Identity
Everything we have written on Identity, in one place.
Self-Harm in Adult Men
Self-harm in adult men is a thing we don’t talk about much, because the cultural picture of self-harm is a teenage girl with a razor and her arms,…
May 24, 2025
Burnout (ICD-11)
Burnout picked up an actual ICD-11 (the international diagnostic codebook used outside the U.S.) designation in 2019, and the conversation since then has…
May 14, 2025
Narcissist diagnosis misused: clinical reality
The word narcissist has been so thoroughly hijacked by TikTok and pop psychology that you can't use it in a clinical conversation anymore without first…
May 1, 2025
Cannabis-induced psychosis (2025 evidence)
The data on cannabis and psychosis is no longer ambiguous, and saying so out loud is going to lose some readers in the first paragraph.
Apr 26, 2025
The Playlist Changed. So Did We.
There's probably a song you still know by heart that taught you something about love before you were old enough to question it. Not in some dramatic way.
Apr 16, 2025
You’re Making a Choice Right Now
You're making a choice right now.
Mar 27, 2025
Go with your Gut
You probably know this feeling.
Mar 24, 2025
Why Asking for Help Feels Like Weakness
For most of the guys who land in a psych office, the hardest thing they did in years wasn't the appointment. It was the phone call to book it.
Mar 24, 2025
What HIPAA actually protects (and what it doesn’t)
Most of what people think HIPAA covers, it doesn’t. And most of what people actually worry about when they think about HIPAA isn’t even a HIPAA question. The…
Mar 20, 2025
For the Elder Millenials, Gen X’rs, and Beyond
Sometimes aging announces itself in the smallest possible way. Not with a dramatic milestone. Not with a birthday that suddenly changes everything.
Mar 17, 2025
The manosphere and mental health (Tate effect)
Andrew Tate isn't really my problem in a psychiatry appointment.
Mar 17, 2025
Why Your Therapist Can’t Fix You
Your therapist can't fix you, and that's actually the news the whole industry is trying not to lead with. Guys come into therapy wanting to be fixed...
Mar 3, 2025