YOU ARE NOT ALONE - A companion online community discussion board for The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast with Paul Gilmartin

@Army: Clearly you've done a lot more "homework" than I have on Mr. Oswalt (He's Patton's brother? Really? News to me.), and to that point I'd certainly offer no argument to your point of view. You also make some very valid remarks about the struggles common to most folks who live with de...

@ Fargin; Admittedly your response is somewhat unfamiliar to me. Perhaps an episode I missed? However, in this particular context I can only speak from my own experience when I say that there are far too many depressed & lonely people among us who are completely justified in their belief that a...

Hey Bron; I totally understand why Matt's off-the-cuff comment regarding the supposed "selfishness" of suicide made you uncomfortable. As a two-time attempt survivor, I felt a very similar discomfort as well. On the other hand, upon revisiting this episode it occurred to me that Matt was ...

If there is any truth whatsoever in the old adage about how "misery loves company", then the article that follows below should be of GREAT interest, particularly to the music lovers amongst us. Read on and discuss? (On a related note, I suspect that scoring the subject of the piece below ...

She was good at late night listening When he'd call her on the phone She was good to come and get him When he couldn't make it home She was good to make love to And they did now and then She was good to never ask When he'd be back again She was there on his bad days And for years he led her on We a...

Jen; Synchronicity pops up at some strange times in my so-called "life", which is the only reason that my shaky finger can even begin to point to for this unsolicited "butt-in" on my part, and some of the details of this story were just too ironic to ignore. I believe I understa...

When the Japanese mend broken objects, they aggrandize the damage by filling the cracks with gold.  They believe that when something's suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful. 

Hey "Powerpac"; Forgive me for being rather "late to the party", but at the risk of seeming redundant I just want to let you know that I definitely "feel your pain", my friend. After over 3 reasonably successful decades being primarily self-employed as a technician in ...

Alone Among Friends Once again I'm alone among my “friends”, Their laughter and conversation all around me. Yet they feel so distant and unaware Why, I must be “out of body”. I stand and ponder who I really am, And then wonder who owns the voices all around me . Familiar faces stare, yet don’t seem...