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

Paranoia's back in full swing so now seems to be the appropriate time to write this journal, even though the repercussions of not doing so will be minimal to nonexistent. I'm convinced that my coworkers hate me. Maybe not hate, possibly severely dislike. Or maybe they just find me annoying. I was de...

*Author's note: Instead of cursing, I'll be inserting names of authors I enjoy and scientists I admire. Carry on.* I haven't been on this site in a really, really long time. Something stirred in my soul to come read some of my old posts and Mary Shelley, I was a depressed little Faulkner. Don't get ...

I hate my mind. I hate the fact that every time I drive past a gas station, I want to pull over, cover myself in gasoline, and light myself on fire. I hate the fact that every time I cross a bridge, I think of jumping. I hate the fact that whenever I'm walking down the sidewalk, I think of throwing ...

I'm seventeen and a rape survivor. In what I'm sure is a result of what has happened to me, I hate sex. Don't get me wrong, having an orgasm or whatever feels fine, but afterwords my entire soul is engulfed by a feeling of self-loathing. I feel so guilty anytime I do anything sexual. Damn, this is e...

Im afraid that, despite the fact that I'm only 17, I've wasted my entire life and will never achieve success. I'm afraid that I will never get over being a rape victim. I'm afraid that all of the men who ruined me will get away with their horrible, disgusting crimes and do it to more kids. I'm afrai...

Hi. My name is Bryce. I'm currently 17 years of age and I hate every second of it. I'm bisexual, though my past causes some confusion about that. You'll see why. Over my few years on this planet, I have been made a "sex toy" for various men and women. In total, I think it was five or so di...