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

Welcome!

It's so great when you learn great coping strategies. It always makes you feel more in control of things you're not usually in control of.

inmymind, I don't know how the subject of politics came up, but maybe he sensed that it was something you wanted to talk about? You did say you wanted him to see you riled up, so he might have been just respecting you wishes. Perhaps he should have ended the conversation when it got heated, but psyc...

Thanks, guys, for reminding me that Lamictal can make all my skin fall off!

(JK, I'm fine...but I had forgotten about that bit.)

That sounds like a tough one, since she doesn't seem to respond well to authority...The job counselor Geoff mentioned above may be useful, even if she looks like it as a hoop to jump through, rather than something she should just do in general in life. How does she tend to respond if you give her ad...

I often feel the same way... I actually go back and forth between liking myself and wondering why no one else does, and not liking myself because it feels like no one else does. I would just say work on it. Get help. Find friends who appreciate you and make sure that you feel appreciated. I know it'...

Welcome! And congrats on 7 years, that's fabulous!

There's no reason to think that she even wants to give me an apology. It never even occurred to me that that would be what she wanted, but someone on a facebook group I'm a part of mentioned it as well. They also mentioned blocking her to prevent further friend requests, which I did. When I clicked ...

Wow, that's really shitty. Like give you the books and articles, sure. Encourage you to help move past the block, sure. But to dismiss you and say "Come back when you're ready" is just so condescending and shitty. I'm really sorry that that happened to you. I hope you can get another thera...

Growing up, there were lots of kids on my block. My best friends were 2 girls across the street, and we hung out all the time. In middle school, I was bullied. At the end of the year, my mom took me out of that school and switched me to the Catholic school in town. Soon after the new school year sta...

Oh good, I hoped I was being helpful