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

Hello, Piglet!

It must take a lot of strength to wrap your arms around so many contradictions!

"Very well then I contradict myself, / (I am large, I contain multitudes.)"

Good health to you!

Swatting a fly in midair and flipping a grilled cheese sandwich in a skillet sans spatula; I can do neither. Let me express my admiration! I can't even catch a ball!

So, is the fear that the bug will have crawled up your asshole, or, that the doctor treating you will think you're nuts? And, your death-by-Krispy-Kreme fear reminds me of the Larry Groce song "Junk Food Junkie": I'm afraid someday they'll find me / Just stretched out on my bed / With a ha...

A lot I liked about their conversation, including: "The alternative for us, instead of being around people and setting boundaries, is completely withdraw and not have anything to do with people … " (That's about an hour and four minutes into the podcast.) And then, a little later, when Gil...

Hello, Sortamaybe! I over-think posting messages on this board, too. I read your original post over twenty-four hours ago! Sounds like your family's gonna have its collective hands full! Another great reason to stay healthy. Good luck! (Really? That's all I can think of to say?! Jeez! Why do I even ...

Oh! There's also M.I.H.H. episode number 165, if you haven't gotten to that one, yet. It's about low self-esteem, and the psychologist who Gilmartin talks to, Dr. Guy Winch, is very good at giving practical advice.

JT, while I'm still working on changing my own-self, one thing that's helped is keeping in mind that those negative thoughts are just that, thoughts. You can challenge negative thoughts! One way I've done that is with "thought records". A therapist introduced me to thought records a few ye...

Hi, JT! Your post takes a beautiful turn! Your gratitude is very uplifting!

Sunshineday, you've got four years of sobriety! You're tackling your issues (depression, anxiety, OCD, PTSD) wide-eyed! (I'm still a bit of a self-medicator. [But, I don't have a problem, right?!]) Congratulations on four years! I live with my folks, too (figure that's what you meant by "living...

Hello inmymind/D.: I might have read your original post incorrectly. I thought you had had a team meeting at work and had gotten frustrated because people didn't seem to be paying attention? And then you had apologized to your work team? Was that right? That was what my last paragraph was about. So ...