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

You still there Trobia?

Hey my people I’m now on the last week before heading to South Island for epic trip of discovery, history, gold mining, mountains, lakes and rivers. From large metropolitan city to little townships with a population of 76, all related! I thought I was doing ok for a bit with therapy really getting t...

Really got my cognitive wheels turning. I have therapy yesterday. I am pleased to say my therapist never pushes me for more therapy. It’s all on my terms. I don’t have that feeling she wants more of anything. The bonus is she will only ask for what a person can afford. There is no set price. I found...

Hey Sweets Your comment on the therapist made me think about mine. My therapist buried her husband 3months ago after he dropped dead. She is in grief state currently and can very much relate. On top of that she was also struggling with self harm for years and currently doing a course on working with...

Thank you. Something actually occurred to me overnight, I was thinking about your post. The therapist is female and I’ve never had a female therapist before. It has made it easier and more comfortable. She has asked me to come face to face in my minds eye with my younger self, something I fear. This...

I’m in a way not sure if I am doing the right thing by going further into therapy. I’ve done my fair share of it over the years, dating back to primary school. I remember one lady at the reception once looking at me while I was being brought in by a teacher saying to the other clerk how she felt sor...

Hi LG

I hear ya.

I wish so much I was six drinks in but sadly the risk with bowel is not worth it but I crave the feeling of being distant from myself.

You have just summed up how It is in a nutshell really.

Onto my last patient of the day and hit the gym with you in mind.

So team Been away on my group trip for geocaching. Got to meet my kind of people. It was much like finding my tribe. Last Friday we got hit with yet more rain, so much so I gave up on wet weather gear as the water seemed to penetrate everything. Our rivers here can’t take much more. After work on Fr...

Look at you Mr SD, doing your South Island Bird homework. I am hoping to see all of the above. This morning i was going over my geocaching map and locating some remote and not so common areas people go. As Christchurch is the first stop i am hoping to head out to Lyttelton first and get into the hil...

Hi Friends Well the rain has stopped and the flood waters have withdrawn back to normal levels. In a way the storm reminded me of an emotional mood. Once the tears have all dried up we have the clean up to carry out. Had therapy yesterday, i have a lot more homework given to me through this therapis...