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

http://www.spdfoundation.net/about-sensory-processing-disorder.html Has anyone gotten this as a diagnosis? My original diagnois is PTSD and temporal lobe epilepsy. However, my therapist has brought up SPD as a secondary diagnosis as well. Since so many of my PTSD triggers tend to come from touch/tas...

I have serious sleep issue b/c of anxiety. My routine consists of stretching/light pilates in the evening, peppermint oil to inhale, lavendar scented cold pack for my neck and a lavender scented gel sleeping mask. I know this sounds super high-maintenance. Even though I still don't always relax enou...

I completely agree about using MJ for PTSD symptoms and triggers. It is the only thing I've found that completely quiets things down. For me it calms the fear of wondering when the next trigger will drop. The smells, the sounds, the way certain fabrics feel, music, etc. I think based on that my fath...

Greetings to you too!

There is such much of your story I can relate to. Thank you for sharing.

Hug!

I have been working on EMDR with my therapist. I am in a huge shift as far as coping mechanisms. For most of my life they were based in anger. Now that I am letting myself deal with the shame and vulnerability I am very unsure of my responses because my triggers seems so unpredictable now.

I thought this was a really good podcast. I really wish there had been more of a TW as far as her cutting, though. Various guests have talked about cutting but not to the detail Ms. Jasberg did. On one side I am glad she did as far as the mental state and process but the actual cut details really fl...

I've cleaned up the house, drank a ton of sleepytime tea, found an outfit for tomorrow, lit candles, smoked a bunch and made biscuits with honey. Very little is soothing me right now. I want my friends to come over and have a big nap pile with me. I want a hug but am scared of people touching me. To...

Not trans* but family.

Did anyone find it odd that while Peter was discussing have HIV/AIDS he seemed very dismissive of the fact that he knew he was positive but was still have unprotected sex? Maybe I mis-heard him or it was just his intonation but that is kinda fucked up.