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

Thank you for the kind words, I hope everyone can keep up their work as well.

Hi there, This episode REALLY spoke to me. My life has also been shaped many times by the people that my parents brought into my life/home. Before my mother moved out my father brought his much younger girlfriend to their place while I was on a sleep away school trip, my mom told me about it. Once s...

Hello Rivergirl, I was under able to find a meetup group that I wanted to go to but I do agree that it is a good idea. If the therapist I was to see next week does not work out I am going to have to try again!! Today was a rough day with my depression, felt weighted down to the couch, suicidal ideat...

Thank you for your response lawlessness45, Yes I have now calmed down a lot but when it happened it was as if the trauma was happening all over again. I have mostly forgiven him but only after feeling that he understands how and why it hurt me so much. We have a bunch of other problems to work throu...

Hi Lucy, Thank you for your response, I just read your thread actually... I am so sorry you are going through some similar to what I am experiencing. I have so many "can something just go right!?" moments while trying to find someone to help me. I believe us writing here is a good sign tho...

Hi Lucy,

I agree if you are feeling that you really need help and that you are going to hurt yourself, please go to a hospital even though they are usually not great with things like this. It may lead you to find the help you are asking for.

Hello everyone, For about the last month I have been trying to find some professional help for my depression which has lasted now for about 6 months. I no longer have much feelings when it comes to living or dying but after not being able to go through with killing myself twice this summer... I am j...

Thank you for replying manuel_moe_g. You also replied to my introductory post and and I really do appreciate your attention and encouragement.

All the best to you as well.

Yesterday I found out that my (sort of) ex-boyfriend confided one of my biggest/most difficult secrets with one of his best friends in order to try and get some advice on how to help our relationship. I feel so horribly triggered, violated, disappointed, and confused. I recently called a crisis hotl...

Not sure how to introduce myself on a forum that I actually finally feel "not alone" in... Hello! I live in NYC, am a native of these parts, and am at a serious crossroads at 25 years old. I am currently in one of the longest depressive episodes I have ever experienced and for the first ti...