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

I also have PTSD even though I don't have a formal diagnosis. Was raped by my father and later by my brothers and their friends. When Paul talks about the victim vibe, that's what I had. It resulted in a group of six or seven boys in junior high school groping me when the teach left the classroom fo...

Hi NY, I'm also an artist. Also a lesbian, 55 yrs old. Also depressed. What kind of art do you do? What mediums? I know what you mean about creativity being a part of everything in you life. I feel really lucky, like I get to experience an extra dimension in life. Do you ever feel that way? Good luc...

Hi there. I go by the name Anna. Forums are new to me, not sure what to write. Usual crappy childhood - incest, verbal, physical, mental abuse. Paul's show has been healing to me, it's gotten me through a lot of stuff recently. After years of therapy and prescription drug adjustments and dozens of s...