Coping With Crashing Out

After decades of being sold the idea, especially as women, that the regulated self is the healthy self, we’re collectively hitting breaking point.

This week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson are onboard to analyse the shift – all stations to crash out central. We cover the big‑feelings energy of Gracie Abrams’ new Look At My Life music vid, the unsettled debate between catharsis and suppression, the reality tv blow-ups that raised us, and the 72‑part internet dramas that are maybe a little too much (even for us).

☆ Flavour up your Dry July with ⁠⁠⁠Angostura Bitters⁠⁠⁠⁠. We’ll see you at the bar this month with a lemon lime n Angostura bitters in hand, our go-to non-alc choice (it’s a literal Aussie icon). ☆

Look At My Life music video by Gracie Abrams

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

What Does 'Crashing Out' Mean? By Becca Wood, TODAY

Gen Z is ‘Crashing Out’ – but experts warn it’s an unhealthy way to regulate emotions, by Fabiana Buontempo, New York Post

Crashing Out: The Psychology Behind Gen Z’s Term For Losing It, Simply Psychology

Stop Venting! It Doesn’t Work by Vail Cornwall and Juli Fraga, Slate

Venting Doesn't Reduce Anger, But Something Else Does by Russell McLendon, Science Alert

Whatever Happened to Primal Therapy? by Stephen Ornes, Discover Magazine

Gemma Collins crashing out On Celebrity Big Brother