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

Thank you so much, Ovoce! I've got a long way to go, but thanks to resources like this show and forum, I have no timeline and lots of patience.

Have a beautiful day!

Hi Friends, Thanks for reaching out and replying. It's been a few weeks of therapy now, and I'm doing much better. I no longer feel like running my car into a tree on the way there, or trying to figure out how I can get into a car accident so I don't have to go. Yes, I seriously thought about those ...

Last year, I finally went to the Rape & Incest Crisis center to seek group and individual therapy. I self-sabotaged the first meeting and pretty much told them to F-off (they didn't do EXACTLY what I needed them to do in the time I personally thought was acceptable). As you can imagine, nothing ...

Currently listening - Derek is talking about sitting on his dad's bed with a gun while he considered suicide. "If nobody else cares about me, at least I can care about myself...at least I can be there for myself. I have so much more to live for, what's the point of ending it all now. And that's...