Jocelyn Eve, LICSW

04/23/2026

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/well/mind/bpd-borderline-personality-disorder.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

“One of the defining features of borderline personality disorder is hypersensitivity — most people swing back and forth between being anxious or fearful of being criticized or disliked, and angry or paranoid when they feel as though people are rejecting them, Dr. Choi-Kain said.”

“My husband’s patience and willingness to learn alongside me made a bigger difference than I can put into words,” she said. “I didn’t always make it easy, and he showed up anyway.”

Volatile relationships, reckless impulsivity and an unstable identity are hallmarks of this misunderstood mental health condition.

04/22/2026

https://kosmosjournal.org/kj_article/softening-rhetoric-what-therapy-teaches-us-social-change/

“eco-anxiety, a form of extreme worry about current and future harm to the environment caused by human activity and climate change, was that people benefited greatly from having group spaces in which they could discuss all their paradoxical emotions about climate change and, more importantly, what made it easier to change in response. They craved a space for the kind of inner questioning that asks things like I really connect with the fact that airplane travel is harmful for the environment, and I also live an ocean away from my mother and it’s so important for me that we get to connect physically at least three times a year. What do I do?”

“…group spaces already exist that encourage us into action, and do so strongly. What people sometimes report, however, is that those spaces can feel so intensely committed to a cause that they leave no space for emotion or complexity. And that doesn’t mean disconnecting from action. One study showed that when people had the space to be seen in their conflicting desires and complexity without judgment, they were able to connect with practical action and to stay connected with it (Baudon, 2021).”

This essay was born out of a decade of training and practicing in the mental health and social justice fields. It is an essay about the ways we wish change happened versus the ways it sometimes actually happens. It’s also an essay about how, when we think about change, we tend to disconnect the wa...

04/20/2026

“Silence protects a place that needed to grow under better conditions. That hid away seeds and spores that would grow and bloom when the floods came to take them away to a new place where they could find light. So whether it is your silence or someone else’s –wonder what word for silence would better describe it. Wonder where in the layers of your history this silence exists. And be in awe of what you can create when you are courageous enough to work with it. “

Oh that there were more words for silence. Many years ago I worked in an elementary school and a six year old girl was brought in to talk to me by her teacher because she had filled an entire notebook with the sentence “I hate myself’ in black marker. This is not what six year olds usually do, e...

03/09/2026

12/29/2025

https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2025-11-26/its-now-cheaper-and-easier-to-change-your-name-in-massachusetts?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwO_9G1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEecI4HpYJT-rxuE3lbXfQqtP89UTpJOPk1EXOr3IMFvUyc5Dx_BQI91HvMfzg_aem_SsLYDmBXSqgUYwXsHvQnZw

Advocates for LGBTQ+ people and domestic violence survivors are celebrating the state law change as a win for privacy and safety.

12/23/2025

"What we can do, however, is start talking more about the specific problem of dangerous male immaturity without falling into endless loops about gun control, public health, or “toxic masculinity.” We can, in schools and colleges, pay closer attention to the boys and young men who seem to be sliding toward darkness, perhaps with more attempts to pull them toward a community or into mentorship with older men. At the least, we should be able to find a way to engage in gentle interventions early rather than face more drastic consequences later."

What to do about the deadly misfits among us? First, recognize the problem.

12/22/2025

https://slate.com/technology/2025/12/rob-reiner-nick-michele-singer-death-murder-addiction-rehab.html

As an addiction medicine doctor, I see patients like Nick every day.

12/18/2025

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/opinion/trump-rob-reiner.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

We must do far more to address the national crisis of addiction that leaves so many households in despair as well as danger.

12/11/2025

https://www.mcleanhospital.org/library/weinberg-npd

Watch McLean videos and webinars on demand including Is It Self-Esteem or Self-Importance? Exploring Narcissistic Personality Disorder

11/19/2025

Infertility is not a craving; it’s an unmet biological and relational need. Pregnancy loss is not the loss of a fantasy; it’s the death of a child.

09/13/2025

Logan Ury, a behavioral scientist and dating coach, said she encouraged her clients to remember their ABC’s — “always be connecting,” whether seeking platonic or romantic connection.

As our digital worlds continue to steal our attention, some people are taking a more intentional approach to meeting strangers in real life.