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

I should add that I am not trying to 'one up' anyone on this matter. When I think about this I feel pitiful. I am a 47 year old male who has not idea about how to have a relationship with or sexually satisfy a woman. I try to escape from this reality by masturbating to online pornography for hours o...

I am a sex addict I would say that based of spending the weekend thus far in front of the computer masturbating to pornography. Because I take sertraline I am finding it difficult or impossible to climax. I stop when I am physically exhausted. Since I have multiple sclerosis this is not a good thing...

I learned quite a bit from this this interview. His kind, patient demeanor shines through- no doubt that he would be a great therapist. However one big question was never addressed. Is he married and does he have children? Perhaps he wants to keep his outside family life separate and I would complet...

Hi- I feel that Gladys did a great job expressing what SHE wanted to share with the world. There is shame in this society about being an escort and it is great how unashamed and unapologetic she is. Being that I have a past of being a john I take a big issue with the posters who said that Paul is be...

Hi I can relate to this one so much I feel like I could have written it myself. I have calmed down from a dizzying, sweaty self-hating state. What brought it on was a three-hour binge of masturbating to web cam porn. Because of the Sertraline I take it can take a long time to climax. Today I could n...

I really liked this interview and in particular I liked Joe's discussion of his inability to climax during coitus. In the last 15 years or so we have seen medications like Viagra and endless discussions and marketing focusing on a man's ability to achieve an erection, like this is the be-all and end...

Having a shitty day or week is a side effect of being alive. Unless one is a jolly optimist fucker is can be a damn ordeal getting through the day. What gets me through the day is knowing that I can go back to my private apartment, hang out with my cat and listen to music or a podcast. Meds can be n...

Your words cut to the bone. I don't have anything profound or interesting to say. All I have to say that sertraline helps me get through the day so I can say the there are some meds that work- for me. I am just one person. I have a twin brother who has multiple sclerosis (have it as well but I work ...

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Nice to hear that someone else is on sertrine. for me, it evens out my mood. I really do need it, I have found. Dealing with the day to day bs can be a bit much

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Oh yeah, and I should use spell-check!