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

Everyone's panic attacks seem to be different. Usually after mine, I don't need picking up, I need soothing. I do baths, TV and movies that totally engulf my imagination,sleep and rarely actually reach out to someone. I have one friend in my life who's experienced these things, and she's good for kn...

Thanks for the encouragement, guys. I've read a bunch of self help books too, manuelmoe. I always feel a bit better after reading them. Although sometimes I feel like they leave me in a place without resolution. I feel like my therapist broke up with me. heh. And darei, thanks for reiterating that t...

Thank you, dare I. I had read your now edited post pre-edit. I was considering my response. I didn't think it was anything that would cause flame warring, but religion can be a touchy subject for sure. I also didn't think it was immature to have the relationship you described with religion. I think ...

Yeah, I think that it should be ok and healthy to limit your faith to a faith in the goodness of other people/creatures. That in itself is amazing. That in itself is grace. That people cry for others pain is a sort of divine grace. For me, I think learning about science, especially BIG science...tha...

I think I may tend to have a problem with all therapists because I have a tendency to live like some kind of actor and play the role I think is expected of me from people, kind of for people. I dunno, I think the forced intimacy of it kind of implodes inward and becomes this artificial thing. But wh...

Thanks nextyear, for the really solid advice! I am going to hopefully settle on my insurance today or tomorrow and you have helped me out greatly. I was leaning toward PPO for the same reasons you mentioned. And if an industry insider says to stay away from HMO's, then there must certainly be someth...

This may be an overly specific/ overly optimistic question to ask a bunch of people from all over the place. I just got a new job. It's the first job I've ever had where I get health insurance coverage. I have no idea how to choose. I previously was on my parent's plans. It was HMO coverage, and whe...

Thanks for the Happy Thanksgiving wishes

http://en.sevenload.com/videos/tX02lnf-Nova-The-Ghost-In-Your-Genes-1-6 The version of Ghosts in Your Genes I actually watched. I guess BBC and Nova shared footage, but they made different docs by the same name. Kinda dumb. Well, anyways. I'm kinda partial to the Nova one. But there are lots of ads ...

Hey guys, I think this would be the best forum in which to post this topic, since learning about mental illness more always leads to the knowledge that other people do feel like you do. I also find it comforting to indulge my curiosity about this stuff, and figure out some of the reasons why we are ...