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

Hi Cookie Monster- I am so sorry to hear your story. It is clear you have your mother's best interests at heart. And you are getting such confusing (horribly confusing) messages from her. A real double bind--damned if you go on your trip and damned if you don't. I had a mom who was similar to your m...

Thanks, Manuel!

Thank you Terri. I honestly hope you don't take my comments as directed at you. They really are not and I also honor the :-) fact that we are all welcome on the show regardless of our issues. You certainly had enough life/growing up issues :| that balance everything out :). You touched me so much wi...

Thanks, Hunted. Your story is touching and I learned from it. I very much agree with your idea of holding pain in and fibro. And add a little pushing yourself too hard...

Oh gosh, how to start... I guess like the confused, invisible, fibro sufferer that I am. After listening to the Terri Hartman episode, I felt that hurt anger, the kind I am never sure is justified. So being that feelings are just feelings, I am going to let my hurt anger speak. I want to first ackno...

Oh my goodness--my heart is so filled with love after listening to the episode with Matty. What a gift this man is to all of us. You don't have to be a survivor to be inspired by him. His humility really touched me. I feel a new urge to make a difference in the name of mental illness thanks to Matty...

I am afraid that my fibro will get worse leaving me bedridden most of the time. That I won't be able to take care of myself on tasks such as cooking, taking a bath etc. I am afraid of losing my memory and organization of mind. I am afraid of becoming a burden. The fibro has turned my from a Himalaya...

Hi There- Gee I can relate to all your concerns about Adderall. I have also done a lot of drugs in the past. More importantly, I have not had a drink in almost 20 years, but I still have those addictive tendencies. I was originally prescribed Adderall as an off label treatment for depression. Additi...

Hi There- In reading your initial post, one of the first thing I noticed is how you have burdened yourself with processes not under your control. You stated you were responsible for your emotions. I don't believe that is so. We cannot predict emotions. They arise out of nowhere. There is no such thi...

You are being way to hard on yourself though I know when you are in the midst of obsessive or other types of thinking. I have experienced every thought and feeling you describe. Right now I am going through a long period of not being able to meditate and I lead a meditation group! One thing I know f...