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

I would love some advice on being a supportive partner to someone going through trauma treatment. I have an extensive history of childhood sexual abuse (along with lots of other trauma) myself, but I have had years of therapy, including EMDR, which helped me tremendously. I still check in with my ow...

It just kills me that I hurt my boyfriend so badly. I want to help people and love them, not hurt them. I am so overwhelmingly ashamed. I have cut off contact with my ex. My boyfriend agreed to come talk yesterday but I feel like it didn't get us very far. I did not make excuses, just tried to expla...

Thank you for your kind words and for the resources. I am praying and hoping for second chances that I know I don't deserve.

I'm trying hard to keep it together today but not very successfully. Last week, out of nowhere, my ex-boyfriend poped back up and wanted to hang out. We talk/text every now and then but just surface level stuff. He has been dating someone else (a girl ten years younger than him) and I've been seeing...

I know exactly how you feel, except that I have done this most of my life. What I really want is a relationship but I don't maintain them very well. So when I'm not with someone, sex is my drug of choice. At first it feels awesome to have so many balls in the air (so to speak) but it soon becomes ov...

I am a 34 yo bisexual female. I've been listening to the podcast for a while now and have found it both fascinating and helpful. I have a really long complicated story (as we all do, I know) but I will try to sum it up as best I can. I was sexually abused by my father from the time I was a toddler u...