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

It's like anything really. You have to make sure you use it for the prescribed purpose and not go over board. I used to have a bottle of liquid morphine as well...now that stuff terrified me (for two reasons...addictive qualities and it did feck all for my pain). I suppose being someone who has to b...

I hear you loud and clear on so much of this. "You shouldn't major in theater because you are really that good", "If you wanted to play piano professionally, you'd practice more", and "If you really wanted to become a professor, you would have written your thesis faster' so ...

Hi Rosie! First of all, I adore Wales...such a lovely country. I'm in Scotland right now and if I could swing it I'd be in Cardiff before the month finishes. Second, I do hope you go out tonight and that you have tons of fun. It's amazing how we let our minds trap us into to isolating ourselves sole...

Hey heart...hang in there. University is such a different experience from the rest of life and being out of a rough environment for a bit is so healing. If it helps at all, my mother has all the credentials to be a therapist and when I told her I was depressed and wanted to attempt counseling she to...

I removed myself from effexor nearly 4 years ago and blessedly didn't experience any side effects. My dear friend Willa (not her real name) has an absolutely horrendous time when she is with out her effexor for even a day. She described this zapping feeling and many other symptoms. You aren't kiddin...

This episode is what started me on the podcast and I'm nearly caught up with all the episodes. What really impresses me the most is the safe space created for Mike to own up to abuse even if he didn't go into it. I've been Mike's internet chum since NNF and while he is very open there is always been...

Nikki Glaser episode at about 17:25

Oh my god do I resonate with sooooooooooooooo much of this. I need a PhD to teach in my chosen field but there are a ton of jobs in said field so when I was writing my thesis I applied for 7 PhD programs absolutely decimating the tiny savings I had at that point only to receive 7 very nicely written...

Funny thing being...when I was going to chemo and nearly dead from that experience or when I was just beyond nauseated for radiation or weeping b/c my stomach muscles were gone and it hurt like mad...in those moments I wanted to go on. When it all stopped hurting and I was back in school and ready t...

Holy crouton o Christ that is a long entry..here's the TL;DR version... I learned that protecting myself from being hurt meant that I was also protecting myself from being loved and decided to take a chance on being loved even if that meant it came with a ton of hurt. And blessedly since that decisi...