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

I hate my life today and just want to be dead. I'm not gonna do it because I know it's just my depression but at the moment I just want to cry and I can't. Dying sounds comforting.

Just seeing how massive this entire forum is caused my anxiety level to shoot through the roof and I started posting all over the place lol. I wish I had come here before freaking out today. I'll breakdown the issues and share them where appropriate. Unfortunately though, I don't think my mother wil...

I'm fairly new here but discovered the podcast about a month ago and I absolutely love it. I'm dealing with a lot of issues with my family and waking up the fact that my lifelong depression stems from physical/mental abuse as a child. I have a severe porn addiction. I've spent up to 10 hours or full...

Oak, Thank you for the quick reply. I should add that I've been seeing a therapist for about 6 months that has changed my life. I have a long ways to go but I've finally awakened to the fact that *I* am a victim, unfortunately some days I don't wanna believe myself :S. My wife is helping me along th...

I apologize for diving into this forum with only a brief introduction, but I really need to get this off my chest today. My mother was abusive. I just admitted this for the first time three weeks ago. I grew up watching her slap my dad every time he pissed her off. She controlled him, isolated him f...

Hello Everyone, I'm married and in my late 20s, living the Midwest. I've spent my entire life thinking I was normal, but have suffered from severe porn/sex addiction since the age of 13, and after my family fell apart a few years ago I realized how messed up my life has been. I was exposed to all so...