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

I can feel it building up in me... There have been some big changes in my life lately and I can feel that I'm going to have an episode soon. Don't really know how to stop it. It might already have started. The thing is, I don't really care. I could use some excitement.

I was molested by my uncle at a very young age First suicide attempt age 13 Got my first job in a factory at 16. Was spanked on the ass by a foreign man and his friends stood and laughed. Also whilst working there, a much older man tried to force himself on me in a storage closet. I started sleepin...

I got diagnosed with DID too in treatment for PTSD, because I would just talk about when I was raped like it didn't mean anything to me. Now the floodgates are open and it's pretty much all I can think about... But apparently this is good because it will help me deal with it in the long run, and get...

One minute I'm getting ready to leave the flat to go for a walk with my boyfriend, next thing I know I'm screaming at him over the stupidest comment he made... I broke down in tears and just couldn't stop. :cry: :( Over the last two months I've come off effexor gradually, still on 25mg/day. Also on ...

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Yeah, I'd suggest reaching out to someone you trust. They'll probably be glad to have you back as a friend, and you deserve support. Hope all gets better xx

I fear that even my list of my most harrowing fears are not good enough to be featured on the podcast Don't worry, I don't think Paul goes through and chooses the 'best' ones, I feel like he just chooses them at random! I can totally relate to so many of these. Oh my God talking on the phone in pub...

I'm afraid of my teeth falling out. I'm afraid I'll never get a job. I'm afraid of germs. I'm afraid of leaving therapy. I'm afraid my therapist will think I'm exaggerating. I'm afraid of not expressing myself clearly enough in therapy. I'm afraid of getting into more debt in a state of mania. I'm a...

Just wanted to post here, lamotrigine completely changed my life I still feel my emotions, but things just don't get out of hand like they did before. Currently on 400mg/day, and 25mg quetiapine to help me sleep. Pretty sure it's the perfect combination for me

Hey everyone, I'm graduating from art school soon and I'm just trying to raise some money to help with the costs. I've got some silver earrings and rings that you can get if you donate some money, also some screenprints and things I'm doing as thanks. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sfinnigan/sa...

Hi Leif, nice to meet you.
Hope you are doing well
Xxx