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

Just a final note: emotional luggage, past issues, a horrible childhood, etc. do not disqualify you from being in the "normal guy" group. Nor do they disqualify you from the "deserves to be loved" group, in case that's a concern. Massive rumble alert!! That is the main reason of...

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For about a couple of weeks I just don't want to eat anything. No that's not accurate, I am hungry and I do want to eat just not what I have. That still is not accurate, I don't know what I want to eat therefore I cannot buy or cook what I want to eat. I have never had this kind of problem, I love t...

I fear I might end up growing and die alone. I fear I might be a very bad person after all, when I was teenager I feared I might be antichrist. I fear of losing control of myself. I fear of being obsessed with myself. I fear I won't ever find a place where I belong. I fear of a fruitless hard work b...

I love where I live: Sydney, the best city in the world where you can have a rain and a real hot day in January. I love the small of rain. I love when it gets really hot and humid just before a rainstorm. I love the sound of rain and the sound of rolling thunder. I love the intense feeling I have wh...

I am 29 years old heterosexual male and I have a type. Should I though? It's not like I have a lot to offer. I find every women beautiful but there are some women who appeal to me sexually more than others and that's what I mean by when I say I have a type. I'm a Korean born Australian and I am ofte...

So it's not just me who thinks this way ..

Lol, I am on line because I felt so lonely today and was going to post about it and I didn't expect somebody else posted a very similar thing! I have never had many friends in my life and 6 years ago I decided to move to another country in another continent by myself. Six years after I have managed ...

Oh yes weekends and holidays are killing me. I think the reason is a bit different though, I find these times hard because nobody wants to hang out with me. I'm a single man living away from my family and all my friends have girlfriend or boyfriend or wife to hang out on weekends or holidays. I'm on...

I worry that I don't fit in Sydney and anywhere else, and nobody wants me to fit in. I have never felt the sense of belonging in my life in anywhere. I have lived in Sydney for six years by next month and this is my second hometown where I treasure much more than my actual hometown but I don't think...