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

I like that term "mindfulness," its not one i'd heard before. I agree with your interpretation and would take it one step further if i could try, and add that maybe it can be an awareness of whats going on in your mind in the moment, and being aware of, and being an objective spectator to,...

I understand how you feel. I go through the same thing with people. One thing a very great therapist once told me about meeting people is that people actually want from others is for us to be a Witness To Their Lives. I used to, when meeting someone somewhere or meeting a group, because my self este...

Manuel you have made outstanding progress! I just read this whole thread and props to you! I love your coping mechanisms. Can I throw in one that a really great therapist gave me? We are all Fallible Human Beings. Every single one of us. We'll let people down. Others will let us down. Nothing we can...

God bless you, cyanidebreathmint. For going to therapy and taking a step to do something for yourself. That's so important, and it's so easy for us to forget to do because life manages to keep us so distracted with its stupid bullshit. You're taking a big step into the unknown to take care of yourse...