Simone Paget
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PAGET: The challenges of anxiety and depression, especially among men
A few months ago, I was at the hair salon partaking in my monthly self-care ritual of getting my hair professionally coloured, when I overheard a conversation taking place at the chair next to me. The client was venting to her stylist about how her husband has severe depression but refuses to see a doctor or go to therapy. His unwillingness to get professional help has impacted their marriage in a myriad of ways, namely, his ability to be a good partner to her and parent their three children. She explained that she loves her husband, but she is at her wits end.

PAGET: Occasionally, you stumble across a piece of advice that just hits home
Two weeks ago, while procrastinating writing this column, I was clicking through New York Magazine’ s The Cut and saw a piece entitled, “Why Are All Men Trash?” An installment of their Seeing Someone advice column, the article features a letter from an anonymous single woman dubbed “Damsel Unimpressed” who is disillusioned with dating.

SEX FILES: When Alzheimer's robs you of those you love
In 2019, my father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Over the past three years, his family and friends have watched as he’s slowly lost bits of himself. This heartbreaking process has forced me to reckon with the fact that, while my father is still here, he will never be the same person he once was.

SEX FILES: Sex education is back in the news
It’s September, which signals the return of sweater weather, the pumpkin spice latte and — according to a new study — sex-ed. As part of their Fiction Versus Reality in Sex study, sexual wellness brand Bijoux Indiscrets surveyed over 1,400 people and found that approximately 50% of people feel that they have not, in general, had enough sex education.

SEX FILES: When passion has no boundaries
The first time I saw a photo of the Bump’n Joystick, it reminded me of a softer and more elegant version of ThighMaster, the squishy and bendy exercise device endorsed by the iconic Suzanne Somers that was a mainstay in our home growing up.

SEX FILES: Demi Lovato's new song, 29, opens up painful memories
When I was 18, I had a relationship with a 28-year-old man. I’d taken a year off after high school and he worked a couple of stores down from me at the mall. We started off as friends, but that quickly changed.
