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

I spend money to make me happy. Whether it's buying boring shit like food shopping, or extravagant stuff like a laptop, it makes me fucking happy! I get such a high from it but the lows are crushing. Am I the only one? Can someone else articulate it?

Thank you for the replies. Things have got worse and I don't know what ongoing to do when the 9th arrives and my rent is overdue. It's a messed up relief to think that, if I get evicted and my life is in pieces I can always kill myself. Ill try to keep logging in but the easy way out is to bury my h...

I am in debt. 2 student loans, 2 overdrafts, 2 payday loans, a credit account, an overdrawn bank account. Monthly rent and bills to pay. No job. I feel sick with worry, I don't know what the fuck I'm going to do

Thank you for replying :) I don't know how you manage to fit in everything you do! Be patient with yourself and the system. Be gentle with yourself. If you need to take naps or do nothing, don't beat yourself up. Would you beat yourself up if you had the flu? Then why do it when your soul is sick? I...

Hello, I just read your post. Our lives couldn't be more different but here we are, both struggling to cope so I thought I'd say hello. it's good to know you're not alone in the world. You seem to have a good grasp on what your issues are which is the start of getting somewhere. It also helps to fin...

Hello! New to the forum, been a listener of the podcast since it started but I don't listen consistently. I don't know what my 'story' is. I've felt depressed for a long time, my memory is terrible and vague. I shift between feeling lower than dirt, extremely anxious to even get on a bus or make sma...