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

My mother currently lives across the country. We don't talk much (this is good) but she recently announced (to my sister) that she wants to move to the city my sister and I live in. Cue immediate panic on my part! I moved away from her almost 10 years ago and I, quite frankly, do not want her in my ...

Writing has helped me so much through my depression and anxiety. In my worst state, I even found that when writing fiction the characters would end up dealing with similar abuse or feelings to what I experienced. I think writing is a great way for us to process things and release bottled up emotions...

I can so relate. I'm 30 and I feel like I have lost at least 15 years of my life avoiding things. I feel like I could have accomplished so much more, seen so many more things. I could have a better career, could have travelled more, could have more money, could have a house instead of still renting ...

Hello! I am a 30-year-old and struggle with depression and anxiety. I already feel like this post is going to be crap. Oh well. Bear with me! I just start listening to the podcast a month or so ago, and really identify with a lot of the guests. My mother is a narcissist, an alcoholic and a drug addi...

Thanks for posting this. I have a narcissistic mother and this describes her well; I was the "scapegoat" child. My mother is also an alcoholic and prescription drug addict, which made her even more extreme at times (and sometimes kept her in bed for weeks at a time). But maybe the addictio...