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

Over the past few months I've finally managed to get started on my transition, MTF. In doing so, I have scared my wife of 10 years away, she's going to be taking my kids with her when she leaves. We have had many conversations about it, and the result is always the same: she can't stay with me becau...

I know exactly how you're feeling. My skin hasn't fit right since puberty, more than 20 years ago. I also get numbness in hands/arms, as well, and when I'm at work, I just want to zone out and nap, or jump out the window... good thing it has three panes and doesn't open, because I'm on the 10th floo...

Someone needs to take those pictures and make stuffies out of them!

I finally set up a doctor's appointment a few days ago after talking myself out of it for 3 months due to my anxiety. I even managed to push back my anxiety enough to talk to my doctor about my depression and anxiety. I had a panic attack that lasted about 3 hours upon leaving my doctor's office, bu...

My dad ended his first marriage because his wife already had 2 kids before him and didn't want anymore, while he wanted to have his own children. If you are open about your needs, you might even be able to keep him as a friend, though you might want to find out about how long he has wanted to not ha...

First, you aren't alone, the economy sucks right now, and has for several years, so a lot of your competition isn't going to be feeling much better. Second, almost every single job I have ever had, I applied and interviewed for while depressed. There is only one exception, and that one was recommend...

I love laying in the hot sunshine in a bathing letting the warmth soak my skin. I love swimming, how nothing seems to matter when you're surrounded and supported by the water. I love climbing, the exertion, the knowledge that you are conquering gravity. I love driving, the open road, the speed, the ...

I'm afraid that I'll end up posting so much here that I'll crash the server. I'm afraid that if I truly open up to the people around me, they'll be horrified and shun me. I'm afraid that I might not be able to stop myself from hurting/killing myself at some point. I'm afraid that if I pick up the ph...

I'm pretty sure that I'm addicted to video games. Although, when my depression lays me really low, I think about them, but can't bring myself to play them. I feel like it's too much effort to start up a game, and I don't deserve it anyway, but if I do put in that small amount of effort to start a ga...

Thank you. Venting here seems to be helping me a bit. I still can't read most of the posts by other people, though, because they make me break down too easily. I think the answer to my question is somewhere around -5, because it's a long, hard climb to the point where suicide is an actual risk again...