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

It's really crazy how we do this to ourselves. Sometimes when I'm feeling gross and fast I actually swish my stomach together even more to see how much fat I have all together. That makes it SO MUCH WORSE! I have been looking in mirrors again lately. I've been getting dressed with my glasses off so ...

Thanks guys! I'm reading this now and I don't even remember writing it. Jitters, the chest pain is now kicking in when I have anxiety attacks. It's been about two months. What an awful feeling. It's like you being stabbed... And the neck tension gets so bad I get headaches... So I feel you there. My...

That works for me!

Andi mms is about to get a little more graphic than people might want to read on a Sunday morning, but I'll try and baby into it. Ever since I'm little I have had a tenancy to pass fairly large stool (yay). And sometimes a toilet will block... But nothing awful. It's something I'm used to. And it's ...

I know that technically they aren't categorized as a mental illness. But after years of therapy and meds and feeling insane, the doctors are now saying I may have Narcolepsy.... That being said, in the process of being tested for that and Sleep apnea. They think that finally diagnosing it and treati...

I go through that regularly. That's totally fine and normal! It's a year I'm listening to the podcast and i take lots of breaks. It's heavy info. You're sitting there for an hour or two listening to how fucked up humans are. And i don't mean the guests.. I mean you hear all the awful things that peo...

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Back when I asked about it, the heaviest bands out there were Metallica and Iron Maiden. I wonder what they sleep to now

I bet it's still Metallica and Iron Maiden lol. You can't get away from that time. That's when metal was at its finest!

I've been feeling particularly fat, i think the holidays will do that to you. Just add that little more so than usual. I'm not sure where that block is that makes me sabotage getting healthier and bringing myself to a point where I'm happy to look at myself. Lately with my new phone I have a flip ca...

Wow, Cheesehead... I do the EXACT same thing. Actually... I'm on here now because I was plucking my eyebrows and it slowly turned into, "God.. your pores really show.. is that a hair? your face got fat" and slowly just blew itself out of proportion. Now I'm sitting here thinking about how ...

Thank you guys so much for writing back <3 It means so much to me that you took the time to read all of that ramble, and that there was such a positive and supportive response. I send you all so much love <3 I hope I can be as much a support in your times of need. Oak - Your response made my day. I'...