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

Not sure which wall to post this on. I guess here works. It is an anxiety thing. I hate calling people on the phone. People I don't know, that is. Friends and family I am OK calling (and not calling because I know they don't care) but my business requires me to call customers and as much progress as...

I can't bring myself to take it since the time I called a friend who took it. I called her and we had a nice long conversation while she made the bed. The next day she started to tell me the same story. I stopped her and informed her,"you told me all this last night." Her reply? "I di...

You know who you are. You are reading these and telling yourself that you don't deserve a hug or your problems are not hug worthy or you are just too shy... So I am sending you a BIG HUG!!!!

How about interviewing a historian that studied a seminal person that also suffered from mental illness? I thought it might be nice to learn about success stories from the past when treatment was non-exsistant.

I am sure there are some legistics to this that I am not thinking about but thought about maybe a way of setting up meet ups?

I used to get that when I forgot to take my Paxil and when I weaned off of it. Craziest sensation. Took me five months to come off Paxil.

Thank you for the hug and for reading! Both are making me smile.

just need a hug...

Extra hugs here!

I seriously am starting to believe this. It makes me incredibly sad but just seems so much safer because the minute I feel anything for anyone I fall apart. I guess I prefer just playing it safe and staying put together but it makes me so sad (read depression fuel) to think I will never love someone...