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

I quit smoking in August of 2015 and I still miss it. Sometimes I wonder if it would be better to still smoke and not drink/smoke pot like a fiend to compensate... as though tobacco is the lesser of two evils because it doesn't numb my mind out. I don't know, maybe I'm trying to justify smoking. It'...

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Thanks! My mind was chaotic last night (no therapy today, just the usual fear and dread) so I tried the breathing technique you suggested. It really helped! Simple enough for my panicked mind to grasp while giving me something to control. Also, I visited the RAINN website. I haven't spent much time ...

Hi! I'm new to the forum. At present, I see a pyschologist every 2 weeks for treatment. The days and nights leading up to my sessions are usually awful and filled with panic attacks. I don't sleep well the night before and after the exhausting process of therapy all I want to do is smoke pot, watch ...