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

My biggest thing is what if every relationship is settling.

I know I'm not old. But I feel like I don't have a whole lot of time to have a few more long term boyfriends to find which one isn't a settle... Only to probably find out that everyone settles and it's all some big lie.

Because the internet is the only place that is safe. I love my boyfriend. He's sweet, playful, funny, strong. I love nothing more than his arms around me. He's more understanding of my bipolarity, my obsessions, my anxiety. Granted, he has his own issues. And I feel I cannot burden him with my diss...

No, not really. I have before when I was a kid (and forced to by the state) but my mom quickly pulled me out of it because they asked why I was getting bad grades and I said I was bored so they gave me an IQ test at 13 and I scored a 127. My mom, only having a 115, moved me out of the state. I was g...

So, let's talk about our varying forms OCD. I learn through it. I will take about two or three weeks obsessing over a single subject. This time, it's chickens! Especially genetics. I do genetics a lot. Dogs, rats, chickens, fish, cats... Sometimes it's just about certain book series. I have to read ...

So, I guess let's talk about me. I'm a 23 year old female-bodied trans-something, meaning I jump all over the trans* spectrum, a lot of it depending on the type of year. I have various forms of OCD (though, unfortunately for those who have to see my house, not any having to do with cleaning, heh), I...