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

I know this thread is quite old, but if either of you are still looking for a pen pal I'd love one too. Male in his late thirties here.

I am glad you enjoyed my post. I know my humor can be hit or miss. The best "relationship" I had was an email exchange with a woman my age I contacted through the platonic friend section of CL. Maybe it helped that she was married and I knew that there was no chance with her, but I was abl...

Hello. I am in my early 30's from a rural part of New England, US. I deal with body issues, depression, and anxiety. They are under control so I am a "functional" part of society, but feel like they will prevent me from every really find someone. My blow up doll is a good listener, but she...

Welcome to the forum. I hope writing it out is helpful. Instead of bottling it in. Is there any event that trigger it in the beginning? I've had depression since about middle school age as well. I am 32 now. It is a cliche, but things like eating better and exercise do help.

Welcome to the forum! What has kept you up? The CD? Do you mediate at all? I started doing it recently and have noticed that it has helped me with stress and controlling my inner negative critic. I use Headspace. They have a free 10 day trial. I do it when I wake up, but find that my negative inner ...

@oak: Thanks. I started mediating because I volunteered for a team at work that would get me out of my comfort zone and it was a way to curb the added stress I figured would come my way. It involved presenting so I read several books on public speaking. I had signed up for a 6 week improv class, but...

Hi. I'm Jeff. I'm in my early 30's and from New England. I've struggled with depression since my tweens. My childhood was fine, so I relate to those people that are depressed, but feel bad because there is no one event that it seems to stem from. I also deal with social anxiety, but have gotten bett...