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

Okay-- so you're not exactly a master artist. You're probably not going to be able to make art for money. So first get your mind in the right zone-- that creative outlets are simply for the catharsis and happiness they bring to YOU. Don't even start thinking about what other people will think about ...

What an unbelievably good episode. I was so excited to hear that Maria Bamford was going to be on the podcast. I don't remember how I ever discovered her but, like others here have said, she became my youtube fascination for a while. I wasn't aware that Maria struggled with such serious issues-- I g...

Thank you, for your replies.

Tangerine, I like your idea about facing the demons in a safer sort of way.

Flashbacks are awful. If they happen when you're in public, you're basically screwed. For me, when one happens I just freeze and stare at a fixed spot on the wall or the floor and the terror plays over and over in my head. It's weird, I've noticed that the little movie of the trauma in my brain is q...

Hi, I'm Rebecca. I discovered the podcast last week actually and have been losing myself in listening to it when I desperately need a distraction from unwanted thoughts (which is pretty much all the time). I have struggled with depression since I was 9, and started cutting when I was 14. I became ad...