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

Just backing up Sherlock here. It's insanely disappointing to have a nice conversation where you feel heard and then the dude asks for your number or asks if you have a boyfriend. And then you notice the lusty look in their eye that was probably there all along. When it happens over and over, it's a...

I was extremely touched by this episode and thought it was one of the most intense stories in recent memory. I'm surprised that anyone could listen all the way through and say such cruel things. I'm assuming that you're a cis male, Jimmy. Perhaps because you don't have a uterus, you can't wrap your ...

I also had a hard time empathizing with this woman. They glorified her lifestyle far too much, and Paul's throwaway comment about not wanting to do that doesn't change the fact that they did. I disagree that "it's OK because she sober now" especially because very little time was paid to th...

Also, since this is a thread about Cathy: her interview was fucking great. She's hilarious, and I was really touched by her story. I would love to see (or hear) her one-woman show one day!

I disagree. I think that his recent interviews have been great. Personally, I've listened backwards to over 60 episodes, and it's becoming a bit harder to listen the further back that I go. Paul has clearly changed a lot. He used to interrupt people much more often, especially women, and steer conve...

neufena, I doubt that you're boring. Everyone has a life story. I used to believe that my mental illnesses were entirely biological. They probably are in part, but they're also rooted in my childhood, which wasn't particularly horrifying or interesting. I don't even remember most of it. But therapy ...

I couldn't find any comments about this episode. Did the interview disturb anyone else? I would never define another survivor's experiences for them, so whatever has personally helped Jess to heal is valid. Also, she seems like a really nice and funny person. But the fact that she will be a therapis...