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

I also was raised to be nice, too, and that can be a problem. Be true to yourself above all. I am sensing from your description that these people are not respecting your boundaries (which you clearly set when you politely said no) and now they are now engaging in manipulative behavior to get what th...

Me too. Last week I accidentally found the podcast and started listening. I was immediately blown away at the honesty and vulnerability and coolness of the folks who make up TMIHH. I've never joined an online community before. I don't even Facebook. But listening to Paul and his guests, and reading ...

The biggest bully for me was always the one in my head. If someone yelled "you have freckles!" at me, I would think "uh. yeah." and go about my day. It's the bully in my head that gives meaning to the word "fat." Even now, externally not fat anymore, my bully is in ther...