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

I would say that on my worse days this Warrant song creeps into my mind. One distinction: instead of Mercy, I replace it with my own (it's similar). Sometimes She Cries - Warrant Mercy don't think she's pretty no more, Starin' at the stars through her back screen door, She tries and tries to make i...

Thanks for the response. I could see it lasting quite awhile (neither of us are really thrilled about the idea of starting over). However, do you ever look at your relationship and wonder if this is it? I'm 31 and 5 years into this LTR, I already feel like I'm trapped into a lifestyle that doesn't ...

Thanks for the responses! I've heard of Ron Funches... Somewhere on one of the podcasts I listen to... Couldn't remember more than that, but I will definitely look him up again. Do I think about weed throughout the day? Yes. I think about it much like I do Skyrim. I will go all day thinking, man I ...

Just curious if anyone with BiPolar (1 or 2) has had relationship issues stemming from said condition? Is it normal to feel like the relationship won't last? That you can't understand what the other person sees in you? That you're never going to be able to make the other person and yourself happy a...

Baby steps, sweets. The first step is often the scariest, but its downhill after that. Take things day by day, or in this case meeting by meeting. Each one that you participate in will get easier. A lil story- Ok, so it's not about the meetings, but when I started a gym membership, I was getting di...

I've been in that codependant wheelhouse. Still am, to a degree. Also female, also from an emotionally distant family, also went to school and then back home. What worked for me was jumping into a social scene. I started going to this bi-weekly club event and just kept going. I was quiet too. Didn'...

For a long time I couldn't tell what was the bipolar and what was just hormones. Crying at the drop of a hat can be a neat party trick... lol I have the rapid cycling, but I would say that I stay closer to the manic side. I was on Celexa at first (I liked it until an upped dosage made me incredibly...

Unwanted Thought Syndrome. Holy crap, I thought I was the only one... I don't know how many times I would be doing something innocuous and just have the most horrible shit enter my brain. The kind of thoughts that make you either physically twitch or just shake your head really hard. I've always li...

I do know that with bipolar issues, a preteen in the house and feeling like I'm the only one doing anything (I know it's not true, but it just feels like it sometimes) that weed seems to help balance me out. Keeps me calm and the little things that would normally irritate the hell out of me just sl...