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

Welcome panda! I am glad you joined us! Thanks for the detailed intro you did a great job describing yourself and painting us a picture of who you are and where you are coming from Hope to see you around on the board!

I think your awareness and descriptions of your feelings are really well written and articulated, I hope things so smoothly for you during this shift!

lol, your not-so-subtle indifference made me smile I suggest coffee shops. Bring a book, make eye contact. Barista's can also make great friends once you are a regular and smile a lot!

Welcome! Happy to have you here. I hope you find some support and community among us!

This seems a questionable post in the eating disorders section. Generally any diet is unhealthy for an eating disordered person. Perhaps post your question to another board where food isn't a matter of illness/health.

That is an incredibly hard and painful thing to go through and I am sending great big hugs your way. I hope you can find peace and healing and then continue to learn, grown and experience life fully :) I hope you have friends and family around you supporting and caring for you through this. Even if ...

Welcome! I hope you find the kind of support and community here that you are looking for! Glad you joined us

Amanda May, are you the one who had the awefullsome moment about the dead horse on Paul's show?!? LOL

Chat room type thing would be great for people who wanted or needed a more immediate "I just want to be heard and supported right now" type situation. Yes, I see the value in that here for sure, as well. Hope that the idea can be pursued!

I was going to chime in with something about changing your defintion or perspective of "failure" as well. I have given it much thought recently. A lot of my fears look like they surround failure, but I realized they are really fear about "not being good enough" which is very diff...