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

Hi again Oak, Yes, dental care is a very serious matter and I'm suffering the consequences of a sloppy job by someone who probably shouldn't be permitted to mess with people's mouths. I asked the new orthodontist if I should sue, but she said it would probably only cause me additional grief since mo...

Yes, it hurts when I chew very hard on something, because the roots aren't straight (says the orthodontist). Objectively my teeth are functional, but look like an eight-year-old's in the face of a fifty-year-old guy. They don't look "broken" except for two front teeth with vertical cracks....

My main BDD is related to bad teeth. As a child, my parents didn't care much about anything I did or didn't do, and there were no sane adults close by to notice the neglect. I practically never washed or brushed my teeth, and in my teens the teeth were already in pretty bad shape. Throughout the yea...

I'm curious, Cernan, about whether you'd really like to have some of the so-called "friends" I've had through my life. Often, feeling a bit lonely is way better than feeling uneasy and used, or tagging along with things you'd rather not do. I've grown very choosy and picky through the year...

I also had palpitations due to stress a couple of months ago, plus a strange feeling of pressure inside my head. Loud noises became physically painful and I was convinced my hearing was going downhill fast. Three different specialists said everything was normal, and a general practitioner prescribed...