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

Thank you Paul for another inspiring show with a very special guest. I've gained so much strength and wisdom from listening to interviews and reading memoirs by people who survived WW2. It became a form of therapy to me. If they could survive and thrive in spite of the external insanity and darkness...

my depression clouds my ability to prioritize in a healthy manner. At certain moments I'm just so compelled to seek out comfort that I can't see myself doing anything that requires much effort. And I have a problem with doing things that come out less than perfect, so procrastination continues. I c...

I know you can think "if those people can do it, so can I," but how do you do it? Maybe that's sort of an unanswerable question, but it's where I feel I am. I think I kind of mentioned that in my original post. "If they can do it, so can I" is a great way to look at things, but ...

magicschoolbus, thanks so much for your honesty in starting this thread. I have felt that way too sometimes when someone else is in a relationship and here I am alone. I get envious of my friends having someone who's there for them and I think I want what they have. But then I ask myself if I would ...

I listened to this one twice. I really admire Mr. Thorn for taking responsibility and facing his PTSD. The story he told about the woman who had been bombed in the war then saying he was her son now...wow. Powerful stuff. I loved that he said that experience changed his chemistry and taught him abou...

Greetings from Julie in Maryland. I am 47, taking half dose of generic Welbutrin and going on 3 years with my therapist. My dad's father was an alcoholic and my dad could never admit this affected him. My dad had a lot of scary rage that came out of the blue and I learned to walk on eggshells around...