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

I wrote this after a lecture given by Joe Klein of Time Mag. at University of Texas. The lecture was about veterans returning home. Really nervous about posting this, as I'm not sure what kind of response such heavy-handed subject matter will garner. Oh well, Carpe Diem. Rhyme and Reason Say your go...

You have every right to feel frustrated, kshannon. I'd be frustrated too if I was in your position. Wanting to complain about your job to others is completely understandable, so don't think for a second you sound like you're bitching. You have legitimate complaints that deserve to be heard by others...

Yes I am. I've got 504 accommodations, have a therapist, a support group, close friends, and a loving family to lean on. But, even with all of that, It's still one of the hardest things to do, ask for help from any of them. It feels like every single time I open up to anyone, I'm a nuisance, I'm ann...

I still have issues in my current therapist and in my group of talking too much about her problems and what she did and how she reacted rather than getting to the heart of my needs and problems, because her actions/inactions drive so much of my turmoil (because I let them). That's something I found...

I know what that feels like, I'm going through something similar right now. My best friend and I are roommates, and I can't shake the feeling like talking to him about my problems or about what I'm going through is tiresome and a waste of his valuable time (despite multiple instances of him telling ...

haha I'll take it. Thanks.

Thanks weary. I don't know what it was, but having you tell me you wanted to hear more from me made me feel really good. I appreciate your attention, and it feels good to know that someone who's older than me has lived through some of the same feelings. I honestly just found out about all of this st...

My anxiety keeps me from talking to pretty girls, and pretty girls don't want to talk to me because I'm anxious. That's either circular logic or my brain's attempt at the worst Abbott and Costello routine ever.

Let me start off by saying that I have a large amount of anxiety, and that posting in a place where everybody can read and have the potential to judge me is very very difficult for me. I am a straight upper-middle-class 21-year-old college student trying to graduate. My family life was a little turb...