Have you ever been sitting in a high-stakes meeting, or maybe just trying to get a toddler to eat their peas, when suddenly your heart starts racing like you’ve just sprinted a 5K? Your palms get clammy, your chest feels tight, and even though you know you’re safe, your body is screaming that there’s a literal bear in the room. Welcome to another edition of "Body Notes." I’m Antoinette, and if we haven’t met yet, I wear two very cool hats: I’m a Student Dance Movement Thera

So, I was scrolling through TikTok the other day, you know, that dangerous "just five more minutes" scroll that turns into an hour, when Doja Cat’s recent BPD reveal popped up on my FYP. If you missed it, Doja got incredibly raw about her Borderline Personality Disorder diagnosis. She didn’t just give us the clinical "I have X diagnosis" speech. She used words like "agonizing," "unbearable," and talked about the physical weight of emotional instability. And honestly? My thera

You’ve done the things. You bought the expensive silk eye mask, you’ve got a sunset lamp that mimics a Balinese dusk, and you stopped drinking coffee at noon. You’ve followed every "sleep hygiene" checklist you found on TikTok, yet here you are: staring at your ceiling at 2:14 AM, calculating exactly how many hours of sleep you’ll get if you fall asleep right now . (Spoiler: It’s never enough.) If you’re a young professional or a student in Maryland trying to navigate a high-