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

It has been really hard for me to admit that I negative self talk in a unhealthy way. I hold myself to very high expectations, then when I fail to meet those (sometimes unrealistic) goals, I get very negative and stressed out. When I feel so tired or find it so hard to focus that I don't get somethi...

Not really but at least I have company

I also feel like I know what to do to help myself - I've been to cognitive behavioural therapy group sessions, I've been in counselling for a year - but can't get up the energy to do it Plus, I feel too overwhelmed by how many different things I could be doing that I don't know where to start. Good ...

I actually made an account to post something very much like this. So many people on the podcast have had their mental illnesses stem from something terrible that has happened to them. I feel like I have no right to be depressed - I'm from a loving and supportive family and have a partner that does h...