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

Hi Andy! Thanks for your kind response. I'm curious as I read, how did you DIY recovery? (lol that phrase seems so not right.) What helped you to overcome that gigantic hump of stopping behaviors without having someone watching you 24/7? I'm interested in hearing your recovery story, if you are incl...

Sorry if I'm posting a lot, I'm just excited to have found you all.
Here's a mosaic I made, behind the glass is written, "Get out of your own way."

here's mine

thecatewhite, I really enjoyed seeing your pie chart. I loved the fact that you had created with your hands, too. you've motivated me to make one. Love to you!

hope you enjoy:) Willing vs. Willful You ready for an earful? I'm fearful. I just can't trust. Conspiracy is saying that I must Hide confide in only myself never to depend on anyone else cuz they don't know cuz I don't show that I'm lower than low and life don't glow for me you see im struggling wit...

There are truly hopeful aspects of the voice behind this post. I hear you saying, "I'm ready!", and its fighting to be heard among the voices that drown it out. Please listen to that smaller voice that comes from deep within. Its there. You can do this. When you go through recovery and rea...

I hear you. So much. I'm in my second year of recovery and I get a strange longing in my chest when I think back to the days of my former body (which makes no sense because I was miserable...) New found issues like sweating, chafing, and having to have a different style are shameful, exacerbated whe...

Truly great things are happening, but I can't help but notice a few things: There is plenty of information about the signs of eating disorders, what to do, how to get treatment, how to cope, etc. But at this point in my recovery there is a drop off of information; its the no-mans land in between pos...

Hi I'm Sarah :) This is my first post! I found it funny that when I was filling out the registration I kept getting the message, "The issues section cannot be over 80 characters..." :lol: So here is the deal: I've always been infatuated with men and I looked to them to give me meaning and ...