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

Thank you both so much for your replies, Jose and MizLzie. I apologize for not getting back to you to reply sooner. I hadn't checked the page in a while, but I was really happy to see your replies! Last week was terrible, but this week is better, at least. The hot weather is already setting in, but ...

Thanks for your reply, Oak. It means a lot. I was just about to give this forum up for dead, so it was very nice to have seen your kind reply. :) Yeah I messed it up and had some cookies with lunch. 9_9 Now I'm badgering myself to try to get out for a walk to a local shrine, but...mehhhh.... I'll tr...

I'm really having a hard time with this. I'm usually someone who loves to go out for long, brisk walks, but when I'm in a funk (and I'm sinking into a particularly thick one right now), not only can I think of a worthwhile place to go, but I don't have the energy to do it at all. I feel like I'm was...

I made a bad life decision. I took the risk, and it was the wrong choice. I can't do anything to reverse it - What's done is done. Now I'm just left with the coulda-woulda-shouldas. What am I supposed to do when those voices of the judgmental friends and family members I left behind come into my hea...

I just registered here today, and found that there is already someone else I know who I have been able to identify. I know that this is meant to be an open forum for people to feel safe talking about their struggles with mental illness in, but now that I know that the person I know is here, I feel i...

I'm having the same problem trying to revisit music I used to LOVE listening to, but have been avoiding because music has this way of instantly transporting me back to the exact place and time I was when I first discovered it. Lately I've tried aggressively to reclaim it, thinking "Hey, why can...

I sure wish I knew, and I really feel you!! I go into phases where I get really focused on a project and am able to turn out some artwork I'm happy with, but then comes the funk. Creating is like manic depression for me. When I'm doing it, I'm UP UP UP, but as soon as I'm spent (and I usually just k...