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

Hey dookeye, I think I'd like to hear details of how you learned to deal with your dad. I say "think" and not "like" because it is so painful for me to hear how kids of NPD's suffer. But I can't let that stop me from facing it to help them. I admire your strength and no one can e...

Thank you so much for your reply weary. And I also apologize for just blowing up on the thread. I started listening to Paul about six months ago and I don't know why I just decided to post. His show had been such a huge source of inspiration for me. But one of my biggest obstacles has been the aware...

I want to add that I would love nothing more than to have no contact EVER again. But I am forced to interact with him daily for the sake of my kids and he uses every single opportunity to continue the abuse. He has the one and only weapon that can cut me to the core.....my children. I don't know how...

Reading all this breaks my heart. I am in a horrendous ( now going on TWO YEAR ) divorce with a man who is BPD / NPD. To me he is a simply a sociopath. My children are 4 & 6 and I left because I knew I couldn't survive the emotional and sexual abuse I was subjected to with him and I cannot stoma...