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

something i find really reassuring:

Today I woke up and realized (not a new realization, but more remembered) that these "battles in my head" have no "cure". That thought just exhausts me. I'm sure I'm not alone in this, but I'm at a point in my life where I find myself wondering whether it's worth it -- whether i'...

I agree. An episode with Dr. Zucker every couple months would be very valuable, i think. I know i've gotten a lot out of both episodes with her so far.

Jennifer

remarks, you are definitely not alone. sometimes that negative voice in our heads is so incredibly convincing, it's hard to snap back out of believing it. I agree completely with John/BCZF Remember if you accomplish "nothing", so what? I'm trying very hard to live by the quote that is my s...

First, and I know this is really, really hard, try to resist the urge to make this an all or nothing event. That sort of thinking can work against you regardless of whether you get the job or don't -- in different ways. But it's really important to work against buying into that storyline -- it's ju...

This is a link to a video of Jason Mraz opening up about a rough and dark time in his life, and the inspiration for his song I Won't Give Up http://www.vh1.com/video/misc/768860/i-wont-give-up-vh1-storytellers-sneak.jhtml#id=1685080 My favorite lyrics from this song: 'Cause even the stars they burn ...

thanks in_media_res. i'm dissapointed in myself, but you're right, today is a new day and i get to make new choices. Physically I'm fine, 4 times my dose sounds like a lot, but my prescribed dose is pretty low (i'm a lightweight with everything, meds, booze, etc) so it really wasn't all that much. I...

Oy. I have not had a drink since first posting about this.. but I guess starting this morning off with 4 times my morning dose of Klonopin and chasing it with dayquil sort of negates what I'm trying to do. Frak.

I thought that if I didn't get it after the interview that I would have proven that I was a complete failure and that pretty much every life decision I'd made to get me to that point was wrong, and that it was all my fault. This is exactly how I feel. And it's magnified this time, because a few mon...

i do share some of these shame feelings, but mostly when i go to pick up my prescription. i cannot shake the feeling that the pharmacist thinks i'm weak and "less than" because of the meds i'm picking up. other than that, i never really have to take my meds in front of people, i just take ...