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

Sadly, no reply was ever returned on my application so I can only assume that I was rejected. I'm a little (Very) bummed about this but I guess no other choice than to keep on keeping on.

I am terrified how much I need connections to survive, and how bad I am at making connections - I am so weird and off-putting and intense. I have to fight the pain from making me more self-absorbed. I am so good at pushing people away and keeping them at a distance, and I long for something differe...

As luck would have it, last week, I found out that one of my neighbors in my apartment complex had done a Masters degree program in a European country and, if qualified, fully compensate the degree. I found out that the deadline was literally last Friday and scrambled to get all of my required docum...

It's interesting. I am currently living in Southeast Asia and don't have many friends or feel the need to go out and make them. Before, I lived in an East Asian country and I had TONS of friends and accquiantances and yet I felt incredibly lonely. Certainly part of this is due to some very bad exper...

Oak, thank you for your kind and through reframing of my situation. I should emphasize at this point that I have absolutely NO INTEREST in going "back" to the country I was born, but everything else you have said rings true and is relevant. I am getting therapy and, if they permit, I will ...

My boss has pretty much lost of their previous patience with me. It's clear that I have violated their trust, insofar as business goes, and they feel that they have to just ensure I cause as little damage as possible to their school. I really didn't want to go other schools because, perhaps this is ...

Hi everyone, Some-time listener, first-time poster. I live in Southeast Asia as an English teacher. I don't want to say which country or school but suffice that I am at an international school. At first, when I first started about half a year ago, my boss showed me a lot of faith, despite my own tre...