Culture
Stories on the intersection of mental health and culture.
No, therapy apps won't kill Freud
Freudian psychoanalysis and cognitive behavioural therapy have been at war over the soul of therapy. Can the rise of technology deliver a winner?
On my sudden love of horror
What in the name of the father, the son, and the holy ghost is happening to me?
Exorcism
Seventy years ago, my grandaunt was 'possessed' by an evil spirit. The haunting continues all around us.
What Sanity readers are dreaming of
Six readers weigh in on the complex present and ideal future of mental health. Keyword: acceptance.
It's time to drop suicide from cricket's vocabulary
Suicide cannot be a metaphor to describe (sporting) blunders. The game I love needs to take the lead.
"It's all in your head": Long Covid raises nightmarish questions about medical gaslighting of women
Long Covid has sparked a culture war between survivors and medical experts over what constitutes 'trustworthy' scientific evidence. This is the story of how it could be disproportionately affecting women, seen through the eyes of a two-time Covid survivor.
🎂 Happy anniversary, bizarre Covid dreams
Covid changed the way we dream. What lies ahead?
Maa's meat shelf
How we eat makes us who we are as much as what we eat.
Let's talk: How to feel good about food again
Food was the only form of pleasure I allowed myself without guilt. I am afraid I am losing it, and I don't want to.
Cybergrief has no unsubscribe button
My fantasy is to be able to choose my grief. I want to mark as spam all the grief in the world that I cannot handle. But grief born on the internet doesn't care for my fantasy.
Let's talk: Has the mental health pendulum really swung too far?
Are we creating a culture where celebrating healing and recovery is ridiculed and demonised?
Does diagnosis help or harm? Or, why we name our demons
Mental health diagnoses are often attacked for being unscientific, oppressive, and prone to abuse. But for many, they remain the only route to dignity and sanity.