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

To hold on
Gripping the reality
That tore her apart

God I loved your poem so much. I feel less alone thanks so much for posting this.

You people are the best

This forum is the best

I feel like I can't be sad anymore. I feel like I can't fuck up anymore too, like ever. Like we're entitled to an acceptable amount of days in our lives to be sad and an acceptable amount of 'fuck ups' and I've used them all up like ages ago. When I was eighteen I fucked up bad. I'd always fucked up...

I love this entire thread and I would really love to hear your disney princesses marriage arrangements

Sending you a gigantic hug! Just started university a couple months ago, moved far far away from my family and friends. I miss them all, especially my sister and my dog too! I felt really lonely tonight everyone's out doing something and I'm at home alone. Sometimes I feel like I'm socially clueless...

awh this forum is so awesome. I never had people say they'd give me a hug just because I wanted one. This is the coolest thing ever. Hey Cinnamon thanks for asking its surprising and touching that you did :) The depression for me is a cycle of me being sad and then isolating, and then being sad beca...

Man all these tips are awesome! For the longest time i read stuff like this and didn't do it because it seemed too 'simple'. That was just my anxiety blowing itself out of proportion, lying to me, telling me it wasn't manageable but it totally is!

Hey i took antidepressants when i was around 15. I totally relate to what you're describing.I almost got kicked out of school because I just couldn't go. I couldn't function I called in sick at least once or twice every week. And once I started taking meds I could at least attend school even if I di...

I've been depressed for the first time in a long time and I'm so empty and hollow I can't be around people. I have nothing to say, I sit there in silence and like stare at idk my pants. so I stay away from people until I can figure out how to get back to the way I was. But I'm pretty lonely like thi...

This is so perfect. Encapsulates the whole deal with depression. Everything I feel is in this poem!