Sex and Depression Archive

6 Ways To Make Your World More Mental Illness Friendly

Life with a mental illness is frequently challenging. This can be exacerbated by the words, actions, and attitudes of the world around us. Simply put, the world is not a mental

This might get long. Here’s the tl;dr: I’ve launched a Patreon where you can support my work on sex and depression and help me bring my book, The Monster Under

Hey folks, as you may remember, a while back I conducted a survey on sex and depression along with some interviews, all in preparation for my book. Well, now that

Earlier this week I read a Washington Post article about by a woman whose relationship was torn apart while she and her partner tried to deal with his depression. Reading

I had planned on writing about sex this week (you know, like a sex writer) but then my state was hit with a tragedy yesterday. Another shooter, another school, another round

Recently I’ve been involved in several conversations about people who were, well, treating other people terribly. In all cases the subjects of the conversations had long track records of this behavior and

Want to hear about my general experience at Woodhull’s Sexual Freedom Summit? Check out Raising My Voice as Quietly as Possible- Woodhull’s Sexual Freedom Summit It’s been almost a month since

JoEllen posing with a badge reading "speaker"

It’s taken me some time to sit down and write this and when considering why I realized that Woodhull’s Sexual Freedom Summit hit me like a ton of bricks… in

Back in 2012, after my marriage split up when, I knew one of my goals was to have a happy, healthy, really hot sex live but I had not a

Last week the fabulous Crista Anne appeared in the Philadelphia City Paper talking about her “Orgasm Quest” – a project based on her mission to recover the orgasms she has lost

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JoEllen Notte is a writer, speaker, and mental health advocate whose work explores the impact of depression on sex and relationships. Since 2012 she has written about sex, mental health, and how none of us are broken here at The Redhead Bedhead.

JoEllen has led workshops nationwide on sexual communication, navigating consent, having casual sex kindly, and dating as an introvert. She has toured sex shops, spoken at length on dildos, and even started a sex school but she is happiest and most effective when writing and speaking on behalf of quiet people who have sex. Check out her video series on attending conferences as an introvert and her extensive writing on sex and depression.

JoEllen has spoken at Clark College, University of Chicago, University of Tennessee, the Guelph Sexuality Conference, Woodhull’s Sexual Freedom Summit, and the Playground Conference

JoEllen’s first book The Monster Under the Bed: Sex, Depression & The Conversation We Aren’t Having was published by Thorntree Press in March 2020. Her new book In It Together: Navigating Depression with Partners, Friends, and Family was published by Thornapple Press in March 2023.

Sex and Depression Archive

6 Ways To Make Your World More Mental Illness Friendly

Funding The Monster Under The Bed: Support Me On Patreon

I’m Talking About Sex And Depression Again – Interviews

5 Steps To Take When Your Partner Is Dealing With Depression

What Mentally Ill Looks Like

Calling People “Crazy” is Lazy, Do This Instead!

Starting the Conversation – #SFSMonster at Woodhull

Raising My Voice As Quietly As Possible – Woodhull’s Sexual Freedom Summit

I Got to Talk to Sex Nerd Sandra About Sex & Depression!

5 Tips For Writing About Sex & Depression