One more thing: All of this talking? All of this asking, what do I need, and is this normal? Let’s do it for one another, not just for ourselves. “We have to treat this as a public health problem, not just an individual one,” says Dr. Drake, who feels like we’re on the cusp of real progress. “We’ll all now talk to our friends about ‘Did I take off the baby weight?’—now we need to ask one another: ‘Do I seem okay? Do I seem like myself?

