Happy Girl Winter: How to Overcome Seasonal Depressive Disorder
Not Feeling Normal: The Impact of Birth Control on My Mental Health
There is currently no precise percentage for the number of women who experience negative side effects from the pill, as everybody is different and it is difficult to measure. In the beginning, this fact put me at ease. When I didn’t feel any pain and wasn’t plagued by the feeling of sickness constantly, I took it as a win. Physically, I was fine. But I didn’t even consider the mental side of it…
Double, Double, Coil and Trouble: The History of Female Contraceptives and the Pursuit of Profit at the Expense of Women’s Health
When the oral contraceptive pill came out, it was lauded as a miracle. […] We should not, however, believe that the pill was (and still is) without drawbacks. This ‘miracle’ has a rather nasty history of coercion, misogyny, and malpractice, not to mention the lengthy and dangerous list of side effects.
What Happened to my Mental Health When I Took the Pill
It all begins with an idea.