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

Turns out my bored/thinking face is quite frowny and sometimes mean. Apparently mine is too. I find that whenever I'm around a group of people and I'm completely tuned out and not listening, there will almost always be someone who has to point out that "she's looking at me like she hates me&qu...

The answer to that is yes, they would. I've had people suggest gyms to me (I go to the gym 4-5 days a week, good to know it shows) they suggest what I should be eating instead of what I am currently eating, letting me know that my sleeves are too short so it makes my arms look bigger. It's said in a...

I don't. My sister came to stay with me a few weeks ago and couldn't believe that the only mirror in my house is the tiny one over the bathroom sink. My hair is super simple so I just brush it in the morning and trust that it looks ok, I pick clothes that I know work together so I don't need to chec...

eshkol wrote:I love when I screw up a joke or mention something I thought was funny only to me and my best friend absolutely gets it.

This is the best.

I feel like I should add to my list that I love when other people's love lists remind me of things I love.

I wish you wouldn't feel guilty for living your life and doing well. I speak from experience when I say that even when you're not here on a regular basis, your presence is still felt. Sometimes when searching through old topics to see if there's anything that might help me or apply to me right now, ...

Sometimes hearing that you are not alone is the greatest feeling in the world. It can be the thing that starts you turning around. But sometimes "I know exactly how you feel" is the absolute worst thing you can hear. I just want to scream because no you don't. I get that you've had panic a...

Neverbetter wrote:I'm afraid that I won't be able to control my critical nature because it keeps people at a distance, and I fear intimacy.

I totally get this one, I do the same thing. I'd just so much rather be a bitch than be not good enough.

I've been there. Obviously not exactly the same situation, but similar. My parents belittle me, I'm fat, I'm ugly, I'm not a good mother, family bonding time involved everyone making fun of me and then telling me I was taking myself too seriously when I cried. I wrote about it a little more in depth...

I've never had one triggered by a blood sugar spike, but I have had them triggered by that woozy, dizzy, low blood sugar feeling. Either I start thinking I might pass out and panic about people seeing me pass out, or I start to worry that I won't be able to get something to eat in time and start to ...

There really should be some sort of consistency, since so much stress is put on pant size, it'd be nice if it stayed the same. Hell, I've had two pairs of jeans of the exact same brand but the size isn't consistent between shades of blue. I'm a full size bigger in a darker wash? How does that make s...