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

The last year I have been progressively feeling more and more like I am somehow less than other people. Less successful, less worthy of love, less good looking, less ambitious, less creative. I haven't had a relationship in a year, and my last one only lasted about 2 months and wasn't very serious. ...

Thanks for sharing. It helps me reading your diary to see that other people feel hopeless in their situations. I guess one way of looking at your situation is your are lucky to not have kids, in one sense, because they would be complicating everything soo much more. There are assuredly people whol f...

You used the words congruently, simultaneously, and lucid in your description of your problems. Your writing is good. You can clearly communicate your message with zero to minimal spelling and grammar errors, and use a few intelligent words to boot. And I bet you weren't even trying. Don't be so har...

Mysogeny is the first outcome of an earnest man being rejected over and over. Sometimes I wonder if prostitues are the answer for people like us. At least then there is a clear understanding of what both sides are getting. Despite how hard we try, the failure to attract a mate is a deep cut on the s...

I'm only 29 and have only just recently moved out of my mothers house. I was also homeschooled for a bit by a Christian mother. I am now going to community college and studying something interesting. I would say you are employable, maybe just not in the field you want right at this moment. But any j...

I feel so disconnected with other people. I have not had a relationship in over a year. I want a girlfriend so badly but girls never notice me. I am in great shape, I rock climb a lot, go to school, live in a cool city with lots of people my age, but I can't seem to meet girls. I actively try online...