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

I'm surprised/disheartened to hear that people are being given the option of one-on-one therapy without the group component. All the evidence points to both being absolutely integral to DBT's success, and most DBT-certitied practitioners won't let someone in until they're ready to commit to both the...

Hi all, I spend 60+ hours a week doing schizophrenia research, so before the rest of this message I wanted to respond to the other threads. While consuming research is absolutely a great practice, you've got to be a cognizant consumer. I say this because the tones of the threads and the research the...

My best friend (in fact, the only real friend I have right now) just sent me this email: Dear ---, Regarding the delay in my responding to you, I have needed some time to think about my response to your messages and to contemplate how our friendship has progressed to this current status. I admit you...

My best friend and I were as close as I thought two people could be for the entire time we knew each other, up until the past few months. I've tried to express to her numerous times that it bothers me, but we never come to a concrete conclusion (for lack of a better phrase) or a spot where either of...

Hi all, Partly inspired by discovering Paul's podcast, and partly resultant of my desire to recount my experiences juxtaposed against my lack of a desire to write a book (despite multiple attempts), I've decided to podcast the 7-8 years of abuse/manipulation/brain-washing I experienced as a teenager...

I'm going to try to make this as succinct as possible, but also not leave anything out. If something's not clear I can clarify. What the title of this thread is specifically referring to is probably fairly inconsequential, but it's directly in reference to the fact that I've blocked my best friend (...

No disrepect to Paul or Pidgeon, but it honestly really bothers me when genderqueer people speak for the trans* community; specifically genderqueer individuals with no HRT or surgery. I'm not against genderqueer as an identity, but from my personal experience I've met a lot of genderqueer individua...

What I meant by saying that "male" is the measuring stick is that men have to measure up to a certain "male-ness" standard, whereas women have to measure up to a certain NOT man-ness standard. In either case, there's retribution if anything happens any other way. I think that mig...

As cliche and trite as it sounds, I think talking about masculinity is, for all intents and purposes, the same as talking about gender in general. After all, masculinity is the measuring stick for both genders, right? Last week I went on a stream-of-consciousness rant about gender and this sort of s...

Does anyone have any firsthand experience with Klonopin? I'm supposed to start tomorrow (provided I get my scrip filled today) at a low dose, 3X per day. I'm also on sertraline, bupropion, and vitamin D (prescription strength). I suppose my biggest worry is that it will sedate me to the extent that ...