Gabby Windey — whom I spoke with this summer about her praise for the full bush and her philosophy on married sex — has never kept her depression a secret, at least as long as she's been famous. Fans of her podcast know she's been spouting off curiously poetic yet minimalist monologues about her mental health for a while now, and in true "Long Winded" fashion, she recently took to her Instagram to dub this season "Lamictal girl fall."
But Windey's not the only one shouting out her antidepressants. Hayley Williams wrote a song for her Mirtazapine, Ciara Miller praised her Prozac at BravoCon, and Kelsea Ballerini listed Lexapro as a key pillar of her wellness (along with hot dogs, porch painting, and Kenny Chesney, naturally) in a social media post.
What do we make of this sudden geyser of celebrities name-dropping their antidepressants? There are some who criticize it as "glamorizing" drugs, big pharma, or simply being depressed altogether. But the reality is, nearly half of Gen Z adults have been diagnosed with a mental health condition — most commonly anxiety, depression, and ADHD, in that order — according to a 2022 survey.
We all know there's no shortage of destabilizing social, political, and economic factors that would make anyone's head spin (let alone someone whose prefrontal cortex is still half-baked). But those numbers are so high in part because Gen Z is more likely than any generation before it to report mental health concerns.
And that's actually . . . a good thing.
Today, more than any period before, there's greater tolerance for and knowledge about mental-health challenges that are beyond an individual's control, and more will to treat them seriously and respectfully. Any depressed person will tell you that being depressed isn't something to glorify. But treating your depression responsibly and in a way that feels good for you certainly deserves praise.
And before we go around shaming people for taking pharmaceuticals to help manage their mental health, we miiiight want to take a look in the mirror to understand how a society so prosperous has led to so much suffering. Just a little food for thought. (No need to take that Zoloft on an empty stomach, y'know?) |
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I Tried It: Turkish Tea Time |
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In today's featured column, Popsugar's Balim Tezel tries to re-create her beloved Turkish tea breaks many miles from the Turkish home in which she grew up. |
I've been living in the States for 10 years now. I came here for college and then moved to New York, so at this point I'm basically a New Yorker. And I'm sure you've heard that we New Yorkers love an early-morning, late-night routine . . . which conveniently allows us to drink more than a couple cups of coffee a day.
I might be a New Yorker now, but I'm also Turkish. Growing up in Turkey, tea was nonnegotiable — it was just part of life. But after adapting to the American lifestyle, I'm ashamed to say I went from drinking several cups of tea a day to having it once in a blue moon. And honestly, the tea here just doesn't compare to the tea back home (and I'm not even talking about the ritual — everyone drinking tea together like it's water — which adds so much to the experience). So I slowly just let it go.
That's why when Rishi Tea reached out with their offerings, I was genuinely excited to hopefully get my groove back and try a new tea company. — Balim Tezel |
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