Anne Thériault

Virginity Is A Social Construct

Some people have said that performing any sexual act constitutes losing one’s virginity, but that seems like much too broad of a definition.

I Voluntarily Signed Myself Into A Psych Unit

My little book that I’ve been working on for the last few months, My Heart Is An Autumn Garage, came out last week. It’s a short memoir about the breakdown I had in 2003 and my subsequent hospitalization.

What It’s Like To Live Here

Depression is the place you always come back to, and though its landscape is ugly, the colours muddied and muted, it feels strangely like home.

10 Lies Depression Tells You

1. You are a bad person who deserves bad things. 2. You are unhappy because you are lazy or lacking in willpower. Happiness is a choice, a choice that you have failed to make.

10 Truths About Love

1. The truth about love is that there is a part of you that honestly believes that giving away all of your love will – no, must – result in receiving some kind of equal love back.