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

thank you, all of you. i was hospitalized that week and am just now getting back on my feet. Thank you for the kind words. It' scary looking back and realizing how sick I was.

why are stupid classes like computer science and geology necessary? I KNOW WHY--SO I CAN HAVE A SOLID BACKGROUND, but ISNT THAT WHAT HIGH SCHOOL WAS FOR? I AM AN ENGLISH MAJOR. AND IF A COMPUTER CLASS IS WHAT MAKES ME FLUNK OUT OF COLLEGE, THEN THAT'S FUCKING RIDICULOUS. I hate all the snobs at UGA ...

My boyfriend choked me and threw me across the room this past saturday. I cannot stop crying I can't stay in class I want to drop out of college and die it's hard to breathe I have no appetite I miss him but I don't want him near me I have To convince my dad not to press charges and get a restrainin...

Germs. I constantly wash my hands/use hand sanitizer. No one can drink or eat after me (or vice versa). I like to rewash dishes before I eat at other ppl's houses (usually I can't bc it's rude if they see). I won't touch my own bathroom doorknob. Definitely nothing public facility wise if I don't ha...

I took paxil for three years and like these guys, i had the same side effects. I would get dizzy and fall into lockers in the hallway at school. I finally decided to get off of it because I was sick of feeling drowsy and dizzy all the time and I thought I was going to fucking die. I laid on the couc...

ME TOO. but I cant even talk to family! it's horrible and i need to get a job but because im so scared of calling i just cant on top of being anxious to talking to people in person and asking for applications. but my sister gets offended when i tell her i dont wanna talk on the phone. it makes me fe...

I hope so.. thank you

Ha, I think you're right . Venting on here does help, thank you

Every time I go to my best friend's house, I daydream about having sex with her step dad, and I'm afraid they all know and I just can't take it and I'm ashamed and weirded out by my own thoughts, so I avoid him like the plague, and he'll be like Hey how are you? (like a nice normal person) And I'll ...

Same. I'm 18 and wonder if I'm too young to be on here so it's nice to know a 19 year old is here.. welcome to the party