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

unfortunately I know what you mean. but I refuse to let my disease limit my future. i don't know if I have the energy or spirit or desire to even leave the house tomorrow, much less date, much less let myself fall in love again. but I think we have to keep telling ourselves we will.

I don't mind the impulse to stay home--it's the guilt about not being somewhere exciting that really tears me up. I know I'll be happier at home, I know I'm objectively a normal amount of social, but every time I choose to stay in instead of go to a party or bar, I beat myself up about being boring ...