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

I also had a hard time relating to Chemda, maybe because of a cultural difference or maybe she's just not dysfunctional enough for me lol. It seems like the best guests are those that are chatter boxes and forthcoming with details of deep dysfunction and emotions. Unrelated to Chemda, just in genera...

Hi Mentalart, I actually didn't create this thread. I'm gfmyself. The thread creator is gfyourself. I know, I got real creative with my name by basically copying theirs :roll: Sorry for the confusion. Thanks for your kind words. I can definitely see narcissistic traits in both of my parents. They we...

I'm glad "D" was a guest because I relate to so much of what he shared, including the "adult baby"/diaper paraphilia. I think it's important to know that this has nothing to do with pedophilia or abusing children in any way. This is about wanting to BE a child. If anything, this ...

The best episode so far. Susan Hagen was easy to listen to and had fascinating insight that resonated with me more than any of the other episodes. As Paul said, I too have seen "inner-child" stuff as weird and silly, but after listening to Susan, I'm going to look into it for myself. Pleas...

The longer, the better. Those who enjoy this podcast are the ones more likely to donate, and they're probably just fine with longer episodes of their favorite podcast. People who complain that they're too long are probably not that into the podcast anyway.

I signed up just to comment on the episode about Louise. I'm glad to finally hear an Aspergers person talk. I think she was interesting, funny and cute. Hand flapping when happy? That's adorable haha. I'm not on the spectrum, but I related to a lot of what Louise said. What really bummed me out, tho...