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

Hello everyone! ... <snipped for brevity> ... Louisa Hi Louisa! Thank you for sharing. Tony M here from episode 449 (https://mentalpod.com/archives/5499). I had some things happen in my life where I had to take a break from the forums for a while and that turned into just not coming back...until no...

Thanks for the reply Mental Fairy! I really liked your insight on your own experience with this as I'm already a morning person. I actually had to ween myself off coffee because it just spiked my anxiety/depression so now I'm a tea guy except for special occasions. I really don't like that since I l...

I am curious if anyone else experienced something I am going through right now. I have been experiencing low mood (more like hypomania than real depression) for about 6-8 weeks. It is pervasive during the day. We have a new puppy at home that requires us to get up with her in the middle of the night...

Shortly around my appearance on the show, I corresponded with Paul a bit via email. He is actually the person that finally convinced me to start attending a support group meeting that has absolutely changed my life (for the better).

Wow, this is such a powerful and vulnerable post. Thanks for sharing. It has given me much to consider.

Wow, I needed the automated forum post alert to bring me back to this community. without realizing it I think I've been isolating a lot. I'm still game for this if others are. In fact, I probably need it now more than ever. With COVID restrictions being eased in lots of places, my recovery groups ar...

I have been a fan of Kim Quinlan's podcast for quite a long time. She was a guest on MIHH before (which is where I discovered her work) and I have met her in person at OCD GameChangers in Denver. She is a real joy and her enthusiasm for bringing hope into the world is palpable. I cannot recommend he...

Thanks for the post. I really enjoyed it too - for many of the same reasons. I also heard abs resonated with a lot of the stories. Not necessarily the specific actions or details but rather how my interactions with my partner cause me to feel about myself and the relationship. Oh, and I’ll say it - ...

So, I imagine that many people had a similar day to myself yesterday. Watching election results come in apparently triggered some low-lying anxiety in me that I was not consciously aware of. In retrospect, I think I was also feeling a bit "off" yesterday because the 2nd is my mother's birt...

Thanks, MMG. This means a lot to me. I see you as one of the "elder statesmen" of these boards so your thoughts mean a great deal to me. I think one of the things that is most frustrating to me is that after these types of interactions I turn every negative in my own internal self-directed...