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

Thank you manuel_moe_g, I appreciate your kind words. But I am at peace with it now. Now that i have accepted it, quit struggling, I feel like a weight has been lifted.

I have struggled with this for years and finally, recently just gave up. It seems like i have always tried to be there for people, help if they needed it but when i need help, i'm on my own. I have come to believe that some people are meant to be alone and i am one of them.

I just wanted to say how much the podcasts have helped me. Your podcasts and the honesty displayed by you and your guests have had a profound effect on my life. Listening to other people that go through every day what i go through, every day, has made the difficult days a little easier and i thank y...

My soon to be ex came to the cabin this past weekend and got her stuff, sorted out how our other stuff is going to be divided. My pipes that burst last winter are still not replaced. No money. The pump for my well that cracked last winter still hasn't been replaced. No money. The car is undriveable ...

No, i don't mind. For me, i feel like i am physically transported back to another place and time...even though i know logically, based on what i can see, that i am in Washington State, i feel like i am back in the GDR or somewhere in central america......i know in my head that i am home, kind of, bu...

I have PTSD from my time in the miltary. Even though i have been retired since 1994, i still am surprised sometimes on what triggers a flashback. Sometimes it is as simple as the sound of wind in the forest, the way a tree is waving in the breeze or the sound of my footsteps walking on a gravel road...

I have a lot of scars on my left forearm, probably 30 minor ones and 6 or 8 that are pretty serious. I never worry about covering them. It is part of who i am. I also think that maybe another cutter will see them and know that they aren't alone.

I have been cutting off and on since i was about 14. For me it would seem to go in cycles. I would go through a period where i cut myself several times in a week or month, then it might be months or a couple of years before i would do it again. Last fall my wife left me and i spent the winter in a c...

I agree with all my heart. Years ago I literally had a gun barrel in my mouth when my baby girl started crying. typically she slept through the night but this night, at that moment, she started crying. Ever since then, no matter how down i have gone, no matter how little i care about being alive ano...

No apologies necessary Brice. We are all in the same boat here. Know that you aren't alone.