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

The DSM is an unfortunate cultural mainstay. Diagnosis is for insurance and drug companies only. I feel if we really attend to the experiences of our clients, and develop a language with them, the DSM becomes useless.

Full disclosure: I am a psychologist specializing in assessment. I am tooting my own horn in a way, but it is true.

IMO, psychiatrists suck at diagnosing complex problems like yours. They deal with discrete symptoms, and pretend that mental disorders are separate entities. You need to have a full psychological assessment by a psychologist.

I tired it. I didn't see much of a difference. Then I freaked out when I read the studies showing excessive fish oils is responsible for tripling the risk of prostate cancer in men...so I stopped.

No matter how she has billed herself, she has done something terribly unethical. She needs to be reported to the board of ethics before lying to more clients.

Very helpful Horace. I will check out that book. Thank you!

So happy to hear it!

I am so glad you are feeling some relief. BTW, I totally agree with your take on the "rejection" exercise. Will understanding your experiences of rejection help the situation for you? Unless it is used to communicate the depth of your pain to your wife, it seems strange to me. I don't know...

This pain is not only real, but it is valid. We, as a culture, tend to dismiss the importance of sex. It is particularly painful to be rejected again and again from the only person who can provide you with that need. It would be like a mother denying food to her son who is saying he is hungry. I do ...