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

I had a Facebook friend today post this big spiel about how depression is really a gift, and gives you a new way to look at life, and how you shouldn't "medicate away" important life experiences, and I just can't. Same kind of ridiculousness. I don't think people who say this kind of stuff...

I've been feeling so alone because my first real relationship just ended. We were together for two and a half years, and it felt like as things started to get worse for me, mentally, he started to pull apart. He stopped showing affection, and eventually he stopped even telling me he loved me. I was ...

Heyyy. I always feel weird introducing myself online. I'm twenty, female, and I got diagnosed about seven months ago with bipolar II. It's been really hard but I'm trying to reach out and find some community, so. I like playing the piano, animals, food, video games, movies, horror, fashion, lots of ...