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

I may not understand your personal hell, but you gave my personal hell a voice for a moment. Thank you.

I think the best advice I can give you, from someone that is bipolar, is stop reinforcing him when he's manic. When everyone around you tells you it's amazing that you just cleaned the house and accomplished things that are not conquer able, they reinforce the worst time for you to be reinforced. Th...

So this is me. I recently took a little vacation at our local mental health facility. I don't think they knew what to do with me. I know what's wrong with me, I just don't know how to fix it. It's hard having everyone tell you that the person you are, that all of the things you love about yourself.....