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

@Fargin I started climbing just a hair after my 31st birthday. I'll be 33 in a few months. It was something I told myself I'd do for years and never got around to it. I started lead climbing last year. Lately, I've been in a horrible place again, which probably means I need to be outside right about...

I'm all on board with the exercise. Find something that occupies your mind and concentration completely. I started rock climbing two years ago. One of the best things I ever did. I literally cannot think about anything else while I'm doing it. And I have been climbing in the middle of some awful epi...

Hi there, QuirkyBallerina. I'm sorry for what you're going through right now. I have trouble with missing old romances, feeling lonely, and feeling like the universe has selected me for special suffering as well. I'll be 33 this year and sometimes I feel a lot of what you're talking about here. I kn...

A while ago I told someone that I felt like a part of me had gone missing a long time ago and it wasn't coming back. I guess I've always been quick to cry and felt like I didn't quite fit. My DSM diagnosis is "Mood Disorder NOS." Most clinicians I've seen think I have some admixture of anx...