Apr 11 2018104/11/18No Shame: Me, Mariah and Bipolar DisorderBassey Ikpi8I’m not ashamed to say that I cried.
Feb 4 2018142/4/18When Therapy Is a ComfortBassey Ikpi6“So, what do you want to talk about today?” the thin Asian woman across from me asks. She asks this twice a week…
Jan 25 201871/25/18Breaking Up With Social Media Is an Act of Self-CareBassey Ikpi19 I deactivated my Twitter and Facebook three months ago. I told myself it was because I needed to concentrate on…
Jan 15 2018261/15/18How Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Perfectly Tackles Mental Health IssuesBassey Ikpi48I wasn’t the least bit interested in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend when I first happened upon it on the CW. If the title…
Dec 23 20171512/23/175 Apps to Make Your 2018 More Productive and Stress-FreeBassey Ikpi30Many people look for different ways to minimize the time they spend on their devices, but for those of us who manage…
Dec 10 20172112/10/17Taxicab Confessions: On Being Friendly When You Can’t Be BotheredBassey Ikpi14The new World Trade Center in all its grotesque, sanitized and bleached whiteness still makes me a bit sick. I…
Oct 27 20171010/27/17It’s ComplicatedBassey Ikpi25Last week I watched Demi Lovato’s YouTube documentary, Simply Complicated, chronicling her well-publicized drug…
Oct 19 2017710/19/17Slowly in the 4th QuarterBassey Ikpi8Today was one of those “Barely get dressed” kind of days. Today was one of those “You gotta get out of the house”…
Sep 28 201729/28/17From Hallmark to the Royal Family: Why Made-for-TV Movies Are the Break From Reality We All NeedBassey Ikpi11Terrible made-for-TV movies are my anti-drug and have been since I was a child. Back then they were often called…
Sep 5 201749/5/17When Dancing Soothes the SoulBassey Ikpi2I’ve always loved to dance. I’d spend hours transfixed whenever dancers from the ballet or Soul Train were on TV. We…
Aug 22 201768/22/17And They Say Chi City ...Bassey Ikpi12Some people just aren’t built to be rock stars. The big audiences, the grueling travel, the long stretches away from…
Aug 10 201798/10/17Dirty, Pretty ThingsBassey Ikpi17Often, after an intense therapy appointment, instead of sitting in my car, folded across the steering wheel before I…
Jul 21 2017197/21/17Don’t You Know That You’re Toxic?Bassey Ikpi49Editor’s Note: Trigger warning, this post talks about the subject of suicide, and was written before the death of…
Jul 14 2017537/14/17When Vanity Is Self-CareBassey Ikpi34The salon was busy when I walked in. There was the chatter of stylists gossiping with clients, the whirl of hair…
Jul 4 201797/4/17Anxiety Is All in Your HeadBassey Ikpi25The last few weeks had been good; the fog that spent the last year following me had risen back into the clouds, and…
Jun 13 2017106/13/17No PressureBassey Ikpi11The other day, I decided I was going to take a “writing day.” I had heard my writer friends speak of this often.…
May 26 201795/26/17Sometimes, Staying Woke Means Staying AwayBassey Ikpi8Waking up to tragedies of some measure has become the norm over the years. Lately it feels as if every day there’s…
May 10 2017165/10/17Shame and Other Pre-Existing ConditionsBassey Ikpi27I go to stores at 3:15 on weekdays.
Apr 25 2017404/25/17No, You Have AnxietyBassey Ikpi114Literally anything can give me anxiety, from a car that takes a second too long to turn over, the gym at its…