Mental Illness
Josh Duggar’s hypocrisy is part of a much larger cultural problem
Aug 21, 2015 | Gay Rights and Other LGBTQIA Issues, Gender and Sexism, Mental Illness, Religion and Religious Issues, Scandals
Published: The Daily Dot (August 21, 2015) America’s most high-profile Christian conservatives often use their social media platforms and media prominence to extol the virtues of chastity—only to get caught up in sex scandals. The most recent example comes by way of Josh Duggar, one of the oldest kids from the hit reality TV show 19 Kids and Counting. Coming on the heels of a revelation...
Looking Through ‘Depressing’ Tweets
Aug 8, 2015 | Autobiographical, General Advice, Mental Illness, mic, Uncategorized
Published: Good Men Project (August 8, 2015) Matthew Rozsa explores the latest Twitter trend, #TheWorstPartOfDepressionIs. — For the most part I’m not a big fan of Twitter. Any medium that attempts to condense the human experience into 140 characters is, in my opinion, more likely to water down meaningful self-expression than encourage it. Although my career makes Twitter use something of a...
The Proverbial Freeze Out: Why Do We Hold Grudges?
Jul 9, 2015 | General Advice, Health & Wellness (Physical), Mental Illness
Published: Good Men Project (July 9, 2015) Matthew Rozsa discusses the millennial generation’s habit of freezing people out… and whether the practice of holding grudges offers any benefits. “No friend ever served me, and no enemy ever wronged me, whom I have not repaid in full.” I’ve always been fascinated by this quote, which was allegedly the personal mantra of the Roman dictator Sulla. From...
Dylann Roof isn’t mentally ill – he’s a terrorist
Jun 22, 2015 | Conservativism, Extremism, Mental Illness, mic, Political Ideologies, Race and Racism, Terrorism
Published: Daily Dot (June 22, 2015) Why do we insist on claiming that Dylann Roof was mentally ill? In a recent segment on Fox News, the outlet blamed Roof’s actions on a “troubled past,” arguing that mental illness tends to be “swept under the rug” in these cases, but the exact true is opposite: We tend to use mental illness in place of a more troubling reality—Dylann Roof was a terrorist. “We...
Our jobs are killing us – it’s time to give every American a paid vacation
Jun 15, 2015 | Class Issues, Economic Policy, Elections - Presidential (2016), Health & Wellness (Physical), Mental Illness, mic, Original Source Salon.com
7 Ways To Stop Worrying
May 12, 2015 | Autobiographical, General Advice, Mental Illness, mic
Published: Good Men Project (May 12, 2015) Matthew Rozsa’s seven tips on how to stop worrying and start living. —- While I’ve written before about suffering from anxiety, there is more to worrying than the extremes of a neurotic condition or panic attack. Most of us deal with worries large and small every day, from mundane errands that loom ahead and ongoing problems that need to be solved to...
We should be sending drug addicts to the hospital, not putting them in prison
May 7, 2015 | Criminal Justice/Prison-Industrial Complex, Health & Wellness (Physical), Marijuana Legalization and the War on Drugs, Mental Illness, mic
Published: Daily Dot (May 7, 2015) At a time when Americans are justifiably shown real stories of police violence and racial profiling, it’s important to give credit to the law enforcement officials working to change our current system of brutality. That’s why we should all be praising the Gloucester Police Department in Massachusetts for its bold new anti-drug program: Instead of hauling drug...
The Plight of the Basement Dweller
Apr 21, 2015 | Autobiographical, Class Issues, Gender and Sexism, Mental Illness, mic, Millennials
Published: Good Men Project (April 21, 2015) Basement dwellers. Trolls. We’re all familiar with this personality type: Matthew Rozsa offers an explanation as to why they exist in the first place. ___ “Cellar dwellers.” That was the expression that my friend’s husband used when referring to the trolls who posted misogynistic comments under her latest article. After laughing at the generation gap...
Soul-Searching of an American Insomniac
Feb 10, 2015 | Autobiographical, Mental Illness, mic
Published: Good Men Project (February 10, 2015) I am an American and an insomniac … and that link is not coincidental. ___ My insomnia is a distinctly American trait. Obviously I’m not arguing that only Americans suffer from insomnia, but as a nation we are undeniably prone to it. Studies reveal that roughly 60 million of my countrymen have a hard time going to sleep at night, with roughly 22...