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In Furiously Happy, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jenny Lawson explores her lifelong battle with mental illness. A hysterical, ridiculous book about crippling depression and anxiety? That sounds like a terrible idea. But terrible ideas are what Jenny does best. As Jenny says: "Some people might think that being 'furiously happy' is just an excuse to be stupid and irresponsible and invite a herd of kangaroos over to your house without telling your husband first because you suspect he would say no since he's never particularly liked kangaroos ... [more inside]
posted by Faintdreams on May 28, 2019 - 2 comments

Charles gets Jake involved in a case where a therapist reports one of his patients missing; Holt wants to meet Rosa's new girlfriend; Amy thinks she mistakenly received a package for Terry. [more inside]
posted by numaner on Mar 22, 2019 - 13 comments

ShortsTV presents a theatrical release of the five Oscar nominees for Best Short Film, Animated, plus two "highly commended" animated shorts. [more inside]
posted by Eyebrows McGee on Feb 10, 2019 - 5 comments

When Rebecca and Greg take a day trip, things don't go quite as planned. Meanwhile, Paula has an incredibly stressful week.
posted by JimBennett on Feb 1, 2019 - 17 comments

WIth no audience and thus a silent theater, stand-up comedian and former Weekend Update writer Drew Michael offers a highbred of comedy and performance art in this engaging and self-indulgent experimental monologue. Topics include disability, herpes, self-reflection, and relationships.
posted by Stanczyk on Aug 26, 2018 - 0 comments

Therapy for the strange and unusual. [more inside]
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts on Jun 10, 2018 - 5 comments

After being beaten into a brain-damaging coma by five men outside of a bar, Mark Hogancamp came back to the world traumatized and unable to remember much of his own past. To help process what happened to him, Hogancamp built “Marwencol”: a ¹⁄₆^th scale World War II-era Belgian town populated by dolls representing himself, his friends, and family, and began creating photo-essays about the town. This documentary explores the attack, Hogancamp’s life and work, and his eventual discovery by the art world.
posted by Going To Maine on Feb 28, 2018 - 2 comments

Like most med school grads, David Tracey expected to roll straight into a residency, earn his license to practice medicine and begin paying off his massive student loans. But when his hospital position falls through, David devises a scheme to start offering free psychotherapy - out of his parents' garage. Now, all he needs to do is clock the 1,920 clinical hours required and he'll get his life back on track. But when a ragtag stream of oddball clients begins coming to him for help, he starts to realize something about himself. He may have just found a new career that makes him feel right at home. [more inside]
posted by Stanczyk on Feb 13, 2018 - 5 comments

When multiple people are killed by dead loved ones, Dean, Sam and Jack investigate the mystery surrounding the murders and, each inadvertently, are forced to deal with unresolved grief of their own. [more inside]
posted by numaner on Nov 5, 2017 - 10 comments

Growing restless with married suburban life, New York therapist Jean Holloway develops a furtive fascination with a patients ex-girlfriend.
posted by ellieBOA on Oct 29, 2017 - 1 comment

Elliot becomes encouraged trying to undo five/nine; Darlene gets stuck between a rock and a hard place; Mr. Robot sparks a panic. [more inside]
posted by filthy light thief on Oct 19, 2017 - 16 comments

Rick turns himself into a pickle in one of his crazy experiments. The Smith family attends therapy. [more inside]
posted by potrzebie on Aug 6, 2017 - 38 comments

Steven uses his healing powers to help out Centipeedle.
posted by Small Dollar on Jul 27, 2016 - 20 comments

Kimmy begins therapy with Andrea. Titus helps Mikey come out to his family.
posted by Cash4Lead on May 10, 2016 - 26 comments

Marc goes to couples therapy with his girlfriend, hilariousness ensues.
posted by mathowie on May 22, 2014 - 1 comment