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

In the past, I've found it helpful to consciously look in the mirror in the morning and talk positively to myself. It's fucking really hard to start doing. When every ounce of my soul was screaming, 'You suck, you're a loser', I had to force myself to say, out loud, 'I'm an awesome person'. I didn't...

It's funny how parents think they're only teasing you when they make fun of you. My dad called me 'gut' for most of my life because I have a stomach that's not flat. Little did he know that calling me that name would stick with me my entire life. I haven't gone to the beach in 10 years because I'm a...

I'm a married man in my forties. I have 2 step kids. I'm depressed and I look at porn. I enjoy listening to Paul and the podcast. I've been depressed for as long as I can remember. When I was in 6th grade, I was moping around the playground because the girl I liked didn't like me. The librarian, who...