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

I'm not as depressed as I used to be, but I find myself in a general sort of malaise where I can deal with day to day life, but can't really work towards long term goals. At a total standstill in life and really need to find a way forward to avoid slipping back into a more intense and debilitating d...

Just want to feel human warmth and compassion. Want to wrap my arms around someone and hang on til it's weird. I want them to say they give a damn. It's been so damn long since that's happened and even longer since it felt like it meant anything.

20 year old guy from Texas. Been dealing with anxiety for most of my life and depression, on and off, for the past 6 or 7 years. Also ADHD. Temporarily out of school trying to figure out what the fuck I'm doing with my life. Recently recovered from a year long depressive episode following a long, bi...

I'd have to agree with that statement

I know this all too well. I became friends with a girl and almost immediately fell for her. I maintained the crush on her for at least a year or two. I won't get into the details of it, but the obsession sort of wrecked our friendship. The fallout was bad. That sort of catastrophic disillusionment w...