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

How come there is a forum for episodes and also one for podcast guests? Those two things seem to overlap. Anyhow I can't believe that is what Dr. Zucker looks like. She looks like the an indie rock goddess. She is fucking gorgeous and if I was in Paul's position I would have a hard time sharing my s...

This is really good and I hope writing it down helped you feel better, even just a little bit.

I'm so sorry about that horrible woman!! It's really hard to deal with someone who is your polar opposite.

Welcome to the board! I definitely relate to much of what you describe. My depression and anxiety ebbs and flows, and each time there is a downturn it's hard to remember that things were ever good. It seems as if it always has been and will always be this way. I also don't really have one thing that...

What a strong, soulful voice you have. Thanks for sharing, I enjoyed it very much!

Rosie I think you've got it exactly right. I like to tell myself that our way of handling stress is better because at least we aren't hurting anyone else, but really it's all the same. We are all hurting someone, and we don't deserve hurting anymore than other people do! This is a very hard lesson t...

Thanks all for the encouraging words!

I really like Striving. The tagline for the podcast is "Spiritual seeking without the fluff" but that is kind of misleading. To me it relates more to mental health than spirituality. These are my favorite episodes: http://www.strivingpodcast.com/2011/08/striving-episode-24-other-people.htm...

Hi Katie, college was when I finally started to get treatment too. Welcome to the board!