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

I'm sorry that you're not getting positive reactions to all your hard work. I agree with the previous posts. As you know, it's been years since I've dated, but wanted to share some thoughts. The difference between the nice guys that I didn't date (more than a few times or at all) and the nice guy I ...

Quick post for a few resources - again, some of these might be a bit obvious, but I wanted to post anyway: http://www.chocolatehairvanillacare.com/ This is a hair care website mostly for non-black adoptive moms. What might be good about this site is that it assumes you know nothing about black hair ...

I'm so sorry for your loss. I read your post a few days ago and have been thinking of how hard this must be for you. But, I also felt thankful - thankful that, finally, a good person stepped up in your life and demonstrated what a quality individual could be to you. Demonstrated how important you ar...

One more thing that might be very obvious: I have found a number of resources about hair braiding and care for my kids via yahoo and various websites. Have you tried any of these - if nothing else, it could give you a sense of foundation about your hair. I could send a few if they help. Also, if you...

Once I left the beautician that was in "cahoots" with my mom about her hair, I don't feel worried about going anymore, but I do tend to put beauty items off. I'm not a big makeup or hair cut person. I too have curly hair and have done some straightening, although it didn't damage my hair g...

I do remember my days of ED and the crazy number of rules that I had developed. Luckily, I got over most of my ED by the end of college with the support of friends and family. However, to this day, I still need to evaluate whether my attempts to eat healthier or differently are heading me toward the...

If you haven't seen it yet, the thread about how long have you gone without showering might be of interest to you. I too have a mother who constantly talked about how my hair did or didn't look - this while every 3-4 months taking me to her beautician's and getting my hair cut short enough that I fr...

While I don't have anything similar to Lances's issues, I thought that Lance's episode was quite interesting. There have been very few podcasts with people of color. Add in his sexual orientation, history of abuse and his mom and dad's negligence of his needs.....yeah, it was interesting to hear. I ...

I have been wondering about you and hoping that you have been hanging in there.

Amazing idea for a post-I was very excited to read this thread. Definitely have gone at least a week several times when camping and/or hiking (I'm assuming a one-time, getting dumped out of a canoe doesn't count.) I don't remember, but I'm sure I went a while in college - probably a week as well. I ...