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

Hello A difficult reality to face Pop culture suggestions Hello Mental Fairy, hello and thank you for sharing. I hope your trip goes well, and I am very glad to hear you are enjoying your work. A difficult reality to face Thank you for the courage to share about your at-the-breaking-point marriage....

Welcome!

I'll look forward to your posts with interest.

Mental Fairy! I am sorry things are so difficult. I am glad you are facing them with courage. If I may, considering that my music recommendations have proven useful, can I recommend two of my favorite movies, if you are looking to pass the time? Station Agent (2003) and Operation Finale (2016). Oste...

Hi friends. Though I promised to take a break of "about a year", here I am three months later. In addition to saying hello to all my favorites, I am here especially to hopefully send encouragement to our good friend Mental Fairy, who is facing a difficult time indeed. Like I mentioned a fe...

Hi friends. I continue to have good days and bad days. Sometimes I can't move from the grief. Today I showered and shaved, vacuumed, and am about to have some pasta before the bluegrass radio show comes on. So that's a good day, for me, nowadays. I'm grateful for the above, and grateful for you all,...

Hi friends. I am grateful to have off work today, because I am crabby and tetchy. Today/this weekend my only goals are to eat, shower, read romance short stories about marriages of convenience in pioneer days*, and play video games. Now seems like a good time to pull away from society and other expe...

Thank you, Manuel Moe. I'll look forward to more. Friends, I returned to the office yesterday, and my coworkers were so kind and warm. Also, I've found something paradoxical, but maybe expected: 1. While I am not eating compulsively or gluttonously, I am eating ravenously and suddenly. My body is cr...

Agreed with Troebia.

Thank you for sharing, Mental Fairy.

That summarizes our 2024: we have a chance to connect, then there’s a fire alarm, then an unwanted person shows up.

Though we are all over the globe, it is funny how many of us in this are facing the same thing!

Troebia, thanks for your post; each of the three sections are interesting.

I have a lot on my plate lately, so I can’t give your post the reply it deserves, but please know I am glad you are posting and look forward to new posts.

Mental Fairy and Troebia, thank you for your encouragement. I hope you're both doing well. Manuel Moe, likewise, thank you. And yes, I am wholly open to any ideas/suggestions/thoughts/actions. I'd greatly appreciate anything you'd be willing to share. (Also, I was just thinking about your ChatGPT po...