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

I was kidnapped in my early twenties and blah blah blah,, I'm sure you can imagine the rest. I've been in therapy and gotten past the whole re-living that story, but now, I just can't seem to get past the fear. I'm always looking over my shoulder and always imagining insane scenarios where I will ei...

I cant seem to filter my language around my son. I swear constantly around him and it makes me feel like a terrible example. I hung around the house with my dad a lot when I was little and watched him fix stuff and unfortunately with that came a nonstop barrage of cursing due to not having the right...

In my 20s I was kidnapped and sexually assaulted for about 3 days until I escaped and reported him. It has been a long decade or so of recovery and im doing pretty intense therapy and other things as well. I have constant unwanted thoughts about sexual assault and pedophelia, not in a sexual way but...

Have you tried support groups instead of 12 step? sometimes its nice just to connect with people who know what you're going through.

I'm in my thirties and suffer from much of the same. I think that we are groomed to think that we have to make a career out of the things we love but sometimes, when we try to make a career out of the things we love, we end up hating them at times. Sometimes its just enough to have a job..a means to...

When you have mental illness, you exist only inside your own head..constantly trying to figure out what it all means. Analyzing every thought and feeling to the fucking bare bones. There is this constant dialogue in my head and quite often its all just swirling around in there like a fucking tornado...

Thanks, I'm starting to realize that I just need to make sure im open and honest with my kids from the start and make sure they grow up with a high self esteem and a safe environment where they know they are loved and protected no matter what. I need to learn not to pass my baggage and fear onto the...

In my early twenties, i was kidnapped and sexually abused for about three days.. humiliated, and what I consider tortured to an extent. I admittedly accepted a ride from someone I shouldn't, a stranger, because I was super pissed at my best friend for snaking a guy out from under me.. A guy she had ...

What is EMDR? I TOTALLY understand living in constant fear. You're not alone there. I'm trying really hard to get some control over it and not getting a ton of results with meds. I use the fisher wallace stimulator and it has helped with my depression for sure but not the fear. I would love to hear ...

I love the idea of tickling instead of losing your shit.. I have a bad temper and a past from which I need to escape from partly.. I need to find ways of controlling my temper and crying so my boy doesn't learn the wrong way to deal with life. I had an epiphany when my son saw me "picking"...