charlie Hertzog Young

Three-quarters of survivors of Australian bushfires struggle with anxiety two years on. Charlie Hertzog Young reports.

A firefighter cries in front of white vans with plumes of smoke from a wildfire in the background

Opinion: Losing Your Mind Is a Proportionate Response to the Climate Crisis

Charlie Hertzog Young

Those who buckle in the face of climate collapse are entirely in tune with reality, writes Charlie Hertzog Young.

a man and woman sit back-to-back in their respective office cubicles, on their computers

Opinion: Neurodiversity Doesn’t Make Me Miserable – Society Does

Charlie Hertzog Young

I’ve often blamed myself for my poor mental health, writes Charlie Hertzog Young. The concept of neurodiversity showed me it’s society that’s at fault.

Opinion: On Losing Perspective, Or, Why I Don’t Give a Fuck About Geronimo the Alpaca and nor Should You

Rachel Connolly

From blaming everything on capitalism to calling everyone "toxic", it's time we collectively got a grip, argues Rachel Connolly.

ACFM: #ACFM Trip 5: Consciousness Raising

Nadia Idle, Keir Milburn and Jeremy Gilbert discuss the history and future of the tradition of consciousness raising.

Tory Promises to Improve Mental Healthcare Ignore the Reality of Living With Mental Illness

Erika Mastrorosa

Here's why simplistic rhetoric and a small investment are not going to fix a broken system, which is letting people down.

Whether It’s ‘Rational’ or Not, Anxiety Has Its Own Logic

Ellen Judson

This personal account explores one source of difficulty faced by many people with anxiety: the social expectation of what constitutes 'reasonable' fears and worries.

Mental Health Under Neoliberalism – 5 Ways Work Drives Us Crazy

Eleanor Penny

Mental Health Week on NovaraWire: "Working nine to five... It's enough to drive you crazy if you let it," sang Dolly Parton in 1980. Work is a common cause of stress, but with work seeming increasingly ubiquitous and demanding could it now be that work is stress?

You Don’t Have To Be Mad to Work Here, But It Helps

Eleanor Penny

From Fordist drudgery to the personal chaos of precarity, work seems to both produce and feed off our madness. With depression, anxiety and suicide on the rise in the global north, it's time to look at the madness of work itself.

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