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

I'm really sorry to hear about how angry the book made you feel. I think it's really understandable that you'd feel some resentment toward him because he's in such a privileged position that afforded him a lot more resources than you've had. I know I've sometimes felt similar things - that stories t...

We'll have to agree to disagree I suppose. I generally find it more useful to point to the structural factors that make drugs such a devastating part of our communities than to point at individual dealers and decry their misdeeds. And of course the criminal justice system's treatment of drug offende...

Me too! If, that is, this is still a thing

AnnaWall: That's exactly how I felt. So often I feel like my opinions are discounted because people feel like I'm being petty and oversensitive and "PC" (god how I hate that term) but the thing is the people who feel that way and say things like "just get thicker skin" are never ...

I happened to really enjoy this podcast and thought Joni was an extremely fascinating guest. I can see some of your points, but: 1) Personally, I don't really think of an individual drug dealer as being responsible for 'ruining lives.' The drug trade, in general, sure - but an individual dealer? It'...

Some other reasons that people might resort to suicide include chronic pain, terminal illness, to avoid criminal punishment, insurance/financial reasons, or even just as an inexplicable impulse. I don't think suicidality necessarily implies depression.

I loved this episode. And I agree, in the wake of Robin Williams' suicide I've been thinking a lot about some of the things DeseRae said during the episode. For instance, I've been more aware of people saying that Williams "committed" (i.e. 'perpetrated') suicide. I definitely agree with D...

I think it'd be a great idea if, on the side of our posts (where it lists our 'location') we could also display a gender identity (with a write-in option), preferred pronouns (again, with a write-in option), age, and any disorders we may have. Obviously entering and/or displaying this information wo...