MORE 'ANXIETY' POSTS
Teen contributor Riley Jensen discusses what it's like to be a teenager thinking about returning to school in a pandemic.
16-year-old Ellis's biggest worry is the end of the world. When her new friend Hannah appears to be a doomsday prophet, Ellis finally starts to take real action. But will anyone believe her? And is Hannah telling Ellis the whole story?
Publisher’s description Barney and his best friend Norma are just trying to get by and keep their jobs, but working at the Dead End theme park also means battling demonic forces, time traveling wizards, and scariest of all–their love lives! Follow the lives of this diverse group of employees of a haunted house, which may […]
Publisher’s description For fans of Nicola Yoon’s Everything, Everything, Emery Lord’s When We Collided, and Rainbow Rowell’s Fangirl,Anna Priemaza’s debut novel is a heartwarming and achingly real story of finding a friend, being a fan, and defining your place in a difficult world. Kat and Meg couldn’t be more different. Kat’s anxiety makes it hard for her to talk to […]
Hi, I’m Erin. I’m a teen librarian, a wife, a daughter, a best friend, a mom, and an anxiety warrior. Notice how I put that at the very end. There was a reason for that. The anxiety is the “least of my worries” for lack of a better phrase (insert uncomfortable laughter here). What I’m […]
It’s election night, 7 pm, and I’m sitting in the doctor’s office being diagnosed with moderate major depression. There’s an obvious joke there—one that’s not funny at all. And it’s maybe the first time anything about me has been described as moderate. I spent the past few months crying my eyes out […]
I’ve been in therapy since I was seventeen years old. My mother is a therapist and growing up, going to therapy just wasn’t that big of a deal. It was kind of like going to the dentist -something you could do preventatively or when plaque started to build up on your feelings. I worked with […]
Publisher’s description There are two sides to every story. It’s friends-at-first-sight for Jessie and Annie, proving the old adage that opposites attract. Shy, anxious Jessie would give anything to have Annie’s beauty and confidence. And Annie thinks Jessie has the perfect life, with her close-knit family and killer grades. They’re BFFs . . . until […]
In 100 Days of Cake, Molly has a, um, confused relationship with her therapist. Her friends and family love her and would love to fix her, but they don’t really understand what she’s going through, so a lot of times—like when her mom decides to bake all the cakes—their efforts aren’t particularly helpful and then […]
Today we are honored to share a guest post by author Marisa Reichardt. You can read my review of Marisa’s book, Underwater, here. For an index of all of the posts in our Mental Health in YA Literature project, please visit our #MHYALit hub. I’ve been terrified to write this blog post. I’m […]
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