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

I feel your pain I really do, it's your co-workers issues not yours as she can't accept that she is no longer a supervisor and things have changed. I'm in a similar situation I now have to work closely with someone I used to manage, when I managed her she would try to undermine me, now I don't she r...

Heart = it won't be easy but I totally agree you need to acknowledge this was a terrible thing, but do it with professionals in a safe place. If you deal with this now you have a chance to move on from it, I am so sorry this happened to you. Sending my love to you, take care x

Hang on in there six months will fly by then it's a new life for you!

Oh heart please try not to hurt yourself, be kind to yourself. Can you go to your doctor and ask about meds because then you won't feel so down. They bring you up to a level where you can maybe experience happiness and find peace but you won't feel so much sadness. I ran out of them the other day an...

Hi Inmymind Peace is something you can find although is is not easy (I'm still trying), I find peace when I'm in the midst of my beautiful Welsh countryside. Happiness comes in flashes for me it's never been a state of mind, if someone I love is happy that is infectious, listening to certain songs, ...

Hi Peter Every day you'll wake up to the chance of a new life. If you're not ready for change tomorrow, then you can give yourself time until you are ready. Maybe if you just start looking to see what other career choices are out there, just looking never hurt, then if something catches your eye, ap...

Welcome Hidalgo, I hope you find some solice here, it's hard to come to grips with your past and present when you weren't shown a good example by your parents. I think the key is to be kind to yourself which I know can be really hard to do. You'll find a good relationship when you're ready and if yo...

Hi It doesn't sound like a healthy environment to me, is there any chance you can move out and be somewhere more conducive to your state of mind. It sounds like you need to be stimulated by like minded people, is there anything you could join in your home town that would bring you into contact with ...

Hi BecomingKind, they were some good suggestions, I'm feeling much more reasonable about the whole thing now and booked myself some CBT sessions so I don't have such a poor self-image, thanks Rosie

You're right fifthsonata we are our own worst enemies and perhaps if we weren't, then this crap wouldn't happen. Let's try to be kind to ourselves for a change