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

I've gone over a week without bathing, especially around the teenage years. Can't go much longer than that without at least washing my hair though...the warm greasy scalp is too much. I regularly struggle with brushing my teeth. If I don't have to go out odds are it won't be done.

Thanks, I think it will... I'm feeling a lot better now, I just don't know what to do with myself! I've got a lot more free time now that I'm not talking to him so I'm just sort of wasting time as best I can.

I tried to get my feelings across but didn't really get anywhere in the end. We were getting stressed and angry with each other, especially since it's his busy time of year. We decided to take a break until his work slowed down, and that break ended yesterday. Today we broke up. We were less stresse...

Next weekend is Thanksgiving (I'm in Canada) and I want to hide. My family is getting together and having dinner like usual at my parents place - I live with them so I can't avoid the situation very easily. At the dinner will be my sister and her husband, and my brother and his girlfriend. My sister...