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

Hi, Trixie! Welcome!

This is funny because this week my therapist announced, "You have no ability to self soothe." Me: "No shit." (She's new. She's learning.) So my homework is to try these things: --Snuggling my cat. I call this cat meditations. I listen to his tiny breaths, in and out. --Drinking t...

Hello. I was wondering if you could recommend a good book or two on CBT for anxiety.

Thanks for volunteering to answer questions!

I just saw this post. How have you been doing since you posted this? Your post really resonated with me. Love the subject line. I'm 34, good family. I've always struggled with depression and anxiety. Last year I had the worst depressive episode of my life. Still digging myself out. There was somethi...

Rabbitrun, how has your anxiety been since you posted this? I do think you should get mental health assistance. I find it useful to have that objective person to tell my worries to. And then maybe that person can walk you through the surgery decision? I definitely identify with worrying about health...

Yep, crying. It sucks. I wouldn't mind so much if I could just control it around other people. You know, like at WORK.

Hi albeus! I love the subject line of your post. What a great description! Thanks for sharing your story. I really connected to it - the self hatred for not being able to hold it together, feeling like your situation didn't warrant the extreme feelings, not being able to rationalize the feelings awa...