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

Thanks for the pointers, it's the Samantha Finkelstein episode.

There was one episode with a female guest who talked about her upbringing and how people in her family would have a weird history with food which she traced back to the Holocaust. If I remember correctly, she mentioned her aunt or grandma who would always push food on everyone in the house.

Not sure why, but her tone of voice made me aggressive like no other episode of any podcast I've ever listened to. She appeared to lack any deep-seated seriousness, giggling spastically almost like Dubya Bush involuntarily grinning in one of his speeches. In all seriousness, she reminded me more of ...

E is for Elephant wrote:the pain I'm feeling

Do you mean the pain of withdrawal, or the original pain you're covering up with the love addiction?

I'm afraid of sharing my music taste in case someone thinks it's lame. I'm afraid that my best friend thinks I'm childish. I'm afraid of not being sad enough at a funeral. I'm afraid that people hate the way my perfume smells. I'm afraid that I will never let myself completely open up to one person...

Just stumbled upon this story of a young woman in Canada , daughter of immigrants from Vietnam. I feel it echoes a lot of the things Anna Akana was talking about with regard to her own upbringing, and it shows where unrelenting pressure to succeed can lead, especially when coupled with the implicit ...

a lot of this worry is driven by talk radio I for one never listen to talk radio. Also, they probably don't even mention TTIP with a single word on talk radio, they wouldn't want to accidentally get people to think and inquire further about it. My anxiety over TTIP comes from all the fine journalis...

This is interesting. I don't think I have full-blown BPD, but having been blessed with two narcissistic parents I guess that there are some traits or habits that commonly appear in Cluster B disorders. At least I can relate to a lot of what you're writing. I feel misunderstood and like nobody will e...

Another fantastic episode which gave me a glimpse into the sometimes astounding similarities (as well as differences) of growing up in disordered families. While my own family doesn't hoard, I very much relate to both the weird gift-giving she described as well as her not wanting to have her picture...

I can cry, but only when using e.g. movies as a "catalyst" or "focal point".

I can't cry about my own situation, even though I have often felt that I should. I last managed to do that fifteen years ago.