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

Anyone have an easy to understand book for people that might not understand why someone would kill themselves. My cousin killed himself yesterday. He suffered with bi-polar along with other problems. Having lived with depression I understand how he felt and why he wanted to do what he did. And every...

Have you thought about getting married by a JP before hand? Maybe it would be less stressful if you were already secretly married. It could be like your own little secret between the two of you that you can joke about through out the day.

well the good news is I must not be a narcissist because I totally hunt down every forum that might help me!

Hadn't opened this thread in a while and came across it tonight when I really needed it. Thanks! Down tonight. Feeling the loneliness and mad at myself for still being mad at the ex. For still harboring resentment (and sometimes missing him) 4 years later. Pathetic.

Can you ask to work in the back on the grill or fries or something? Wash dishes? If not Try thinking "what would I have to go through to act like they are acting right now and what are they going through." Another one that sometimes works for me by Debbie Ford is when someone is pointing a...

Anyone have any coping skills? I get to something that I don't want to do, or is hard to do I freeze up. Add one part fear, one part ADHD. I HAVE to do some "stuff" vital to my life and my anxiety and depression flares up so horribly......

am being lazy by not reading everyone's posts. So if someone already posted this ignore me. Could it be a food allergy? Were their any food dye in the fruit snacks? I have heard the red ones can cause behaviour issues why not panic?

hear, hear!

Would it be wrong to suggest doing the same to her? Call up someone she bad mouths and tell them how she is? OK. not helpful. I am sending you a huge hug! Congrats on getting sober and for trying to do what is best for YOU!...... Don't call her and if she pulls one of these before the scheduled Fath...

Sorry Paul if you think this is sympathy and I know I just wrote you an email but I thought I would post here too... This is not sympathy just a BIG ASS HUG! So everyone, feel free to join in and hugging Mr Gilmartin because without him we wouldn't have any of this and this has been such a tremendou...