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

Brooke, the one thing my therapist has always told me is, "trauma is trauma is trauma." There are so many things I have pushed down and suppressed because, "why should this bother me? This is so small.. people have it way worse." Well someone will always have it worse, and the fa...

Hey guys,

This is late, but I wanted to reach out and thank you guys for your words. Just knowing how similar our thoughts are help me immensely. I am doing better these days, I hope you all are as well

*big, big hugs*

Someone posted this on the subreddit /r/PTSD and it really hit home for me so I wanted to share with all of you, I had a pretty bad trigger last night and starting the next day reading this helped me alot
https://themighty.com/2015/06/what-peop ... nderstood/

I just realized that my younger cousin, whom I care for like a brother, could care less about me, steals from me, lies from me and uses me as much as he can. We both had it rough growing up, so I have always tried to be there for him and have always felt a need to protect. I always knew he was a bit...

Hi Blake!

Nice to meet you! Im not a comic book fan, but I LOVE Adventure Time and I also suffer from anxiety and isolate myself from others

This is the best mental health forum I have ever joined, so I hope I see you often!

I've noticed with my depression, its better if I keep my life in small, attainable goals. Long term goals, since they are so far away, will throw me into a spiral of anxiety and self doubt that I will never get to them. Waking up and taking my dogs out every morning is a goal, because I did somethin...

Apart from that, I'm doing really well. Better than the last post I posted here. I feel hopeful lately, excited for all my new life changes, and dare I say... Happy! Yet, I feel so far away from a few close friends and my parents. I am spending time with them, had a few heart to hearts, conversation...

You totally make sense, when my mental illness began surfacing it was hard for my husband to cope with as well. My husband came with me to a few of my therapist sessions and they were able to explain it to him in a way that made him understands that there is so much more to my little freak outs. And...

I feel so alone it's just... Painful. I spent all day yesterday with a friend that genuinely loves and understands me. I spent all night and this morning with my husband and 2 cousins that I can be real with and make me laugh. When I am with them, it is not so bad but once I am alone it is a constan...

That was unexpectedly amazing, your amazing, and I love this!! I've recently stopped drawing after like, 2 months of daily drawing. This is inspiring me to start back up, thank you.