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

Hi, There's a new survey that Paul posted on Twitter but hasn't shown up here or the survey page yet, so I thought I would post the link: http://ow.ly/wHNZF If I were in your shoes I'm might not trust that link - so here is the link to Paul's tweet - https://twitter.com/mentalpod/status/465297310982...

Definitely one of the better episodes.

Its probably not a surprise that I find the guests that are closest in age to me seem to be more likely to have experiences relevant to me.

The standup/actress shares about being the only child of parents who fled Communist Hungary, and after their divorce absorbing the brunt of her mothers mental illness (Borderline Personality Disorder). She shares about the emotional scars and how she’s working to heal them. Christina co-hosts the po...

Hey Paul,
Just to let you know I quit floor hockey because while many people are great, there are just enough assholes that piss me off or could cause me to get injured. And the women push because they know they can get away with it. So, good strategy to just not play those games.

The surveys are definitely too sex heavy - especially shame and secrets - too many sex questions on that one.

I was disappointed in this episode as well. No wonder Paul took a year to put it up!

Exhausted Mom I agree. I still remember really small things that my parents or others said / did. They probably meant no harm, but I still think about them to this day. As Paul says its not what was done, its the impact on "you" that's important.

Right, so I want to start this diary but I'm having these thoughts in my head (where else would they be?): why bother, you won't keep it up you should be starting that work-related diary you purchased a domain several months ago but have not started it will take too much time you're already spending...

Glad you are here!

Sometimes. Occasionally I'll get mildly angry when there are two or three weeks in a row when the podcasts don't really seem to apply to me. Usually these are the ones that relate to specific issues (eg. transgender) or people who have had very difficult upbringings. Then I sometimes get angry when ...