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

Hello! I'm not quite sure what to post. One of my close friends referred me to the podcast and from there I discovered this forum, and I'm finding it wonderful browsing the open honesty and emotional flow within this forum. About myself - I'm 22, I've struggled with suicidality since I was 9. My unc...

I write when I'm at my lowest as at outlet that prevents me from acting on my thoughts or self-harming too much. I've never shared anything. I was at the lowest place I've been at in years a few weeks ago and this is what came out of it. My light has left me and the clouds that remain contain no sli...

I understand your feelings. I call those thoughts food for my demons. My demons are the suicidal ideations I struggle with constantly. Your thought about never being able to kill and and hopefully learning to put it in its cage is something I share aswell. I have accepted that it will never go away,...