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

I also had a suicide attempt about twenty years ago. There were three books that helped me learn to love life again: " how I stayed alive while my brain was trying to kill me ", " waking up alive ", and " veronika decides to die ". You might want to preview them to see ...

Oh, I didn't realize she wasn't willing to go to the facility. Realize that, ultimately, it is up to her to decide. Is there a support group she might be willing to go to? Is she willing to listen to the podcast, at least? Anything that might help her would be good, in my opinion. Working on your tr...

Gosh, I am so sorry!!! I wish I had some words of wisdom. I am SO glad she's going to a facility to try to deal w this abuse. The important thing is she has an advocate in you. I lost a brother to suicide and, I think, the best thing you can do is be open with her and assure her you love her. NOT ta...

TRIGGER WARNING: I'm still confused about if this constitutes sexual abuse or not. From 7-12 I was severely bullied by twin girls who purported to be my " best friends ". They would show me dead animals ( not ones they killed, but ones hit by cars, etc. ), one threatened me w a butcher kni...

TRIGGER WARNING: Wondering if this would be counted as sexual abuse: when I was 7-12 I was severely bullied by " my best friends ". They would show me dead animals ( not that they had killed, but ones hit by cars, etc. ), one threatened me with a butcher knife, and they both would suck on ...

I am currently in intense weekly therapy. I don't know if anyone else has had this type of experience, but I feel like most of the literature and psycholical community and my family doesn't validate my experience or consider it abuse. I was severely bullied from the time I was 7 or 8 until 12. The p...