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

My inlaws are visiting over the holidays. It makes my husband extremely anxious, and he takes out of me. He doesn't recognize his anxiety. And today I"m feeling his, plus one of my alters/my own. So I just want to crawl out of my fucking skin. It's like little needles from the inside. And it's ...

It's slowly getting better as the week progresses, I think is week two, no switching this week. From May until September I was dissociated a lot. I think I've always done it, but until this past May I never really noticed it. I think my "bestie" and I are falling apart. Nothing dramatic, b...

So i'm married and we have a decent sex life. But sometimes, just for shits and giggles I guess, sex triggers me and I get to dissociate for at least a day, usually a few. No reason for it. We weren't pushing boundaries or doing anything I was uncomfortable with. My mind just goes sideways. I'm tryi...

Welcome. From one sorta newbie to another. It's a nice place here.

Thank you Apple. From the bottom of my soul. I'm going to check out the podcast. Love and light.

My sister in law fits so many of these. We haven't cut her out, but we try to limit contact and really haven't talked to her in the last month. And I am constantly anxious she's going to show up or call and just freak out on me or hubby, who is her brother. She has 3 kids, the middle has down syndro...

I'm having a bad day. Which is not that unusual. A lot of us have bad days. I need to do some self-care and self-soothing, but my son is also having a hard day after having school yesterday, so there's no time for self-soothing. He needs me to help soothe him. My name is Mel. I'm from Alberta, Canad...