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

I think the key is that what you are attracted to physically is powerful but may change whereas the breakfast conversation you desire will probably not change. So look for both and be aware both are conditioned into you by your past experiences (add some freud to the minicarljung)

I second that emotion. "That part is over" to a sexual being means we are toast. Kids? What part of your bipolar is "shit" (your word) (so you don't repeat choosing someone who negates your story, forgive yourself, and present a good map to your next love. Helping my partners kno...

Thank you so much for posting. I have encountered this kind of assumptive aggressive "I am woman therefore you owe me for my sex creds" type of flirting over and over (and I know this happens more male to female but it is same dynamic of helplessness projected into power). For me it is a v...

Fantastic. Reminds me of that time I dated someone for 4 years and did a face to face exercise with her UN couples therapy answering questions and baring our souks. I for the first time a. felt completely vulnerable with her on all sides and b. realized how incompatible we were. I wish we had taken ...

I once had HPV and now it turns out it's the common cold of STI's. I want to thank all who added to this thread especially the person who said that he realized he was using it to beat himself up and once again complete the "I am a worthless shit" version of himself. I was doing the same th...